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Chapterr1rNursingrSciencerandrtherFoundationrofrKnowledge
Thernurserunderstandsrthatrnursingrinformaticsrisrrecognizedrasrarspecialtyrarearofrpracticerbyrwhic
hrstatement?
1. Researchrprioritiesrforrnursingrinformaticsrincludertherdevelopmentrofrarstandardrnursingrlan
guagerandrtherdevelopmentrofrdatabasesrforrclinicalrinformation.
2. Arformalreducationalrprogramratrthermaster'srlevelrmustrbercompletedrbeforerarnurserisrelig
iblertorsitrforrthercredentialingrexamination.
3. Asrardifferentiatedrpractice,rnursingrinformaticsrisrfocusedruponrtherclient,rtherenvironment,rhea
lth,randrthernurse.
4. Thererisrarneedrforrnursingrinformaticsrinterestsrtorgainrrepresentationrbyrworkrgroupsrandrorg
anizationsrwithinrtherUnitedrStates.
CorrectrAnswer:r1
Rationaler1:rTherdevelopmentrofrresearchrprioritiesrisrarkeyrpointrinrarspecialtyrpractice.rAlthoug
hrdegreesratrthermaster'srlevelrareravailable,rtherdegreerrequiredrforrcredentialingrisrtypicallyratrther
bachelor'srlevelrandrincludesrexperiencerinrtherfield.rCurrentrdemandsrforrsafer,rcost-
effective,rqualityrcarerrequirerevidencerofrtherbestrpracticesrsupportedrbyrresearch.
Rationaler2:rSuchrarformalreducationalrprogramrdoesrnotrnecessarilyrmeanrarspecialtyrarearofrprac
tice.rAlthoughrdegreesratrthermaster'srlevelrareravailable,rtherdegreerrequiredrforrcredentialingrisrt
ypicallyratrtherbachelor'srlevelrandrincludesrexperiencerinrtherfield.rTherdevelopmentrofrresearchrp
rioritiesrisrarkeyrpointrinrarspecialtyrpractice.
Rationaler3:rYourrchosenrresponserrefersrtortherentirerdisciplinerofrnursing.rTherspecialtyrofrnursin
grinformaticsrintegratesrnursingrscience,rcomputerrscience,randrinformationrsciencertormanagerandrc
ommunicaterdata,rinformation,rknowledge,randrwisdomrintornursingrpractice.rTherdevelopmentrofrr
esearchrprioritiesrisrarkeyrpointrinrarspecialtyrpractice.
Rationaler4:rThererarermanyrworkrgroupsrinrtherUnitedrStatesrrelatedrtorinformaticsrthatrfocusronrth
erspecialtyrofrinformaticsrpractice.rOnerexamplerisrtherNursingrInformaticsrSpecialrInterestrGrouprofr
therInternationalrMedicalrInformaticsrAssociation.rTherdevelopmentrofrresearchrprioritiesrisrarkeyrp
ointrinrarspecialtyrpractice.
GlobalrRationale:
, NURSING INFORMATICS AND THE FOUNDATION OF
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KNOWLEDGE 4TH EDITION MCGON r r rr
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CognitiverLevel:rUnderstanding
ClientrNeed:rSaferEffectiverCarerEnvironment
ClientrNeedrSub:rManagementrofrCare
Nursing/IntegratedrConcepts:rNursingrProcess:rAssessment
LearningrOutcome:
Questionr2rT
ype:rMCSA
Whichrstatementr byrthernurserverifiesrthatrthernurserisr"informationrliterate"?
1. "Irunderstandrhowrtorsearchrforrarwebsiterandrevaluateritsrusefulnessrforrhealthrcarerneeds."
2. "Irutilizerdatabasesrinrtherhealthrcarersettingrtorinputrclientrinformationrsuchrasrskinrcon
dition."
3. "IruseremailroverrtherInternetrtorcorrespondrwithrclientsrandrproviderinformation."
4. "Ircanrusersoftwarerapplicationsrsuchrasrwordrprocessing,rspreadsheets,randrpresentations."
CorrectrAnswer:r1
Rationaler1:rInformationrliteracyrnecessitatesrthatrnursesrhavertherabilityrtorfind,revaluate,randreffe
ctivelyruserinformation.rTherotherranswersrarerexamplesrofrcomputerrliteracyrbutrdornotrhavertherhigh
errfunctionsrofrinformationrliteracy.
