Pre-Assessment: Information Management and the Application of Technology (PIGC)
How is information related to data?
Information is data that have been interpreted
Information forms the base for accurate data collection
Data provide an explanation of information
Data is constructed through information synthesis Correct Answer: Information is data that have been
interpreted.
Which of the following uses database applications to sift through large amounts of data and looks for
previously hidden trends?
Evidence-Based Practice
Quantitative Analysis
Data Mining
Digital Library Correct Answer: Data Mining
A nurse is reviewing a patient's pneumonia vaccination status in the electronic medical record. The
nurse determines the patient needs this vaccine before discharge to meet the requirements of a current
clinical pathway.
Why would the nurse use information systems in this manner?
To ensure cost effectiveness
To control communicable disease
To promote desired clinical outcomes
To meet requirements of the nurse practice act Correct Answer: To promote desired clinical outcomes
A nursing informatics specialist at a small, rural hospital implemented a clinical information system
utilizing an electronic health record (EHR). She obtained input from nurses regarding selection of the
specific EHR. She noted that some of the nurses had negative attitudes towards a change to the EHR, but
she encouraged them to try the system and note its benefits. She implemented the system after all
nurses were trained about the EHR. There were numerous complaints about the EHR, which the Nursing
Informatics Specialist decided to ignore since the personnel were new to the system.
Which barrier to implementing technology is present in the scenario?
,Inadequate training
Lack of continued support
Lack of end user involvement
Ignoring attitudes early in the process Correct Answer: Lack of continued support
A computer program was implemented at a hospital that required nurses to wait until the patient
arrived in the emergency room and was registered into the program before orders for critical time-
sensitive treatment could be written.
How could this program become a barrier to the nurses attempting to deliver patient-centered care?
The computer program could intimidate the nurses and cause them to shy away from the patients.
The time spent waiting for the program to register the patient could allow the nurses to restock patient
rooms.
The computer program could interest the nurses more than the patients do, thus entertaining the
nurses away from their focus on the patient.
The time spent waiting for the program to register the patient could delay critical care being delivered in
a timely manner. Correct Answer: The time spent waiting for the program to register the patient could
delay critical care being delivered in a timely manner.
How does information literacy support the use of evidence-based-practice (EBP) in nursing?
Choose 2 answers
The nurse can discern research findings that can be applied to practice
Nurses consistently role-model this behavior in their practice environment
Nurses are comfortable in performing data base searches
Nurses must frequently consult resources including peers and general internet searches Correct Answer:
The nurse can discern research findings that can be applied to practice
Nurses must frequently consult resources including peers and general internet searches
A nurse documents care of a patient with a decubitus ulcer in the electronic health record.
, Which term describes the electronic health record in this situation?
Information system
Information science
Information technology
Information processing Correct Answer: Information system
Which statement describes nurses as knowledge workers?
Nurses design and maintain knowledge.
Nurses generate knowledge as a product.
Nurses evolve knowledge based on information.
Nurses provide efficient means of capturing knowledge. Correct Answer: Nurses generate knowledge as
a product.
Level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria.
Beginning nurse.
Uses information systems to manage patients.
Pulls trends out of data.
Generates informatics theory.
Focuses on nursing's information needs. Correct Answer: Uses information systems to manage patients.
Level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Experienced nurse.
Uses information systems to manage patients.
Pulls trends out of data.
Generates informatics theory.
Focuses on nursing's information needs. Correct Answer: Pulls trends out of data.
How is information related to data?
Information is data that have been interpreted
Information forms the base for accurate data collection
Data provide an explanation of information
Data is constructed through information synthesis Correct Answer: Information is data that have been
interpreted.
Which of the following uses database applications to sift through large amounts of data and looks for
previously hidden trends?
Evidence-Based Practice
Quantitative Analysis
Data Mining
Digital Library Correct Answer: Data Mining
A nurse is reviewing a patient's pneumonia vaccination status in the electronic medical record. The
nurse determines the patient needs this vaccine before discharge to meet the requirements of a current
clinical pathway.
Why would the nurse use information systems in this manner?
To ensure cost effectiveness
To control communicable disease
To promote desired clinical outcomes
To meet requirements of the nurse practice act Correct Answer: To promote desired clinical outcomes
A nursing informatics specialist at a small, rural hospital implemented a clinical information system
utilizing an electronic health record (EHR). She obtained input from nurses regarding selection of the
specific EHR. She noted that some of the nurses had negative attitudes towards a change to the EHR, but
she encouraged them to try the system and note its benefits. She implemented the system after all
nurses were trained about the EHR. There were numerous complaints about the EHR, which the Nursing
Informatics Specialist decided to ignore since the personnel were new to the system.
Which barrier to implementing technology is present in the scenario?
,Inadequate training
Lack of continued support
Lack of end user involvement
Ignoring attitudes early in the process Correct Answer: Lack of continued support
A computer program was implemented at a hospital that required nurses to wait until the patient
arrived in the emergency room and was registered into the program before orders for critical time-
sensitive treatment could be written.
How could this program become a barrier to the nurses attempting to deliver patient-centered care?
The computer program could intimidate the nurses and cause them to shy away from the patients.
The time spent waiting for the program to register the patient could allow the nurses to restock patient
rooms.
The computer program could interest the nurses more than the patients do, thus entertaining the
nurses away from their focus on the patient.
The time spent waiting for the program to register the patient could delay critical care being delivered in
a timely manner. Correct Answer: The time spent waiting for the program to register the patient could
delay critical care being delivered in a timely manner.
How does information literacy support the use of evidence-based-practice (EBP) in nursing?
Choose 2 answers
The nurse can discern research findings that can be applied to practice
Nurses consistently role-model this behavior in their practice environment
Nurses are comfortable in performing data base searches
Nurses must frequently consult resources including peers and general internet searches Correct Answer:
The nurse can discern research findings that can be applied to practice
Nurses must frequently consult resources including peers and general internet searches
A nurse documents care of a patient with a decubitus ulcer in the electronic health record.
, Which term describes the electronic health record in this situation?
Information system
Information science
Information technology
Information processing Correct Answer: Information system
Which statement describes nurses as knowledge workers?
Nurses design and maintain knowledge.
Nurses generate knowledge as a product.
Nurses evolve knowledge based on information.
Nurses provide efficient means of capturing knowledge. Correct Answer: Nurses generate knowledge as
a product.
Level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria.
Beginning nurse.
Uses information systems to manage patients.
Pulls trends out of data.
Generates informatics theory.
Focuses on nursing's information needs. Correct Answer: Uses information systems to manage patients.
Level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Experienced nurse.
Uses information systems to manage patients.
Pulls trends out of data.
Generates informatics theory.
Focuses on nursing's information needs. Correct Answer: Pulls trends out of data.
