NR 599 INTRODUCTION TO NURSING
INFORMATICS
FINAL EXAMINATION
FALL 2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS A GRADE
Part I: Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why is it difficult to integrate information from all hospital departments into a single hospital
information system?
a. Individual departments want to obtain & maintain specialized systems
b. Hospital departments are organized along vertical lines while the continuum of care for
patients flows along horizontal lines
c. Patient care systems & financial management systems are incompatible with each other
d. Each department is required by law & the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals
& Health Care Organizations to maintain specific information for billing & accreditation
purposes
e. Individual departments do not see the value in comprehensive patient records
2. Which of the following groups of activities represent challenges to the technologist when
building an integrated hospital information system?
a. Synthesizing different types of information into a cohesive whole, getting all departments
to agree to a single billing procedure, realigning traditional departments into a case
management model
b. Synthesizing different types of information into a cohesive whole, getting all departments
to agree to a single care model, realigning traditional departments into a case management
model
c. Allowing specific departments to retain their individualized information systems, getting
all departments to agree to a single billing procedure, realigning traditional departments
into a case management model
d. Synthesizing different types of information into a cohesive whole, getting all departments
to agree to a single billing procedure, keeping all hospital departments within the
traditional vertical structure
e. Allowing all departments to retain their individual information systems, allowing all
departments to have their own billing system, keeping all hospital departments separate
but equal
3. The conceptual components of informatics are:
a. Management, processing, & transformation
b. Data, information, & paradigms
c. Data, information, & knowledge
d. Management, processing, & data
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, e. Management, processing, & knowledge
4. Several colleges have suggested that Wikipedia™ be banned as a resource for academic papers.
Which of the following statements support that ban?
a. Wikipedia™ cannot be considered a primary source of information
b. Wikipedia™ cannot be considered an authoritative source of information
c. Wikipedia™ is sometimes unreliable
d. Wikipedia™ allows almost anyone to edit most of its articles
e. All of the above
5. When would you use the word “and” in a literature search?
a. When you want to eliminate citations with a certain term in the title
b. When only one of multiple search terms must be in the title of the citation
c. When all of multiple search terms must be in the title of the citation
d. When you want to index a particular article
e. When you want the abstract of the citations to be included in the literature search
6. A hospital database which integrates data from several computer systems within the institution
can directly support patient care.
a. True
b. False
7. Hospital databases should provide access to patient records for clinical research purposes.
a. True
b. False
8. New information needs of hospitals must include information that analyzes the cost of patient
care & its interdependency with the quality of care.
a. True
b. False
9. Hospital Information Systems make it possible to collect & store large amounts of data beyond
the institution's immediate needs.
a. True
b. False
10. The traditional view of information in the health care environment has been focused on the
patient.
a. True
b. False
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INFORMATICS
FINAL EXAMINATION
FALL 2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS A GRADE
Part I: Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why is it difficult to integrate information from all hospital departments into a single hospital
information system?
a. Individual departments want to obtain & maintain specialized systems
b. Hospital departments are organized along vertical lines while the continuum of care for
patients flows along horizontal lines
c. Patient care systems & financial management systems are incompatible with each other
d. Each department is required by law & the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals
& Health Care Organizations to maintain specific information for billing & accreditation
purposes
e. Individual departments do not see the value in comprehensive patient records
2. Which of the following groups of activities represent challenges to the technologist when
building an integrated hospital information system?
a. Synthesizing different types of information into a cohesive whole, getting all departments
to agree to a single billing procedure, realigning traditional departments into a case
management model
b. Synthesizing different types of information into a cohesive whole, getting all departments
to agree to a single care model, realigning traditional departments into a case management
model
c. Allowing specific departments to retain their individualized information systems, getting
all departments to agree to a single billing procedure, realigning traditional departments
into a case management model
d. Synthesizing different types of information into a cohesive whole, getting all departments
to agree to a single billing procedure, keeping all hospital departments within the
traditional vertical structure
e. Allowing all departments to retain their individual information systems, allowing all
departments to have their own billing system, keeping all hospital departments separate
but equal
3. The conceptual components of informatics are:
a. Management, processing, & transformation
b. Data, information, & paradigms
c. Data, information, & knowledge
d. Management, processing, & data
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, e. Management, processing, & knowledge
4. Several colleges have suggested that Wikipedia™ be banned as a resource for academic papers.
Which of the following statements support that ban?
a. Wikipedia™ cannot be considered a primary source of information
b. Wikipedia™ cannot be considered an authoritative source of information
c. Wikipedia™ is sometimes unreliable
d. Wikipedia™ allows almost anyone to edit most of its articles
e. All of the above
5. When would you use the word “and” in a literature search?
a. When you want to eliminate citations with a certain term in the title
b. When only one of multiple search terms must be in the title of the citation
c. When all of multiple search terms must be in the title of the citation
d. When you want to index a particular article
e. When you want the abstract of the citations to be included in the literature search
6. A hospital database which integrates data from several computer systems within the institution
can directly support patient care.
a. True
b. False
7. Hospital databases should provide access to patient records for clinical research purposes.
a. True
b. False
8. New information needs of hospitals must include information that analyzes the cost of patient
care & its interdependency with the quality of care.
a. True
b. False
9. Hospital Information Systems make it possible to collect & store large amounts of data beyond
the institution's immediate needs.
a. True
b. False
10. The traditional view of information in the health care environment has been focused on the
patient.
a. True
b. False
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