Deck 16: Nursing Informatics and Canadian Nursing Practice

Question 1

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

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

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is a Health Information: Nursing Component?

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

Answer 2

C

Question 3

How does the Canadian Organization for Advancement of Computers in Health (COACH)define 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 terminology used to describe multidisciplinary clinical practice

Answer 3

A

Question 4

According to the ICNP,which of the following terms refers to the manner or method of accomplishing an intervention?

A) Focus
B) Means
C) Action
D) Judgement

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true in relation to Canadian privacy legislation?

A) All privacy legislation is developed at the provincial level.
B) Privacy legislation only addresses protection 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 6

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 7

Which of the following technologies provides a means for nurses to create discussion groups online?

A) Skype
B) NurseONE
C) NurseConnect
D) COACH

Question 8

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 9

What current technological application is critical to supporting clinical judgement,decision making,and optimal client outcomes?

A) Client documentation systems
B) Lab reporting
C) Diagnostic imaging
D) Billing and financial management

Question 10

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 11

Which of the following institutes 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)

Question 12

Mr.Smith has had several admissions to his local hospital for asthma.He was recently transferred to another hospital to have a fractured hip replacement.How would a standardized EHR benefit Mr.Smith?

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 13

Nursing has been identified as being invisible in health care.What is the most urgent issue in establishing a standardized nursing language in relation to value and necessity?

A) Health policy decisions
B) Contracts and service specifications
C) Patient safety and professionals' accountability
D) Creating a visible definition of professional practice

Question 14

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

A) Create an EHR.
B) Unify international terminology for recording nursing practice.
C) Advocate for effective health policy.
D) Implement provincial standards.

Question 15

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

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