Exam 7: Nursing Informatics As a Specialty

Developing policy on a local, national, and international level is an integral part of which of the following roles?

Nursing informatics will influence the development of future electronic health records.

A nurse joins a professional nursing informatics organization and is interested in learning more about becoming an informatics nursing specialist. Which of the following will the nurse utilize as part of the benefits of membership to learn more about this role?

Which of the following nursing professionals focuses on nursing's information needs, which include education, administration, research, and clinical practice?

Which of the following nursing professionals uses the institution's information systems and the contained information to manage patients?

Which of the following nursing professionals possesses basic computer technology skills and information management skills?

Which of the following nursing professionals pulls trends out of data and makes judgments based on this information?

A hospital is seeking to update its EHR. It has been suggested that an INS be hired. This position does not involve direct patient care and the administration is struggling with how to justify the position. How can this position be justified?

How does nursing move from measuring the tasks completed to measuring the final outcome of the patient? How can the INS help us reach this goal?

One position that informatics nurse specialists fill quite well is the role of the project manager, as a result of their ability to simultaneously manage multiple complex situations.

In which of the following roles does the informatics nurse specialist work at varying levels and serve as a link between nursing and information services in healthcare organizations?

The informatics nurse specialist who takes on which of the following roles provides expert advice, opinions, and recommendations based on his or her area of expertise? Flexibility, good communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills, and extensive clinical and informatics knowledge are highly desirable skill sets for this role.

The ANCC's examination is specific for the informatics nurse. The applicant must have completed 30 contact hours of continuing education in informatics. The applicant must meet one of the following criteria: (1) 2,000 hours practicing as an informatics nurse, (2) 1,000 hours practicing as an informatics nurse and 12 semester hours of graduate academic credit toward a nursing informatics degree, or (3) completion of a nursing informatics degree that included at least 200 supervised practicum hours. The applicant must be a licensed registered nurse with at least 2 years of recent experience and have a(n):

Which role possibly entails data mining to create new informatics and clinical knowledge?

Nurses assuming which of the following roles use tools to maintain data integrity and reliability? Contributing to the development of a nursing knowledge base is an integral component of this role.

Which of the following nursing professionals collects and enters patient data into the information system?

In which of the following roles does the informatics nurse specialist participate in the design, production, and marketing of new informatics solutions? An understanding of business and nursing is essential in this role.

An informatics nurse is at an information technology conference and is promoting a new informatics product to healthcare providers. Which role is the informatics nurse assuming?

Nursing has been involved in the purchase, design, and implementation of information systems since the 1970s.

In which of the following roles is the informatics nurse specialist responsible for the planning and implementation of informatics projects?