Nursing Informatics for the Advanced Practice Nurse, 2nd Edition – Test Bank by McBride & Tietze

Nursing Informatics for the Advanced Pract
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ice Nurse 2nd Edition McBride Tietze Test
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Bank

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After teaching a group of students about the benefits of inf
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ormatics to the nursing profession, the instructor
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determines that the students need additional teaching when the
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y identify which of the following as a benefit?
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Selected
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Increase in time needed f o o o o


or documentationo



Answers: Improvement in documentation o o



Use of data for quality control
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Increase in time needed for d o o o o o


ocumentation
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Feedback 1o CognitiveoLevel:oAnalysisoDifficulty:oModerateoIntegra
: tedoProcess:o Teaching/Learningo Objective:o 5o Pageo an
d Header: 14, Benefits to the Nursing Profession Feedb
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ack: Documentation can be improved using informati
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cs, and when done properly, the time needed for docu
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mentation would decrease. In addition, nursing infor o o o o o o


matics will not only enhance practice but will also allo
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w information to be available to researchers for buil
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ding evidence- o


based nursing knowledge. It can remind users to provi
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de data that might be forgotten. The data could be use
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d for both quality control and research.
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• Question 2 o


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When describing the benefits of informatics to a group of a
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gency staff, which of the following would the presenter ident
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ify as one of the primary benefits?
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, Selected
Answer: Increase usability of o o


data
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Increase usability of o o o


data
Promote cost-saving o



Promote time-saving o



Allow identification of patter
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ns
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Feedback 1oCognitiveoLevel:oApplicationoDifficulty:oModerateoInte
: gratedoProcess:o Teaching/Learningo Objective:o 5o Pageo
and Header: 13, For Healthcare in General Feedback: A
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lthough informatics saves time and money and allows
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patterns to be identified from data, one of the primary
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benefits of informatics is that data that were previou
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sly buried in inaccessible records become usable.
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• Question 3 o


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When preparing for a class on healthcare informatics and
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information technology, the instructor would emphasize which o
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f the following as the focus?
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Selected
Answer:
Infor
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Answers:
Informati o o


n
Computer
Access
Data stora o


ge

, Responseo Ans:oAoChapter:o 1oClientoNeeds:o A-
Feedback 1oCognitiveoLevel:oApplicationoDifficulty:oModerateoInte
: gratedoProcess:o Teaching/LearningoObjective:o3oPageoa
nd Header: 6, Healthcare Informatics Feedback: The fo
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cus of healthcare informatics is managing information i
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n healthcare; thus, the focus is on the information (su
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bject), not the computer (tool). Access and data storag
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e, retrieval, capture, and sharing are components of h
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• Question 4 o


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A nursing student is reviewing information about early com
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puterized clinical information systems. Which of the followi
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ng would the student identify as characteristic?
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Selected
Answer:
Ability to share information among severa o o o o o


l departments
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Answers:
Implementation to perform two or thre o o o o o


e functions
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Ability to share information among several de
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partments


Creation of different software systems for different
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areas
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Entry of data occurring only once
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Responseo Ans:oCoChapter:o 1oClientoNeeds:o A-
Feedback 1o CognitiveoLevel:oApplicationoDifficulty:oModerateoInt
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e and Header: 12, Progression of Information Systems
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Feedback: Early computerized clinical information sy
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stems were process- o o


oriented, implemented to computerize a single proc
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ess such as billing or lab reports. Subsequently, differ
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ent software programs had to be created for different
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departments that could not share data, creating a ne o o o o o o o o


ed for clinicians
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