NURSING INFORMATICS (PRELIMS)
EXAM WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026
Nursing informatics originated from a French word. What is this
French word? correct answers >> Informatique
It refers to the field of computer science concerned with the
processing of information such as nursing information. correct
answers >> Nursing Informatics
This was seen as a tool that could be used in many environments.
correct answers >> Computer
During what time period were computers introduced into
healthcare facilities? correct answers >> Early 1960s
HIT stands for? correct answers >> Healthcare Information
Technology
It is an all-encompassing term referring to technology that
captures, processes, and generates healthcare information.
correct answers >> HIT / Healthcare Information Technology
How many years ago was it when computers were first introduced
into the nursing profession? correct answers >> 40 years ago
,In what time period were computers first developed? correct
answers >> Prior to 1960s
CPOE stands for? correct answers >> Computerized
Physician Order Entry
What are the earliest clinical information systems to include
nursing practice protocols? correct answers >> Technicon
Data System (TDS) / Eclipsys & Allscripts
Who defined NI as "the specialty that integrates nursing science
with multiple information and analytical sciences to identify,
define, manage, and communicate data, information, knowledge,
and wisdom in nursing practice." correct answers >> ANA /
American Nurses Association
They define NI as "the integration of nursing, its information, and
information management with information processing and
communication technology, to support the health of people
worldwide." correct answers >> The Nursing Informatics
Special Interest Group of the International Medical Informatics
Association
AMIA defined this type of NI as "the field devoted to informatics
from multiple consumer or patient views. correct answers >>
Consumer Health Informatics
The focus of this type of informatics is different; it emphasizes
"information structures and
,processes that empower consumers to manage their own health—
for example health
information literacy, consumer-friendly language, personal health
records, and Internet-based
strategies and resources" correct answers >> Consumer
Health Informatics
The U.S. National Library of Medicine defined this type of NI as
"the Interdisciplinary study of the design, development, adoption,
and application of IT-based innovations in healthcare services
delivery, management, and planning." correct answers >>
Health Informatics
Historically, the IOM (2003) identified five core competencies
needed by all healthcare care
providers. Two of the five specifically define informatics
requirements: correct answers >> 1. Focus on quality
improvement (QI)
2. Apply informatics skills and competencies
In 2008, they both emphasized that knowledge and skills in
information management
and patient care technology (informatics) are critical components
in nursing education and accreditation. correct answers >>
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the
National League of Nursing (NLN)
They prepared a groundbreaking report, The Future of Nursing:
Leading Change, Advancing Health (2010), which looked 10 years
to the future of nursing practice and suggested that the nursing
, workforce of 2020 will primarily be technology-based, requiring
high-tech informatics skills. correct answers >> IOM
EHR stands for? correct answers >> Electronic Health Record
What was considered to be the first major clinical
information system used for documenting nursing
practice in the 1970s?
A. Technicon Data System (TDS)
B. Metathesaurus of the NLM
C. PLATOU.S. ANC Educational Workshop
E. All of the above correct answers >> A
Which event was the most significant milestone for
nursing and computers and/or nursing informatics
in the 1980s?
A. Internet emerged for public use.
B. U.S. Army conducted an International Computer
Conference in Europe.
C. ANA approved the formation of the Council on
Computer Applications in Nursing (CCAN). A Physiological
Monitoring System emerged for
documenting nursing practice.
D. All of the above correct answers >> C
EXAM WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026
Nursing informatics originated from a French word. What is this
French word? correct answers >> Informatique
It refers to the field of computer science concerned with the
processing of information such as nursing information. correct
answers >> Nursing Informatics
This was seen as a tool that could be used in many environments.
correct answers >> Computer
During what time period were computers introduced into
healthcare facilities? correct answers >> Early 1960s
HIT stands for? correct answers >> Healthcare Information
Technology
It is an all-encompassing term referring to technology that
captures, processes, and generates healthcare information.
correct answers >> HIT / Healthcare Information Technology
How many years ago was it when computers were first introduced
into the nursing profession? correct answers >> 40 years ago
,In what time period were computers first developed? correct
answers >> Prior to 1960s
CPOE stands for? correct answers >> Computerized
Physician Order Entry
What are the earliest clinical information systems to include
nursing practice protocols? correct answers >> Technicon
Data System (TDS) / Eclipsys & Allscripts
Who defined NI as "the specialty that integrates nursing science
with multiple information and analytical sciences to identify,
define, manage, and communicate data, information, knowledge,
and wisdom in nursing practice." correct answers >> ANA /
American Nurses Association
They define NI as "the integration of nursing, its information, and
information management with information processing and
communication technology, to support the health of people
worldwide." correct answers >> The Nursing Informatics
Special Interest Group of the International Medical Informatics
Association
AMIA defined this type of NI as "the field devoted to informatics
from multiple consumer or patient views. correct answers >>
Consumer Health Informatics
The focus of this type of informatics is different; it emphasizes
"information structures and
,processes that empower consumers to manage their own health—
for example health
information literacy, consumer-friendly language, personal health
records, and Internet-based
strategies and resources" correct answers >> Consumer
Health Informatics
The U.S. National Library of Medicine defined this type of NI as
"the Interdisciplinary study of the design, development, adoption,
and application of IT-based innovations in healthcare services
delivery, management, and planning." correct answers >>
Health Informatics
Historically, the IOM (2003) identified five core competencies
needed by all healthcare care
providers. Two of the five specifically define informatics
requirements: correct answers >> 1. Focus on quality
improvement (QI)
2. Apply informatics skills and competencies
In 2008, they both emphasized that knowledge and skills in
information management
and patient care technology (informatics) are critical components
in nursing education and accreditation. correct answers >>
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the
National League of Nursing (NLN)
They prepared a groundbreaking report, The Future of Nursing:
Leading Change, Advancing Health (2010), which looked 10 years
to the future of nursing practice and suggested that the nursing
, workforce of 2020 will primarily be technology-based, requiring
high-tech informatics skills. correct answers >> IOM
EHR stands for? correct answers >> Electronic Health Record
What was considered to be the first major clinical
information system used for documenting nursing
practice in the 1970s?
A. Technicon Data System (TDS)
B. Metathesaurus of the NLM
C. PLATOU.S. ANC Educational Workshop
E. All of the above correct answers >> A
Which event was the most significant milestone for
nursing and computers and/or nursing informatics
in the 1980s?
A. Internet emerged for public use.
B. U.S. Army conducted an International Computer
Conference in Europe.
C. ANA approved the formation of the Council on
Computer Applications in Nursing (CCAN). A Physiological
Monitoring System emerged for
documenting nursing practice.
D. All of the above correct answers >> C
