C468 Information Management and
the Application of Technology WGU
Information literacy -✔✔Defined as the ability to recognize when information is needed as well as
the skills to find, evaluate and use needed information effectively
Information -✔✔Term used to describe data that has been interpreted
Information science -✔✔Focus on how to gather, process and transform information into knowledge.
It also incorporates features from 5 other sciences
-communication science
-computer science
-social science
-library science
-cognitive science
Information systems -✔✔Using the EHR to document care of a patient with a fractured femur is an
example of using the EHR in which way
Simulation Technology Improving patient outcomes. -✔✔Allowing them hands-on practice and
immediate feedback of the skill being learned
Knowledge worker -✔✔Nurses in this type of role
-are continuous learners
-use technology to support and inform nursing practice
-generate knowledge as a product
Expert/Experienced Nurse -✔✔Expected to fully integrate informatics throughout the course of
his/her practice, not just for basic data entry and retrieval. They also know how to pull trends out of
data
, Nursing informatics -✔✔Nursing informatics as a specialty does have its own National certification
exam
The use of technology and information to help support all aspects of nursing practice
Clinical practice guidelines -✔✔Clinical practice guidelines can allow for the creation of nursing
policies. True rooted in evidenced based research
Information technologies, not systems but functions within a system -✔✔CPOE, bar code medication
administration, and clinical decision support are all examples of what
Informatics affecting Nursing Practice -✔✔Clinical pathways and computer generated care plans are
examples of how informatics can affect nursing practice True, examples of clinical decision support
The foundation of knowledge model -✔✔The basis for which knowledge is used to meet the needs
of the healthcare delivery system
It is derived from its 3 key elements of knowledge acquisition, knowledge processing and knowledge
dissemination
Data (not information until it has been analyzed) -✔✔A patients height, weight, code status, and
date of birth are all examples of what
Strategic planning, long-range -✔✔The development of a comprehensive long range plan for guiding
the activities and operations of an organization
They will need to be trained on the system -✔✔Why is it not important that selection committee
board members understand software and electronic processes
Strategic Planning -✔✔Strategic planning is not driven by short term goals as Strategic Planning is a
LONG TERM GOAL
Needs assessment -✔✔During which phase of the information life cycle should the "musts" and
"wants" be determined
the Application of Technology WGU
Information literacy -✔✔Defined as the ability to recognize when information is needed as well as
the skills to find, evaluate and use needed information effectively
Information -✔✔Term used to describe data that has been interpreted
Information science -✔✔Focus on how to gather, process and transform information into knowledge.
It also incorporates features from 5 other sciences
-communication science
-computer science
-social science
-library science
-cognitive science
Information systems -✔✔Using the EHR to document care of a patient with a fractured femur is an
example of using the EHR in which way
Simulation Technology Improving patient outcomes. -✔✔Allowing them hands-on practice and
immediate feedback of the skill being learned
Knowledge worker -✔✔Nurses in this type of role
-are continuous learners
-use technology to support and inform nursing practice
-generate knowledge as a product
Expert/Experienced Nurse -✔✔Expected to fully integrate informatics throughout the course of
his/her practice, not just for basic data entry and retrieval. They also know how to pull trends out of
data
, Nursing informatics -✔✔Nursing informatics as a specialty does have its own National certification
exam
The use of technology and information to help support all aspects of nursing practice
Clinical practice guidelines -✔✔Clinical practice guidelines can allow for the creation of nursing
policies. True rooted in evidenced based research
Information technologies, not systems but functions within a system -✔✔CPOE, bar code medication
administration, and clinical decision support are all examples of what
Informatics affecting Nursing Practice -✔✔Clinical pathways and computer generated care plans are
examples of how informatics can affect nursing practice True, examples of clinical decision support
The foundation of knowledge model -✔✔The basis for which knowledge is used to meet the needs
of the healthcare delivery system
It is derived from its 3 key elements of knowledge acquisition, knowledge processing and knowledge
dissemination
Data (not information until it has been analyzed) -✔✔A patients height, weight, code status, and
date of birth are all examples of what
Strategic planning, long-range -✔✔The development of a comprehensive long range plan for guiding
the activities and operations of an organization
They will need to be trained on the system -✔✔Why is it not important that selection committee
board members understand software and electronic processes
Strategic Planning -✔✔Strategic planning is not driven by short term goals as Strategic Planning is a
LONG TERM GOAL
Needs assessment -✔✔During which phase of the information life cycle should the "musts" and
"wants" be determined
