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1. Afterjteachingjajclassjaboutjinformatics,jthejinstructorjdeterminesjthatjthejteachingjwasjsuc
cessfuljwhenjthejstudentsjdefinejinformaticsjasjwhichjofjthejfollowing?
A) Usejofjcomputers
B) Usejofjinformationjtechnology
C) Managementjofjinformation
D) AccessjtojthejInternet
2. Ajstrategicjplanjforjthejnationwidejimplementationjofjhealthjinformationjtechnologyjinc
ludesjwhichjofjthejfollowing?
A) Discouragingjthejusejofjpersonaljelectronicjhealthjrecords
B) Developingjajcollaborativejgovernancejtojsupportjinformationjusejforjpopulationjhe
alth
C) Advocatingjforjstatewidejadoptionjofjelectronicjhealthjrecord
D) Limitingjthejusejofjtelehealthjsystems
3. Whichjofjthejfollowingjwouldjajnursejidentifyjasjthejcurrentjfocusjofjtoday'sjpracticejinfor
matics?
A) Capturingjdatajatjthejpointjofjcare
B) Performingjsecondaryjdatajanalysis
C) Usingjaggregatedjdata
D) Makingjdecisionsjbasedjonjdata
4. Ajnursingjstudentjisjreviewingjinformationjaboutjearlyjcomputerizedjclinicaljinf
ormationjsystems.jWhichjofjthejfollowingjwouldjthejstudentjidentifyjasjcharacte
ristic?
A) Implementationjtojperformjtwojorjthreejfunctions
B) Abilityjtojsharejinformationjamongjseveraljdepartments
C) Creationjofjdifferentjsoftwarejsystemsjforjdifferentjareas
D) Entryjofjdatajoccurringjonlyjonce
5. Whenjdescribingjthejbenefitsjofjinformaticsjtojajgroupjofjagencyjstaff,jwhichjofjthejfollo
wingjwouldjthejpresenterjidentifyjasjonejofjthejprimaryjbenefits?
A) Increasejusabilityjofjdata
B) Promotejcost-saving
C) Promotejtime-saving
D) Allowjidentificationjofjpatterns
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, 6. Afterjteachingjajgroupjofjstudentsjaboutjthejbenefitsjofjinformaticsjtojthejnursingjprofes
sion,jthejinstructorjdeterminesjthatjthejstudentsjneedjadditionaljteachingjwhenjtheyjident
ifyjwhichjofjthejfollowingjasjajbenefit?
A) Improvementjinjdocumentation
B) Usejofjdatajforjqualityjcontrol
C) Buildingjofjevidence-basedjknowledge
D) Increasejinjtimejneededjforjdocumentation
7. Ajnursejisjpresentingjanjin-
servicejprogramjonjnursingjinformaticsjcompetencies.jWhenjdescribingjthejneedjforjcompu
terjfluencyjforjnursingjinformaticsjcompetencies,jwhichjofjthejfollowingjwouldjthejpresente
rjincludejasjcharacterizingjthisjconcept?
A) Temporaryjstate
B) Lifelongjlearning
C) Taskjoriented
D) Competency
8. Afterjteachingjajclassjforjajgroupjofjnursesjonjnursingjinformatics,jthejinstructorjdeter
minesjthatjthejteachingjwasjsuccessfuljwhenjthejgroupjidentifiesjwhichjofjthejfollowin
gjcompetenciesjasjspecificjtojthejrolejofjanjinformaticsjinnovator?
A) Usingjbasicjdesktopjsoftware
B) Generatingjinformaticsjtheory
C) Makingjjudgmentsjaboutjtrends
D) Communicatingjviajajcomputer
9. Anjinformaticsjnursejspecialistjwouldjdescribejinformationjliteracyjasjessentialjforjwh
ichjofjthejfollowing?
A) Criticaljthinking
B) Problemjsolving
C) Datajevaluation
D) Evidence-basedjpractice
10. Whenjpreparingjforjajclassjonjhealthcarejinformaticsjandjinformationjtechnology,jthejinst
ructorjwouldjemphasizejwhichjofjthejfollowingjasjthejfocus?
A) Information
B) Computer
C) Access
D) Datajstorage
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, 11. Whenjdescribingjthejcomponentsjneededjtojprovidejevidence-
basedjcarejthroughjinformatics,jwhichjofjthejfollowingjwouldjbejneeded?jSelectjalljt
hatjapply.
A) Informationjpresentedjinjajdigitaljformat
B) Standardsjforjexchangejofjinformation
C) Limitedjabilityjtojcapturejrelevantjdata
D) Multiplejlanguagejstructuresjforjdocumentation
E) Competencyjofjpractitionersjusingjthejinformation
12. Ajnursejisjreviewingjanjarticlejaboutjthejstrategicjplanjforjhealthjinformationjtechnolo
gyjasjrelatedjtojpopulationjhealth.jWhichjofjthejfollowingjwouldjthejnursejexpectjtojfin
djasjbeingjsupportedjbyjthisjgoal?jSelectjalljthatjapply.
A) Biomedicaljresearch
B) Cost-efficientjpatientjcare
C) Publicjhealth
D) Qualityjimprovement
E) Emergencyjpreparedness
13. Ajnursejisjpreparingjanjin-
servicejprogramjaboutjforcesjdrivingjtowardjthejincreasedjusejofjinformaticsjinjhealthcar
e.jWhichjofjthejfollowingjwouldjthejnursejincludejasjajnationaljforce?j Selectjalljthatjappl
y.
A) CreationjofjthejPresident'sjInformationjTechnologyjAdvisoryjCommitteej(PITAC)
B) ThejInstitutejofjMedicinej(IOM)jreportjonjHealthjProfessionsjEducation
C) NationaljAdvisoryjCounciljonjNursejEducationjandjPracticejrecommendations
D) NationaljLeaguejforjNursingj(NLN)jpositionjpaperjonjnursejpreparation
E) TechnologyjInformaticsjGuidingjEducationaljReformj(TIGER)jinitiative
14. Ajnursejworkingjinjinformaticsjisjanalyzingjinformationjgatheredjaboutjratesjofjinfectionj
ofjpatientsjonjajspecificjhospitaljunit.jThejnursejisjusingjthisjinformationjtojdeterminejappr
opriatejinterventionsjforjoveralljinfectionjcontrol.jThejnursejisjinvolvedjwithjwhichjofjthejf
ollowing?
A) Pointjofjcarejinformatics
B) Secondaryjdatajanalysis
C) Listserv
D) Computerizedjproviderjorderjentry
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