Rationaler2:rYourrchosenrresponserisranrexamplerofrcomputerrliteracy,rbutritrdoesrnotrhavertherhigher
rfunctionsrofrinformationrliteracy.r Informationrliteracyrnecessitatesrthatrnursesrhavertherabilityrtorfin
d,revaluate,randreffectivelyruserinformation.
Rationaler3:rYourrchosenrresponserisranrexamplerofrcomputerrliteracyrbut,ritrdoesrnotrhavertherhigher
rfunctionsrofrinformationrliteracy.r Informationrliteracyrnecessitatesrthatrnursesrhavertherabilityrtorfin
d,revaluate,randreffectivelyruserinformation.
Rationaler4:rThisranswerrisranrexamplerofrcomputerrliteracyrbut,ritrdoesrnotrhavertherhigherrfunction
srofrinformationrliteracy.rInformationrliteracyrnecessitatesrthatrnursesrhavertherabilityrtorfind,revaluat
e,randreffectivelyruserinformation.
GlobalrRationale:
CognitiverLevel:rUnderstanding
ClientrNeed:rSaferEffectiverCarerEnvironment
ClientrNeedrSub:rManagementrofrCarerNursing/Integrate
drConcepts:rNursingrProcess:rPlanningrLearningrOutcom
e:
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Questionr3rT
ype:rMCSA
Thernursergathersrmuchrdatarwhenrcaringrforrclients.rWhichrisranrexamplerofrtherhigher-
levelr"information"rusefulrinrcaringrforrclients?
1. ThervitalrsignsrarerBProfr130/70,rHRrofr88,rRRrofr24,rtemperaturerofr98.8rdegreesrF.,randroxyg
enrsaturationrofr98%.
2. Labrworkrresultsrincluderanrelectrolyterpanelrandrcompleterbloodrcountrwithrdifferential.
3. Therclientrisrarwidowedr64-year-oldrblackrmaleradmittedrwithrprostatitis.
4. AfterrreceivingrRocephinr(ceftriaxonersodium)r1.0rgramrIVryesterday,rtherclientrreportedrfee
lingrbetterrtoday.
CorrectrAnswer:r4
Rationaler1:rYourrchosenrresponserisranrexamplerofrhavingrpiecesrofrdatarwithoutrinterpretation.r"Inf
ormation"rnecessitatesrthatrthernurserinterpretrandrstructurertherresultsrofrclinicalrdatarintorinformati
on.
Rationaler2:rYourrchosenrresponserisranrexamplerofrhavingrpiecesrofrdatarwithoutrinterpretation.r"Inf
ormation"rnecessitatesrthatrthernurserinterpretrandrstructurertherresultsrofrclinicalrdatarintorinformati
on.
Rationaler3:rYourrchosenrresponserisranrexamplerofrhavingrpiecesrofrdatarwithoutrinterpretation.r"Inf
ormation"rnecessitatesrthatrthernurserinterpretrandrstructurertherresultsrofrclinicalrdatarintorinformati
on.
Rationaler4:r"Information"rnecessitatesrthatrthernurserinterpretrandrstructurerclinicalrdatarintorinfor
mation.rItrcanrthenrberusedrtoraidrclinicalrdecisionrmakingrandrclientrmonitoring.rAllrotherrresponsesri
ncludedrpiecesrofrdatarwithoutrinterpretation.
GlobalrRationale:
CognitiverLevel:rUnderstanding
ClientrNeed:rSaferEffectiverCarerEnvironment
ClientrNeedrSub:rManagementrofrCare
Nursing/IntegratedrConcepts:rNursingrProcess:rAssessment
LearningrOutcome:
Questionr4rT
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Whichrstatementrbestrdistinguishesrtherdifferencerbetweenrinformationrliteracyrandrcomputerrliter
acy?
1. Informationrliteracyrisrunnecessaryrinrhealthrcarerwhereasrcomputerrliteracyrprovidesrtherbasisrforr
computerrorderrentry.
2. InformationrliteracyrisrtherfoundationrofrtherEHRrwhereasrcomputerrliteracyrhelpsrthernursertoracc
essrdata.
3. Arnursercanrextrapolaterdatarwithrcomputerrliteracyrandrnotrinformationrskills.
4. Informationrliteracyrformsrtherbasisrforrongoingrlearningrwhereasrcomputerrliteracyrrefersrtorarfa
miliarityrwithrtheruserofrpersonalrcomputers.
