NR599: Final Exam questions and answers
Ethical Decision Making - ANS--Process that requires striking a balance between science and morality.
-Making informed choices about ethical dilemmas based on a set of standards differentiating right from
wrong.
American Nurses Association- Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. - ANS-provides
specific guidance for ethical decision making and provides a valuable framework that can be used when
working with HIT
Bioethical Standards - ANS-Autonomy, freedom, veracity, privacy, beneficence, and fidelity are
maximally appropriate to the health care setting.
Autonomy - ANS-The right to choose for himself or herself; respecting the clients opinions, perspectives,
values and beliefs.
Freedom - ANS-The ability of an individual to act independently, without coercion or constraint in ones
choice and action
veracity - ANS-Being completely truthful with patients; a patients right to truth.
privacy - ANS-The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over your own personal
possessions, and not to be observed without your consent
Beneficence - ANS-Actions performed that contribute to the welfare of others; Action of doing good or
right by and for the patient.
Fidelity - ANS-Right to what has been promised; keeping to one's promise.
, Telehealth - ANS-Use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-
distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health
administration. Technologies include videoconferencing, the internet, store-and-forward imaging,
streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless communications.
Telemedicine - ANS-Remote clinical health services
mHealth (Mobile Health) - ANS--The practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices
such as mobile phones, tablets, personal digital assistants and the wireless infrastructure.
-The use of wireless communication to support efficiency in public health and clinical practice.
Mobile Medical Applications (Apps) - ANS--Accessories to a regulated medical device or are a software
that transforms a mobile platform into a regulated medical device.
-Facilitates mHealth
Medical Devices - ANS-Any equipment, instrument, implant, material, or apparatus used for the
diagnosis, treatment, or monitoring of patients.
Rationale APP is NOT Considered Medical Devices - ANS-Apps that are not intended for use in the
diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.
FDA Oversight for Medical Devices - ANS--Regulatory body that oversees mobile apps that are medical
devices and whose functionality could pose a risk to a patient's safety if the mobile app were to not
function as intended.
-Also oversee the cybersecurity management of these devices as well as the hospital network security.
(POC) Point of Care - ANS-Testing and diagnosis at the patient's side and can be conducted anywhere
the patient is, such as the home, physician office, ambulance, or hospital bedside
Ethical Decision Making - ANS--Process that requires striking a balance between science and morality.
-Making informed choices about ethical dilemmas based on a set of standards differentiating right from
wrong.
American Nurses Association- Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. - ANS-provides
specific guidance for ethical decision making and provides a valuable framework that can be used when
working with HIT
Bioethical Standards - ANS-Autonomy, freedom, veracity, privacy, beneficence, and fidelity are
maximally appropriate to the health care setting.
Autonomy - ANS-The right to choose for himself or herself; respecting the clients opinions, perspectives,
values and beliefs.
Freedom - ANS-The ability of an individual to act independently, without coercion or constraint in ones
choice and action
veracity - ANS-Being completely truthful with patients; a patients right to truth.
privacy - ANS-The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over your own personal
possessions, and not to be observed without your consent
Beneficence - ANS-Actions performed that contribute to the welfare of others; Action of doing good or
right by and for the patient.
Fidelity - ANS-Right to what has been promised; keeping to one's promise.
, Telehealth - ANS-Use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-
distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health
administration. Technologies include videoconferencing, the internet, store-and-forward imaging,
streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless communications.
Telemedicine - ANS-Remote clinical health services
mHealth (Mobile Health) - ANS--The practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices
such as mobile phones, tablets, personal digital assistants and the wireless infrastructure.
-The use of wireless communication to support efficiency in public health and clinical practice.
Mobile Medical Applications (Apps) - ANS--Accessories to a regulated medical device or are a software
that transforms a mobile platform into a regulated medical device.
-Facilitates mHealth
Medical Devices - ANS-Any equipment, instrument, implant, material, or apparatus used for the
diagnosis, treatment, or monitoring of patients.
Rationale APP is NOT Considered Medical Devices - ANS-Apps that are not intended for use in the
diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.
FDA Oversight for Medical Devices - ANS--Regulatory body that oversees mobile apps that are medical
devices and whose functionality could pose a risk to a patient's safety if the mobile app were to not
function as intended.
-Also oversee the cybersecurity management of these devices as well as the hospital network security.
(POC) Point of Care - ANS-Testing and diagnosis at the patient's side and can be conducted anywhere
the patient is, such as the home, physician office, ambulance, or hospital bedside
