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Informatics - Answer: The science and art of turning data into information.
Nursing Informatics * - Answer: -The use of information and technology to support all
aspects of nursing practice
-Including direct delivery of care, administration, education, and research.
Information Literacy - Answer: -The ability to recognize when info is needed as well as the
skills to find, evaluate and use effectively.
Information - Answer: -Data that has been interpreted
Information Science - Answer: -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? - Answer: Information System
How can using simulation technology with your patients improve overall outcomes? -
Answer: Allowing hands on practice and immediate feedback of the skill being learned.
Knowledge Worker - Answer: -Continuous learner
-Uses technology to support and inform nursing practice
-Generate knowledge as a product *
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, Experienced Nurse - Answer: -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 - Answer: -Uses information systems to manage patients.
Nursing Informatics - Answer: -National Certification Exam
Clinical Practice Guidelines - Answer: -Can allow for the creation of nursing policies
(example of clinical decision support)
Information Technologies - Answer: -CPOE
-Barcode Medication Administration
-Clinical Decision Support
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) - Answer: -The process by which the physician
or provider enters orders electronically into the EHR
Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) - Answer: -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 - Answer: -Clinical pathways
-Computer generated care plans
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