CorrectrAnswer:r4
Rationaler1:rComputerrliteracyrisrarpopularrtermrusedrtorreferrtorarfamiliarityrwithrtheruserofrperso
nalrcomputers,rincludingrtheruserofrsoftwarertoolsrsuchrasrwordrprocessing,rspreadsheets,rdatabase
s,rpresentationrgraphics,randre-
mail.rThermajorityrofrstudentsradmittedrtornursingrschoolsrnowrenterrwithrsomerlevelrofrcomputerr
literacy.
Rationaler2:rComputerrliteracyrisrarpopularrtermrusedrtorreferrtorarfamiliarityrwithrtheruserofrperso
nalrcomputers,rincludingrtheruserofrsoftwarertoolsrsuchrasrwordrprocessing,rspreadsheets,rdatabase
s,rpresentationrgraphics,randre-
mail.rThermajorityrofrstudentsradmittedrtornursingrschoolsrnowrenterrwithrsomerlevelrofrcomputerr
literacy.
Rationaler3:rComputerrliteracyrisrarpopularrtermrusedrtorreferrtorarfamiliarityrwithrtheruserofrperso
nalrcomputers,rincludingrtheruserofrsoftwarertoolsrsuchrasrwordrprocessing,rspreadsheets,rdatabase
s,rpresentationrgraphics,randre-
mail.rThermajorityrofrstudentsradmittedrtornursingrschoolsrnowrenterrwithrsomerlevelrofrcomputerr
literacy.
Rationaler4:rComputerrliteracyrisrarpopularrtermrusedrtorreferrtorarfamiliarityrwithrtheruserofrperso
nalrcomputers,rincludingrtheruserofrsoftwarertoolsrsuchrasrwordrprocessing,rspreadsheets,rdatabase
s,rpresentationrgraphics,randre-
mail.rThermajorityrofrstudentsradmittedrtornursingrschoolsrnowrenterrwithrsomerlevelrofrcomputerr
literacy.
GlobalrRationale:
CognitiverLevel:rAnalyzing
ClientrNeed:rSaferEffectiverCarerEnvironment
ClientrNeedrSub:rManagementrofrCare
Nursing/IntegratedrConcepts:rNursingrProcess:rAssessment
LearningrOutcome:rQuesti
NURSING INFORMATICS AND THE FOUNDATION OF
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Chapterr1rNursingrSciencerandrtherFoundationrofrKnowledge
Thernurserunderstandsrthatrnursingrinformaticsrisrrecognizedrasrarspecialtyrarearofrpracticerbyrwhic
hrstatement?
1. Researchrprioritiesrforrnursingrinformaticsrincludertherdevelopmentrofrarstandardrnursingrlan
guagerandrtherdevelopmentrofrdatabasesrforrclinicalrinformation.
2. Arformalreducationalrprogramratrthermaster'srlevelrmustrbercompletedrbeforerarnurserisrelig
iblertorsitrforrthercredentialingrexamination.
3. Asrardifferentiatedrpractice,rnursingrinformaticsrisrfocusedruponrtherclient,rtherenvironment,rhea
lth,randrthernurse.
4. Thererisrarneedrforrnursingrinformaticsrinterestsrtorgainrrepresentationrbyrworkrgroupsrandrorg
anizationsrwithinrtherUnitedrStates.
CorrectrAnswer:r1
Rationaler1:rTherdevelopmentrofrresearchrprioritiesrisrarkeyrpointrinrarspecialtyrpractice.rAlthoug
hrdegreesratrthermaster'srlevelrareravailable,rtherdegreerrequiredrforrcredentialingrisrtypicallyratrther
bachelor'srlevelrandrincludesrexperiencerinrtherfield.rCurrentrdemandsrforrsafer,rcost-
effective,rqualityrcarerrequirerevidencerofrtherbestrpracticesrsupportedrbyrresearch.
Rationaler2:rSuchrarformalreducationalrprogramrdoesrnotrnecessarilyrmeanrarspecialtyrarearofrprac
tice.rAlthoughrdegreesratrthermaster'srlevelrareravailable,rtherdegreerrequiredrforrcredentialingrisrt
ypicallyratrtherbachelor'srlevelrandrincludesrexperiencerinrtherfield.rTherdevelopmentrofrresearchrp
rioritiesrisrarkeyrpointrinrarspecialtyrpractice.
Rationaler3:rYourrchosenrresponserrefersrtortherentirerdisciplinerofrnursing.rTherspecialtyrofrnursin
grinformaticsrintegratesrnursingrscience,rcomputerrscience,randrinformationrsciencertormanagerandrc
ommunicaterdata,rinformation,rknowledge,randrwisdomrintornursingrpractice.rTherdevelopmentrofrr
esearchrprioritiesrisrarkeyrpointrinrarspecialtyrpractice.
