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WGU D220 FINAL OA EXAM ACCURATE AND
FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS|| LATEST AND COMPLETE
UPDATE WITH EXPERT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS||
SURE PASS
When a physician arrives on the unit, a nurse is asked about the fluid status of a
patient. Where should the nurse find this information? - ANSWER: _The intake &
output chart
What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access to electronic protected health
information (ephi) by unauthorized users - ANSWER: _Make sure all the users
adhere to the security & confidential policy set forth by the facility.
A patient is being transferred to another hospital, however, the hospital he is being
transferred to does not have access to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) since
they use EPIC. How will they receive his Electronic Health Record (EHR)? -
ANSWER: _Continuity care record from AMR
Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originate - ANSWER: _American
Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) act in 2009
Which health literacy guideline is associated with increased compliance for most
patients and requires careful nursing consideration to prepare the patient education
A. Use of visual aids is necessary when teaching.
B. Written instructions must be 10-point font or greater.
C. Written material is harder to understand than spoken instruction.
D. A fifth grade reading level is best for comprehension. - ANSWER: fifth
grade reading level is best for comprehension.
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A patient tells a clinician they would like to have their family participate in patient
training and education. What should the clinician do to leverage patient-centered
care to engage this patient's family in patient care?
A. Write out instructions in several languages for the patient to share with
family members.
B. Ask the patient to create videos to instruct family members about patient
care needs.
C. Inform the patient that information can be shared with the family through the
patient education portal.
D. Ask the patient how the family should be included in patient care needs. –
ANSWER Ask the patient how the family should be included in patient care needs.
A nurse is preparing to teach a patient with diabetes how to best monitor blood
sugar levels. Which factor would most likely affect this patient's ability to
understand the educational information in the patient portal once the patient has
returned home?
A. Learning preferences
B. Visual aids
C. Patient locations
D. Time of day - ANSWER: _Learning preferences
Which process analyzes the same data using multiple approaches to confirm data
accuracy?
A. Intelligent character recognition
B. Focus group discussion
C. Triangulation method.
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D. Manual data review - ANSWER: _triangulation method.
Clinical decision support (CDS) tools help clinicians provide better care to their
patients by providing alerts for potential drug interactions, allergies missed
documentation and other clinical warningswhich characteristics should these alerts
have in order to be effective?
A. The alert should require additional family education.
B. The alert should be derived from insurer guidelines.
C. The alert should not be able to be overridden.
D. The alert should be derived from evidence-based practice - ANSWER: _The
alert should be derived from evidence-based practice
What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System - ANSWER:
_Providing clinicians with knowledge & person-specific information.
Which government organization oversees the meaningful use program -
ANSWER: _CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
A Nursing Innovator & a medsurg nurse want to capture how many patients were
seen in a day of 24 hours, how would they best see this - ANSWER: _Flowsheet
Process for discovering root causes of problems & ID the solution - ANSWER:
_Root cause analysis
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What should providers have on their personal mobile devices to protect them from
sharing information when stolen? - ANSWER: _Authentication & encryption
Which area of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) is used to guide a nurse on the
task that needs to be completed during the shift - ANSWER: _Workflow
An informatics nurse discovers that the hospital's health information technology
has problems related to possible capacity explosion and processing needs from
patient care data. Which solution should the nurse initiate?
A. Recommend using bigger storage, higher speed secure networks and
equipment with massive processing capability.
B. Support networking and security skills along with providing vast resources
that can help to make telehealth challenges easier and less costly.
C. Review existing management systems and identify possible vendors that will
provide a safe and effective solution to the problem.
D. Identify the location of critical data and implement protections to reduce the
risk of explosion. - ANSWER: _Review existing management systems and
identify possible vendors that will provide a safe and effective solution to the
problem.
The hospital administrator appoints an informatics nurse to lead a team of
healthcare and IT professionals in the selection of electronic health records
software? Which first step should the informatics nurse initiate?
