Nursing 1001 Final Exam Questions
and Answers
Recognition of technology and informatics as a concept is used for what? - correct
Answer-used to represent and organize many categories of information
Technology - correct Answer-The knowledge and use of tools, machines, materials, and
processes to help solve human problems.
Informatics - correct Answer-Use of information science and computer science to study
the process, management, and retrieval of information.
Health informatics - correct Answer-a discipline in which health data is stored, analyzed,
and disseminated through the application of information and communication technology.
Informatician - correct Answer-Individual who works in the field of informatics
Health Informatics - correct Answer-Use of technology to manage health data
Technology - correct Answer-Use of tools and processes to solve human problems
Informatics - correct Answer-Information science and computer science
Computer Science - correct Answer-Branch of engineering that focuses on computer
technology
Electronic health record - correct Answer-Central component of the health IT
(information technology) infrastructure
- Legal document
- Evidence of a providers actions
- Should be accurate and timely
- Major for the communication btw team members
A record available electronically to authorized health care providers and the individual
anywhere any time in support of high quality care. The record provides each individual
in Canada with a secure and private life time record of their key health care history and
care within the health care system
Regional health information organization - correct Answer-Oversees communication
and exchange of information in a geographic area
,Electronic medical record - correct Answer-Person's health record within a provider's
health care facility. The record that the physician carries on their own patients; can
include billing, drug history, lab results and findings from diagnostic imaging.
ie. dentist records at dentist office.
Personal health record - correct Answer-Individual's self-maintained health record.
Nursing Informatics - correct Answer-"science and practice [which] integrates nursing,
its information and knowledge, and their management, with information and
communication technologies to promote the health of people, families and communities
worldwide" CASN - (IMIA, 2009)
The American Nurses Association defines nursing informatics as - correct Answer-"a
specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to
manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing
practice.
Nursing informatics supports consumers, patients, nurses, and other providers in their
decision-making in all roles and settings. The support is accomplished through the use
of information structures, information processes, and information technology."
Consumer Health Informatics - correct Answer-Form of health information technology
that is geared towards better health care decision making based on the consumers
perspective.
Includes: technologies focused on patients as the primary users of health information.
Example: patients are able to adjust their beds as needed.
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE: Clinical information systems (CIS) - correct Answer-
provide tools needed for quality health care outcomes. Examples include:
- Electronic health records
- Clinical data repositories
- Decision support programs
- Handheld devices
- Heart rate monitors
- Wellness monitors
- patient portals(patients can access their own health information ex. see lab results
online)
Timeline of Technology - correct Answer-Think about how technology and informatics
has evolved in your lifetime. Consider a timeline of technology (e.g., typewriter, FAX
machine, citizens band [CB] radio, telephone, cell phone, computer)
Standardization for information system - correct Answer-Critical for communicating care.
Standardization also links to:
- Efficiency
- Cost containment
,- Codified terminology
- Taxonomies and nomenclature
What is Nursing Telepractice? - correct Answer-The College defines nursing
telepractice as the delivery, management and coordination of care and services
provided via information and telecommunication technologies. (CNO, 2009)
Examples: Telehealth, Motherrisk, poison control hotline, sending images of a rash for
consultation,
Information science - correct Answer-The collection of mathematical theories, based on
statistics, which are concerned with the methods of coding, transmitting, storing,
retrieving, and decoding information.
Exp, temp readings. A single piece has little meaning, however a collection can be
interpreted to data.
Computer science - correct Answer-The implementation and application of computer
systems
Cognitive science - correct Answer-Interprofessional study of mind, intelligence, and
behavior from an information processing perspective
Organizational science - correct Answer-Focuses on behavior of organizations and
includes a wide variety of topics such as individual, group, and organizational decision
making
Nursing science - correct Answer-Ethical application of knowledge acquired through
education, research, and practice to provide services and interventions to patients in
order to maintain, enhance, or restore their health, and to acquire, process, generate,
and disseminate nursing knowledge to advance the nursing profession.
