Deck 16: Nursing Informatics and Canadian Nursing Practice

Question 1

Health Information: Nursing Components (HI:NC)include which of the following? (Select all that apply. )

A)Nursing interventions.
B)Patient status.
C)Nursing intensity.
D)Primary nurse identifier.
E)Nursing judgement.
F)Patient outcome.

Answer 1

Nursing interventions.
Patient status.
Nursing intensity.
Primary nurse identifier.
Patient outcome.

Question 2

Which of the following is a Health Information: Nursing Component (HI:NC)?

A)Patient diagnosis.
B)Educational background.
C)Primary nurse identifier.
D)Independent nursing judgement.

Answer 2

Primary nurse identifier.

Question 3

Which of the following Health Information: Nursing Component (HI:NC)can be described as the amount and type of nursing resource used to provide care?

A)Patient status.
B)Nursing interventions.
C)Nursing intensity.
D)Patient outcome.

Answer 3

Nursing intensity.

Question 4

Nursing informatics is a specialty area of nursing practice dedicated to the optimal use of technology to support professional practice and optimal client outcomes.A significant obstacle to the collection of nursing data is the

A)Canada Health Infoway.
B)International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP),which lacks unified terminology for recording nursing practice.
C)Lack of evidence-informed practices for health information.
D)Absence of universally accepted methods for defining and coding nursing contributions to health outcomes.

Question 5

Nurses can create discussion groups online with which current technology?

A)Skype.
B)Nurse ONE.
C)Nurse Connect.
D)COACH.

Question 6

The seven axes of the ICNP are which of the following?

A)Assessment,Analysis,Intervention,Action,Outcome,and Evaluation.
B)Focus,Judgement,Action,Means,Location,Client,and Time.
C)Status,Intervention,Outcome,Intensity,Identifier,Client,and Time.
D)Focus,Standards,Delivery,Outcomes,Intensity,Evaluation,and Time.

Question 7

Which of the following is one of the three fundamental directions for the CNA's e-Nursing Strategy?

A)Assessment.
B)Participation.
C)Collaborative care.
D)Nursing practice integration.

Question 8

According to the Canadian Organization for Advancement of Computers in Health (COACH),what is health informatics?

A)The intersection of clinical,information management-information technology,and management practices to achieve better health.
B)The specialty that integrates nursing science,computer science,and information science.
C)The application of computer science and information science to nursing.
D)A clinical term used to describe multidisciplinary clinical practice.

Question 9

A patient has had several admissions to his local hospital for asthma and was recently transferred to another hospital to have hip replacement surgery.The benefit of a standardized EHR is

A)Timely access to health data.
B)Improved coordination of care.
C)Enhanced ability to work collaboratively with other organizations.
D)Enhanced ability to extract best practice data from published sources.

Question 10

The CIHI disseminates essential data and analysis on Canada's health care system and the health of Canadians.The CIHI influenced issues directly related to nursing by including issues related to which of the following?

A)Nursing science and information science to support clients.
B)Nursing workforce recruitment and retention.
C)Clinical practice,administration,research,and education.
D)Advocating for health policy.

Question 11

As nurses continue to contextualize technology within the scope of their professional practice,what is the main nursing issue with technology that requires consideration?

A)Computers.
B)Management information systems.
C)Information and information management.
D)Order entry applications.

Question 12

Canadian privacy legislation indicates which of the following?

A)All privacy legislation is developed at the provincial/territorial level.
B)Privacy legislation addresses protection only of personal health information.
C)Privacy legislation cannot be violated if a nurse is practising within his or her standards of practice.
D)An understanding of the privacy legislation can assist nurses in upholding their Code of Ethics.

Question 13

Canada Health Infoway was a key outcome of the federal-provincial-territorial partnership.What is its mandate?

A)To create an electronic health record system.
B)To unify international terminology for recording nursing practice.
C)To advocate for effective health policy.
D)To implement provincial/territorial standards.

Question 14

Of the following,which is a current technological application that is critical for supporting clinical judgement,decision making,and optimal client outcomes?

A)Client documentation systems.
B)Laboratory reporting software.
C)Diagnostic imaging systems.
D)Billing and financial management databases.

Question 15

The Management Information System (MIS)Group was an important event in Canadian health care information management.Which of the following were not collected by this group?

A)Demographic data.
B)Clinical nursing data.
C)Statistical medical data.
D)Resource utilization data.

Question 16

Which institute was developed as a result of the Wilk Report?

A)Hospital Medical Records Institute (HMRI).
B)Statistics Canada and Health and Welfare Institute.
C)Canadian Nursing Informatics Association.
D)Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).