WGU D220 comprehensive QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS (2024) LATEST UPDATE
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
Nurse is planning care for a patient with lab results showing pending Covid
results, what would she initiate ?
Initiate airborne precautions
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
24. Why is it important to control the number of warnings in Electronic
Health Record (EHR)
Alert fatigue
Why is it important for healthcare providers to not ignore alerts ?
To prevent medication errors
25. Which change theory begins with creating urgency
Kotter's Models
26. Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originate
American Recover & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) act in 2009
27. What is the primary concern driving Nursing informatic initiative
Patient safety
28. What can be installed to allow one operation to access another to enable
the exchange of data
Integration
29. Which type of chart uses rectangle, oval & diamonds in both
Flowchart
30. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System
CORRECT ANSWERS (2024) LATEST UPDATE
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
Nurse is planning care for a patient with lab results showing pending Covid
results, what would she initiate ?
Initiate airborne precautions
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
24. Why is it important to control the number of warnings in Electronic
Health Record (EHR)
Alert fatigue
Why is it important for healthcare providers to not ignore alerts ?
To prevent medication errors
25. Which change theory begins with creating urgency
Kotter's Models
26. Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originate
American Recover & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) act in 2009
27. What is the primary concern driving Nursing informatic initiative
Patient safety
28. What can be installed to allow one operation to access another to enable
the exchange of data
Integration
29. Which type of chart uses rectangle, oval & diamonds in both
Flowchart
30. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System