Health information technology and health informatics intersect with the science of health
to provide ... - correct Answer-Improved health practices and health outcomes
Health Informatics:
Three Major Domains - correct Answer-1. Clinical informatics
2. Translational
bioinformatics
3. Public health
informatics
Clinical Informatics - correct Answer-The application of information and communication
technology to health care delivery services.
, Two subdomains include:
1. Clinical health care informatics (Nursing informatics and consumer health informatics)
2. Clinical research informatics
Translational Bioinformatics - correct Answer-Relatively new term and is the ability to
translate voluminous biomedical data into proactive, predictive, preventive, and
participatory health.
Information is disseminated to a variety of stakeholders, including biomedical scientists,
clinicians, and patients
Public health informatics - correct Answer-application of information and technology to
public health science to improve the health of populations.
Identify an example of a recent public health outbreak and the application of public
health informatics to the situation.
Example: Tracking the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) from China
throughout the world—number of cases, their locations, travel and contacts of persons
contracting the disease outside of China
4 Foundational Domains for Health Data - correct Answer-1. Organized
2. Stored
3. Retrieved
4. Shared
A collection of data equals "information".
Foundational Health Data Domain: Organized - correct Answer-Health data need to be
organized in a patient's record to be useful and to provide access to needed sections of
the record. For example, a "Do not resuscitate" (DNR) form needs to be easily located
by all members of a patient's health care team.
Foundational Health Data Domains: Stored and Retrieved - correct Answer-Individual
health data need to be stored to allow for retrieval when an individual returns to the
health care system for follow up or for a new problem. Retrieval of information is the
foundation of optimal clinical decision making. An example is the patient who has a
cranial arteriovenous fistula repaired and then must return for an annual cerebral
angiogram. On return, the records need to be available so that the patient's history,
procedure performed, and postprocedure course can be reviewed as a basis for
determining and interpreting current findings and evaluating the patient's current
condition.
Foundational Health Data Domain: Shared - correct Answer-Individual health data need
to be shared with other members of the collaborative health care team as a basis for
and Answers
Recognition of technology and informatics as a concept is used for what? - correct
Answer-used to represent and organize many categories of information
Technology - correct Answer-The knowledge and use of tools, machines, materials, and
processes to help solve human problems.
Informatics - correct Answer-Use of information science and computer science to study
the process, management, and retrieval of information.
Health informatics - correct Answer-a discipline in which health data is stored, analyzed,
and disseminated through the application of information and communication technology.
Informatician - correct Answer-Individual who works in the field of informatics
Health Informatics - correct Answer-Use of technology to manage health data
Technology - correct Answer-Use of tools and processes to solve human problems
Informatics - correct Answer-Information science and computer science
Computer Science - correct Answer-Branch of engineering that focuses on computer
technology
Electronic health record - correct Answer-Central component of the health IT
(information technology) infrastructure
- Legal document
- Evidence of a providers actions
- Should be accurate and timely
- Major for the communication btw team members
A record available electronically to authorized health care providers and the individual
anywhere any time in support of high quality care. The record provides each individual
in Canada with a secure and private life time record of their key health care history and
care within the health care system
Regional health information organization - correct Answer-Oversees communication
and exchange of information in a geographic area
,Electronic medical record - correct Answer-Person's health record within a provider's
health care facility. The record that the physician carries on their own patients; can
include billing, drug history, lab results and findings from diagnostic imaging.
ie. dentist records at dentist office.
Personal health record - correct Answer-Individual's self-maintained health record.
Nursing Informatics - correct Answer-"science and practice [which] integrates nursing,
its information and knowledge, and their management, with information and
communication technologies to promote the health of people, families and communities
worldwide" CASN - (IMIA, 2009)
The American Nurses Association defines nursing informatics as - correct Answer-"a
specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to
manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing
practice.
Nursing informatics supports consumers, patients, nurses, and other providers in their
decision-making in all roles and settings. The support is accomplished through the use
of information structures, information processes, and information technology."
