C468 Nursing Informatics – WGU 2023 /
60 Questions and Answers.
Wisdom - -Using knowledge and experience to manage and solve problems
-Knowledge - -Synthesis of information from several sources to produce a single
concept or idea
-Information - -Data that has been interpreted
-Data - -a collection of numbers, characters, or facts that are gathered according to
some perceived need for analysis
-Knowledge worker - -Individual with a high degree of expertise, education, or
experience who creates, distributes, and applies knowledge
-Knowledge builder - -One who examines, interprets, and compares clinical data and
trends with an eye toward improving clinical practice based on the available evidence
-Knowledge user - -Comparing individual patient data with existing nursing knowledge
-Information user - -One who interprets clinical data and uses it to monitor patients
and aid with decision making
-Information literacy - -Knowing when and how to find and evaluate the quality of
information
-Information science - -Incorporates features from 5 other sciences communication
science, computer science, social science, library science, cognitive science
-Information System - -Hardware and software that make up an organizations IT
infrastructure
-Information processing - -The acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display,
and dissemination of information
-Informatics innovator - -RN who is a visionary in the field of nursing informatics. No
formal education required.
-Informatics Nurse Specialist - -RN with formal training in informatics and is
considered a specialist in the field of nursing informatics
-Informatics Nurse - -RN with experience and advanced knowledge but no formal
education in the area of informatics
60 Questions and Answers.
Wisdom - -Using knowledge and experience to manage and solve problems
-Knowledge - -Synthesis of information from several sources to produce a single
concept or idea
-Information - -Data that has been interpreted
-Data - -a collection of numbers, characters, or facts that are gathered according to
some perceived need for analysis
-Knowledge worker - -Individual with a high degree of expertise, education, or
experience who creates, distributes, and applies knowledge
-Knowledge builder - -One who examines, interprets, and compares clinical data and
trends with an eye toward improving clinical practice based on the available evidence
-Knowledge user - -Comparing individual patient data with existing nursing knowledge
-Information user - -One who interprets clinical data and uses it to monitor patients
and aid with decision making
-Information literacy - -Knowing when and how to find and evaluate the quality of
information
-Information science - -Incorporates features from 5 other sciences communication
science, computer science, social science, library science, cognitive science
-Information System - -Hardware and software that make up an organizations IT
infrastructure
-Information processing - -The acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display,
and dissemination of information
-Informatics innovator - -RN who is a visionary in the field of nursing informatics. No
formal education required.
-Informatics Nurse Specialist - -RN with formal training in informatics and is
considered a specialist in the field of nursing informatics
-Informatics Nurse - -RN with experience and advanced knowledge but no formal
education in the area of informatics