A. Establish the team.
B. Gather the requirements.
C. Schedule on-site demonstrations
D. Agree on the purchase plan. - ANSWER: _gather the requirements.
WGU D220 FINAL OA EXAM ACCURATE AND
FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS|| LATEST AND COMPLETE
UPDATE WITH EXPERT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS||
SURE PASS
When a physician arrives on the unit, a nurse is asked about the fluid status of a
patient. Where should the nurse find this information? - ANSWER: _The intake &
output chart
What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access to electronic protected health
information (ephi) by unauthorized users - ANSWER: _Make sure all the users
adhere to the security & confidential policy set forth by the facility.
A patient is being transferred to another hospital, however, the hospital he is being
transferred to does not have access to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) since
they use EPIC. How will they receive his Electronic Health Record (EHR)? -
ANSWER: _Continuity care record from AMR
Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originate - ANSWER: _American
Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) act in 2009
Which health literacy guideline is associated with increased compliance for most
patients and requires careful nursing consideration to prepare the patient education
A. Use of visual aids is necessary when teaching.
B. Written instructions must be 10-point font or greater.
C. Written material is harder to understand than spoken instruction.
D. A fifth grade reading level is best for comprehension. - ANSWER: fifth
grade reading level is best for comprehension.
,2|Page
A patient tells a clinician they would like to have their family participate in patient
training and education. What should the clinician do to leverage patient-centered
care to engage this patient's family in patient care?
A. Write out instructions in several languages for the patient to share with
family members.
B. Ask the patient to create videos to instruct family members about patient
care needs.
C. Inform the patient that information can be shared with the family through the
patient education portal.
D. Ask the patient how the family should be included in patient care needs. –
ANSWER Ask the patient how the family should be included in patient care needs.
A nurse is preparing to teach a patient with diabetes how to best monitor blood
sugar levels. Which factor would most likely affect this patient's ability to
understand the educational information in the patient portal once the patient has
returned home?
A. Learning preferences
B. Visual aids
C. Patient locations
D. Time of day - ANSWER: _Learning preferences
Which process analyzes the same data using multiple approaches to confirm data
accuracy?
A. Intelligent character recognition
B. Focus group discussion
C. Triangulation method.
,3|Page
D. Manual data review - ANSWER: _triangulation method.
Clinical decision support (CDS) tools help clinicians provide better care to their
patients by providing alerts for potential drug interactions, allergies missed
documentation and other clinical warningswhich characteristics should these alerts
have in order to be effective?
A. The alert should require additional family education.
B. The alert should be derived from insurer guidelines.
C. The alert should not be able to be overridden.
D. The alert should be derived from evidence-based practice - ANSWER: _The
alert should be derived from evidence-based practice
What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System - ANSWER:
_Providing clinicians with knowledge & person-specific information.
Which government organization oversees the meaningful use program -
ANSWER: _CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
A Nursing Innovator & a medsurg nurse want to capture how many patients were
seen in a day of 24 hours, how would they best see this - ANSWER: _Flowsheet
Process for discovering root causes of problems & ID the solution - ANSWER:
_Root cause analysis
, 4|Page
What should providers have on their personal mobile devices to protect them from
sharing information when stolen? - ANSWER: _Authentication & encryption
Which area of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) is used to guide a nurse on the
task that needs to be completed during the shift - ANSWER: _Workflow
An informatics nurse discovers that the hospital's health information technology
has problems related to possible capacity explosion and processing needs from
patient care data. Which solution should the nurse initiate?
A. Recommend using bigger storage, higher speed secure networks and
equipment with massive processing capability.
B. Support networking and security skills along with providing vast resources
that can help to make telehealth challenges easier and less costly.
C. Review existing management systems and identify possible vendors that will
provide a safe and effective solution to the problem.
D. Identify the location of critical data and implement protections to reduce the
risk of explosion. - ANSWER: _Review existing management systems and
identify possible vendors that will provide a safe and effective solution to the
problem.
The hospital administrator appoints an informatics nurse to lead a team of
healthcare and IT professionals in the selection of electronic health records
software? Which first step should the informatics nurse initiate?
A. Establish the team.
B. Gather the requirements.
C. Schedule on-site demonstrations
D. Agree on the purchase plan. - ANSWER: _gather the requirements.
