WGU D220 Questions and Answers with
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1. Which information in an electronic medical record (EMP) helps a nurse plan & manage a
patient's post-operative care after open-heart surgery ✔✔Provider orders
2. Which information in a patient's electronic medical record (EMA), in addition to the nursing
flowsheets & provider orders, helps a nurse plan & manage fluctuations in blood glucose levels
✔✔MAR
3. A nurse is planning the care for a patient admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 Which list
of information in the electronic medical record (EMR) will help the nurse plan the care for this
patient ✔✔The patient's laboratory results over the last 72 hours
4. Which clinical note type is exempt from being shared with patients according to the United
States Core Data for Interoperability (USC DI) standards ✔✔Psychotherapy notes
5. Operating room (OR) staff are reliant upon a manual white board for patient tracking.
Recently, surgeons have complained that the turnaround time between surgical cases has
increased & blame the manual tracking system. An informatics nurse recommends expanding
,use of the existing surgical information system (SIS). Which resolution can improve this
workflow issue ✔✔Radio frequency identification (RFID) in patient labels
6. An informatics nurse & an emergency nurse are conducting an analysis of a patient admission
from the ER ✔✔Which tool should these nurses use for a process analysis? SWOT template
7. What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access of electronic protected health information
(ePHI) by unauthorized users ✔✔Make sure all the users adhere to security & confidential policy
set forth by the facility
8. How does a healthcare policy assure access to health information by authorized users ✔✔It
creates a reliable method to verify the identities of users accessing health information
9. Which statement describes the application of meaningful use ✔✔Provider needs to show the
use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology
10. What is the typical role of the informatics nurse ✔✔Plans, coordinates, & facilitates
education for all computer applications & software for nursing or clinical user group
,11. A patients glucose blood sugar is 400. What is a one-time kind of report ✔✔Ad Hoc
12. Which clinical information technology enables providers to document patient assessments
✔✔Vitals signs capture
13. A patient is being transferred to another hospital, however the hospital he is being transferred
to does not have access to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) since they use EPIC. How will
they receive his Electronic Health Record (EHR) ✔✔Continuity care record from AMR
14. Which statement best describes Nursing Informatics ✔✔"Computer science, decision
science, information science, management science, cognitive science, & organizational theory."
15. The nurse receives report that there are new orders to review. Where does the nurse look to
verify this information ✔✔The Kardex
16. What is the goal of Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) & Meaningful Use (MU)
✔✔Patient quality care
17. What is a type of phishing ✔✔Trojan
, 18. What is Data governance ✔✔Defines who can take what action, upon what data, in what
situations, using what methods
19. A provider at the hospital had his laptop stolen from his vehicle. What should be on his
laptop to protect it from data breach ✔✔Encryption
20. What is the name of the process that begins with conception & continues through
implementation ✔✔Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
21. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System ✔✔This is an application
that supports healthcare practitioners in making patient-care decisions
22. What is the term for sharing a person's personal information with other individuals
electronically ✔✔Information sharing
23. When a physician arrives on the unit, a nurse is asked about the fluid status of a patient.
Where should the nurse find this information ✔✔The intake & output chart
Complete Solutions
1. Which information in an electronic medical record (EMP) helps a nurse plan & manage a
patient's post-operative care after open-heart surgery ✔✔Provider orders
2. Which information in a patient's electronic medical record (EMA), in addition to the nursing
flowsheets & provider orders, helps a nurse plan & manage fluctuations in blood glucose levels
✔✔MAR
3. A nurse is planning the care for a patient admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 Which list
of information in the electronic medical record (EMR) will help the nurse plan the care for this
patient ✔✔The patient's laboratory results over the last 72 hours
4. Which clinical note type is exempt from being shared with patients according to the United
States Core Data for Interoperability (USC DI) standards ✔✔Psychotherapy notes
5. Operating room (OR) staff are reliant upon a manual white board for patient tracking.
Recently, surgeons have complained that the turnaround time between surgical cases has
increased & blame the manual tracking system. An informatics nurse recommends expanding
,use of the existing surgical information system (SIS). Which resolution can improve this
workflow issue ✔✔Radio frequency identification (RFID) in patient labels
6. An informatics nurse & an emergency nurse are conducting an analysis of a patient admission
from the ER ✔✔Which tool should these nurses use for a process analysis? SWOT template
7. What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access of electronic protected health information
(ePHI) by unauthorized users ✔✔Make sure all the users adhere to security & confidential policy
set forth by the facility
8. How does a healthcare policy assure access to health information by authorized users ✔✔It
creates a reliable method to verify the identities of users accessing health information
9. Which statement describes the application of meaningful use ✔✔Provider needs to show the
use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology
10. What is the typical role of the informatics nurse ✔✔Plans, coordinates, & facilitates
education for all computer applications & software for nursing or clinical user group
,11. A patients glucose blood sugar is 400. What is a one-time kind of report ✔✔Ad Hoc
12. Which clinical information technology enables providers to document patient assessments
✔✔Vitals signs capture
13. A patient is being transferred to another hospital, however the hospital he is being transferred
to does not have access to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) since they use EPIC. How will
they receive his Electronic Health Record (EHR) ✔✔Continuity care record from AMR
14. Which statement best describes Nursing Informatics ✔✔"Computer science, decision
science, information science, management science, cognitive science, & organizational theory."
15. The nurse receives report that there are new orders to review. Where does the nurse look to
verify this information ✔✔The Kardex
16. What is the goal of Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) & Meaningful Use (MU)
✔✔Patient quality care
17. What is a type of phishing ✔✔Trojan
, 18. What is Data governance ✔✔Defines who can take what action, upon what data, in what
situations, using what methods
19. A provider at the hospital had his laptop stolen from his vehicle. What should be on his
laptop to protect it from data breach ✔✔Encryption
20. What is the name of the process that begins with conception & continues through
implementation ✔✔Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
21. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System ✔✔This is an application
that supports healthcare practitioners in making patient-care decisions
22. What is the term for sharing a person's personal information with other individuals
electronically ✔✔Information sharing
23. When a physician arrives on the unit, a nurse is asked about the fluid status of a patient.
Where should the nurse find this information ✔✔The intake & output chart