Consumer Health Informatics - correct Answer-Form of health information technology
that is geared towards better health care decision making based on the consumers
perspective.
Includes: technologies focused on patients as the primary users of health information.
Example: patients are able to adjust their beds as needed.
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE: Clinical information systems (CIS) - correct Answer-
provide tools needed for quality health care outcomes. Examples include:
- Electronic health records
- Clinical data repositories
- Decision support programs
- Handheld devices
- Heart rate monitors
- Wellness monitors
- patient portals(patients can access their own health information ex. see lab results
online)
Timeline of Technology - correct Answer-Think about how technology and informatics
has evolved in your lifetime. Consider a timeline of technology (e.g., typewriter, FAX
machine, citizens band [CB] radio, telephone, cell phone, computer)
Standardization for information system - correct Answer-Critical for communicating care.
Standardization also links to:
- Efficiency
- Cost containment
,- Codified terminology
- Taxonomies and nomenclature
What is Nursing Telepractice? - correct Answer-The College defines nursing
telepractice as the delivery, management and coordination of care and services
provided via information and telecommunication technologies. (CNO, 2009)
Examples: Telehealth, Motherrisk, poison control hotline, sending images of a rash for
consultation,
Information science - correct Answer-The collection of mathematical theories, based on
statistics, which are concerned with the methods of coding, transmitting, storing,
retrieving, and decoding information.
Exp, temp readings. A single piece has little meaning, however a collection can be
interpreted to data.
Computer science - correct Answer-The implementation and application of computer
systems
Cognitive science - correct Answer-Interprofessional study of mind, intelligence, and
behavior from an information processing perspective
Organizational science - correct Answer-Focuses on behavior of organizations and
includes a wide variety of topics such as individual, group, and organizational decision
making
Nursing science - correct Answer-Ethical application of knowledge acquired through
education, research, and practice to provide services and interventions to patients in
order to maintain, enhance, or restore their health, and to acquire, process, generate,
and disseminate nursing knowledge to advance the nursing profession.
Health information technology and health informatics intersect with the science of health
to provide ... - correct Answer-Improved health practices and health outcomes
Health Informatics:
Three Major Domains - correct Answer-1. Clinical informatics
2. Translational
bioinformatics
3. Public health
informatics
Clinical Informatics - correct Answer-The application of information and communication
technology to health care delivery services.
, Two subdomains include:
1. Clinical health care informatics (Nursing informatics and consumer health informatics)
2. Clinical research informatics
Translational Bioinformatics - correct Answer-Relatively new term and is the ability to
translate voluminous biomedical data into proactive, predictive, preventive, and
participatory health.
Information is disseminated to a variety of stakeholders, including biomedical scientists,
clinicians, and patients
Public health informatics - correct Answer-application of information and technology to
public health science to improve the health of populations.
Identify an example of a recent public health outbreak and the application of public
health informatics to the situation.
Example: Tracking the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) from China
throughout the world—number of cases, their locations, travel and contacts of persons
contracting the disease outside of China
4 Foundational Domains for Health Data - correct Answer-1. Organized
2. Stored
3. Retrieved
4. Shared
A collection of data equals "information".
Foundational Health Data Domain: Organized - correct Answer-Health data need to be
organized in a patient's record to be useful and to provide access to needed sections of
the record. For example, a "Do not resuscitate" (DNR) form needs to be easily located
by all members of a patient's health care team.
Foundational Health Data Domains: Stored and Retrieved - correct Answer-Individual
health data need to be stored to allow for retrieval when an individual returns to the
health care system for follow up or for a new problem. Retrieval of information is the
foundation of optimal clinical decision making. An example is the patient who has a
cranial arteriovenous fistula repaired and then must return for an annual cerebral
angiogram. On return, the records need to be available so that the patient's history,
procedure performed, and postprocedure course can be reviewed as a basis for
determining and interpreting current findings and evaluating the patient's current
condition.
Foundational Health Data Domain: Shared - correct Answer-Individual health data need
to be shared with other members of the collaborative health care team as a basis for
