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ng.wThewhistoricalwrootswofwinformationwsciencewbeganwinwlibrarywscience.wLanguagewdevelopm
entwandwmedicinewandwnursingwarewnotwthewrootswofwcomputerwscience.
DIF: CognitivewLevel:wUnderstand REF: p.w3
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o:wlanguagew development,w especiallyw English.wmathem
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librarywscience.wmedic
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ANS:w C
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omputerwsciencewcanwbewtracedwbackwtowmathematicswandwengineering.wLanguagewdevelopm
entwandwmedicinewandwnursingwarewnotwthewrootswofwinformationwscience.
DIF: CognitivewLevel:wUnderstand REF: pp.w3-4
Thewfirstwbookwtowincludewthewtermwnursingwinformaticswinwthewtitlewwaswwrittenwinwt
he:w1960s.
1970s.
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ANS:w C
Thewfirstwbookwtowincludewthewtermwnursingwinformaticswinwthewtitlewwaswpublishedwinw1988.
DIF: CognitivewLevel:wRemember REF: p.w6
Aswknowledgewdevelopswandwexpandswwithinwawdiscipline,wwhichwinformationwsourcew
willwincludewthewoldestwbutwbestworganizedwrepresentationwofwthatwknowledge?
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, Thewinformationwsourcewthatwincludeswthewoldestwbutwbestworganizedwrepresentationw
ofwknowledgewiswbooks.
DIF: CognitivewLevel:wApply REF: p.w5
Whichwtechnicalwdevelopmentwcreatedwawtensionwbetweenwcentralizedwandwdecentraliz
edwcomputerwmanagementwinwhealthcare?
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rwThewdevelopmentwofwthewpersonalwcomputer
ANS:w D
Thewdevelopmentwofwthewpersonalwcomputerwcreatedwtensionwbetweenwcentralizedwandwdece
ntralizedwcomputerwmanagementwinwhealthcare.wThewotherwresponseswhighlightwaspectswofwde
centralizedwcomputerwmanagement.
DIF: CognitivewLevel:wApply REF: p.w3
Whichwofwthewfollowingwiswnotwawmemberworganizationwbutwratherwawgroupwofworganizations?
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HIMSSw
AHIMAw
ANI
ANS:www D
ThewAlliancewforwNursingwInformaticsw(ANI)wiswanworganizationwofworganizations.wThiswiswno
twawmemberwgroup.wAMIA,wHIMSS,wandwAHIMAwarewallwmemberwgroups.
DIF: CognitivewLevel:wRemember REF: p.w7
Whichwstatementwconcerningweducationalwprogramswinwhealthwinformaticswiswcorrect?
Allwhealthwinformaticswprogramswarewofferedwatwthewgraduatewlevel.
Informaticswprogramswofferedwbywmedicalwschoolswalwayswrequirewstudentswtowha
vewearnedwanwMDwforwadmission.
Allwhealthwinformaticswprogramswarewlocatedwwithinwhealth-
relatedwdepartmentsworwschoolswsuchwaswnursing,wmedicine,worwpharmacy.
Healthwinformaticswprogramswrangewfromwcertificatewprogramswofferedwatwthewco
mmunitywcollegewlevelwtowpost-
doctoralwprogramswofferedwatwmajorwresearchwinstitutions.
ANS:w D
Thewcorrectwresponsewiswhealthwinformaticswprogramswrangewfromwcertificatewprogramswoffere
dwatwthewcommunitywcollegewlevelwtowpost-
doctoralwprogramswofferedwatwmajorwresearchwinstitutions.wNotwallwinformaticswprogramswreq
uirewanwMD,warewatwthewgraduatewlevel,worwarewlocatedwwithinwschoolswofwhealthwsciences.
DIF: CognitivewLevel:wApply REF: pp.w9-10
Whichwstatementwrelatedwtowcertificationwinwhealthwinformaticswiswcorrect?
a.w Awmaster’swinwnursingwiswrequiredwtowsitwforwthewNIwexaminationwofferedwbywANCC.