Rationaler4:rThererarermanyrworkrgroupsrinrtherUnitedrStatesrrelatedrtorinformaticsrthatrfocusronrth
erspecialtyrofrinformaticsrpractice.rOnerexamplerisrtherNursingrInformaticsrSpecialrInterestrGrouprofr
therInternationalrMedicalrInformaticsrAssociation.rTherdevelopmentrofrresearchrprioritiesrisrarkeyrp
ointrinrarspecialtyrpractice.
GlobalrRationale:
, NURSING INFORMATICS AND THE FOUNDATION OF
r r r r r r
KNOWLEDGE 4TH EDITION MCGON r r rr
IGLE TEST BANK r r
CognitiverLevel:rUnderstanding
ClientrNeed:rSaferEffectiverCarerEnvironment
ClientrNeedrSub:rManagementrofrCare
Nursing/IntegratedrConcepts:rNursingrProcess:rAssessment
LearningrOutcome:
Questionr2rT
ype:rMCSA
Whichrstatementr byrthernurserverifiesrthatrthernurserisr"informationrliterate"?
1. "Irunderstandrhowrtorsearchrforrarwebsiterandrevaluateritsrusefulnessrforrhealthrcarerneeds."
2. "Irutilizerdatabasesrinrtherhealthrcarersettingrtorinputrclientrinformationrsuchrasrskinrcon
dition."
3. "IruseremailroverrtherInternetrtorcorrespondrwithrclientsrandrproviderinformation."
4. "Ircanrusersoftwarerapplicationsrsuchrasrwordrprocessing,rspreadsheets,randrpresentations."
CorrectrAnswer:r1
Rationaler1:rInformationrliteracyrnecessitatesrthatrnursesrhavertherabilityrtorfind,revaluate,randreffe
ctivelyruserinformation.rTherotherranswersrarerexamplesrofrcomputerrliteracyrbutrdornotrhavertherhigh
errfunctionsrofrinformationrliteracy.
Rationaler2:rYourrchosenrresponserisranrexamplerofrcomputerrliteracy,rbutritrdoesrnotrhavertherhigher
rfunctionsrofrinformationrliteracy.r Informationrliteracyrnecessitatesrthatrnursesrhavertherabilityrtorfin
d,revaluate,randreffectivelyruserinformation.
Rationaler3:rYourrchosenrresponserisranrexamplerofrcomputerrliteracyrbut,ritrdoesrnotrhavertherhigher
rfunctionsrofrinformationrliteracy.r Informationrliteracyrnecessitatesrthatrnursesrhavertherabilityrtorfin
d,revaluate,randreffectivelyruserinformation.
Rationaler4:rThisranswerrisranrexamplerofrcomputerrliteracyrbut,ritrdoesrnotrhavertherhigherrfunction
srofrinformationrliteracy.rInformationrliteracyrnecessitatesrthatrnursesrhavertherabilityrtorfind,revaluat
e,randreffectivelyruserinformation.
GlobalrRationale:
CognitiverLevel:rUnderstanding
ClientrNeed:rSaferEffectiverCarerEnvironment
ClientrNeedrSub:rManagementrofrCarerNursing/Integrate
drConcepts:rNursingrProcess:rPlanningrLearningrOutcom
e:
, NURSING INFORMATICS AND THE FOUNDATION OF
r r r r r r
KNOWLEDGE 4TH EDITION MCGON r r rr
IGLE TEST BANK r r
Questionr3rT
ype:rMCSA
Thernursergathersrmuchrdatarwhenrcaringrforrclients.rWhichrisranrexamplerofrtherhigher-
levelr"information"rusefulrinrcaringrforrclients?
1. ThervitalrsignsrarerBProfr130/70,rHRrofr88,rRRrofr24,rtemperaturerofr98.8rdegreesrF.,randroxyg
enrsaturationrofr98%.
2. Labrworkrresultsrincluderanrelectrolyterpanelrandrcompleterbloodrcountrwithrdifferential.
3. Therclientrisrarwidowedr64-year-oldrblackrmaleradmittedrwithrprostatitis.
4. AfterrreceivingrRocephinr(ceftriaxonersodium)r1.0rgramrIVryesterday,rtherclientrreportedrfee
lingrbetterrtoday.
CorrectrAnswer:r4
Rationaler1:rYourrchosenrresponserisranrexamplerofrhavingrpiecesrofrdatarwithoutrinterpretation.r"Inf
ormation"rnecessitatesrthatrthernurserinterpretrandrstructurertherresultsrofrclinicalrdatarintorinformati
on.
