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Informatics - Answers -✔✔ The science and art of turning data into information.
Nursing Informatics * - Answers -✔✔ -The use of information and technology to support
all aspects of nursing practice
-Including direct delivery of care, administration, education, and research.
Information Literacy - Answers -✔✔ -The ability to recognize when info is needed as
well as the skills to find, evaluate and use effectively.
Information - Answers -✔✔ -Data that has been interpreted
Information Science - Answers -✔✔ -Focus on how to gather, process and transform
info into knowledge.
-Includes 5 Sciences;
Communication, Computer, Social, Library and Cognitive
Using the EHR to document care of a patient with a fractured femur is an example of
using the EHR in which way? - Answers -✔✔ Information System
How can using simulation technology with your patients improve overall outcomes? -
Answers -✔✔ Allowing hands on practice and immediate feedback of the skill being
learned.
Knowledge Worker - Answers -✔✔ -Continuous learner
-Uses technology to support and inform nursing practice
-Generate knowledge as a product *
Experienced Nurse - Answers -✔✔ -Fully intergrade informatics throughout the course
of her practice, not just for basic data entry and retrieval.
-Knows how to pull trends out of data.
Beginner Nurses - Answers -✔✔ -Uses information systems to manage patients.
Nursing Informatics - Answers -✔✔ -National Certification Exam
Clinical Practice Guidelines - Answers -✔✔ -Can allow for the creation of nursing
policies (example of clinical decision support)
, Information Technologies - Answers -✔✔ -CPOE
-Barcode Medication Administration
-Clinical Decision Support
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) - Answers -✔✔ -The process by which the
physician or provider enters orders electronically into the EHR
Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) - Answers -✔✔ -Type of technology that is used to
identify and track supplies and medications
-Also can track medical equipment and patients
Examples of How Informatics can Affect Nursing Practice - Answers -✔✔ -Clinical
pathways
-Computer generated care plans
Foundation of Knowledge Model - Answers -✔✔ -Knowledge is used to meet the needs
of the healthcare delivery system
-3 Elements (acquisition, process and dissemination)
Data - Answers -✔✔ -Patients HT, WT, Code status and DOB
Emerging Trends in Healthcare - Answers -✔✔ -Patient safety
-Error reduction
-Additional regulatory requirements
The Mission - Answers -✔✔ -Purpose or reason for an organizations existence
Strategic Planning - Answers -✔✔ -Comprehensive long range plan for guiding the
activities and operations of an organization
Reasons why the Selection Committee Board Members need to understand software
and electronic processes - Answers -✔✔ -Impact business goals
-Affect success or failure
-Determine budget allocations
Strategic Planning is Driven By - Answers -✔✔ -Organization mission and values
-Long term goals *
-Service offered
National Trends related to Nursing Informatics - Answers -✔✔ -CPOE
-Barcode Medication Administration
-Clinical decision support tools