Rationaler2:rYourrchosenrresponserisranrexamplerofrhavingrpiecesrofrdatarwithoutrinterpretation.r"Inf
ormation"rnecessitatesrthatrthernurserinterpretrandrstructurertherresultsrofrclinicalrdatarintorinformati
on.
Rationaler3:rYourrchosenrresponserisranrexamplerofrhavingrpiecesrofrdatarwithoutrinterpretation.r"Inf
ormation"rnecessitatesrthatrthernurserinterpretrandrstructurertherresultsrofrclinicalrdatarintorinformati
on.
Rationaler4:r"Information"rnecessitatesrthatrthernurserinterpretrandrstructurerclinicalrdatarintorinfor
mation.rItrcanrthenrberusedrtoraidrclinicalrdecisionrmakingrandrclientrmonitoring.rAllrotherrresponsesri
ncludedrpiecesrofrdatarwithoutrinterpretation.
GlobalrRationale:
CognitiverLevel:rUnderstanding
ClientrNeed:rSaferEffectiverCarerEnvironment
ClientrNeedrSub:rManagementrofrCare
Nursing/IntegratedrConcepts:rNursingrProcess:rAssessment
LearningrOutcome:
Questionr4rT
ype:rMCSA
, NURSING INFORMATICS AND THE FOUNDATION OF
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KNOWLEDGE 4TH EDITION MCGON r r rr
IGLE TEST BANK r r
Whichrstatementrbestrdistinguishesrtherdifferencerbetweenrinformationrliteracyrandrcomputerrliter
acy?
1. Informationrliteracyrisrunnecessaryrinrhealthrcarerwhereasrcomputerrliteracyrprovidesrtherbasisrforr
computerrorderrentry.
2. InformationrliteracyrisrtherfoundationrofrtherEHRrwhereasrcomputerrliteracyrhelpsrthernursertoracc
essrdata.
3. Arnursercanrextrapolaterdatarwithrcomputerrliteracyrandrnotrinformationrskills.
4. Informationrliteracyrformsrtherbasisrforrongoingrlearningrwhereasrcomputerrliteracyrrefersrtorarfa
miliarityrwithrtheruserofrpersonalrcomputers.
CorrectrAnswer:r4
Rationaler1:rComputerrliteracyrisrarpopularrtermrusedrtorreferrtorarfamiliarityrwithrtheruserofrperso
nalrcomputers,rincludingrtheruserofrsoftwarertoolsrsuchrasrwordrprocessing,rspreadsheets,rdatabase
s,rpresentationrgraphics,randre-
mail.rThermajorityrofrstudentsradmittedrtornursingrschoolsrnowrenterrwithrsomerlevelrofrcomputerr
literacy.
Rationaler2:rComputerrliteracyrisrarpopularrtermrusedrtorreferrtorarfamiliarityrwithrtheruserofrperso
nalrcomputers,rincludingrtheruserofrsoftwarertoolsrsuchrasrwordrprocessing,rspreadsheets,rdatabase
s,rpresentationrgraphics,randre-
mail.rThermajorityrofrstudentsradmittedrtornursingrschoolsrnowrenterrwithrsomerlevelrofrcomputerr
literacy.
Rationaler3:rComputerrliteracyrisrarpopularrtermrusedrtorreferrtorarfamiliarityrwithrtheruserofrperso
nalrcomputers,rincludingrtheruserofrsoftwarertoolsrsuchrasrwordrprocessing,rspreadsheets,rdatabase
s,rpresentationrgraphics,randre-
mail.rThermajorityrofrstudentsradmittedrtornursingrschoolsrnowrenterrwithrsomerlevelrofrcomputerr
literacy.
Rationaler4:rComputerrliteracyrisrarpopularrtermrusedrtorreferrtorarfamiliarityrwithrtheruserofrperso
nalrcomputers,rincludingrtheruserofrsoftwarertoolsrsuchrasrwordrprocessing,rspreadsheets,rdatabase
s,rpresentationrgraphics,randre-
mail.rThermajorityrofrstudentsradmittedrtornursingrschoolsrnowrenterrwithrsomerlevelrofrcomputerr
literacy.
GlobalrRationale:
CognitiverLevel:rAnalyzing
ClientrNeed:rSaferEffectiverCarerEnvironment
ClientrNeedrSub:rManagementrofrCare
Nursing/IntegratedrConcepts:rNursingrProcess:rAssessment
LearningrOutcome:rQuesti
