Deck 44: Technology and Informatics

Question 1

The nurse manager of a medical/surgical unit wants to increase the use of health care technology on the unit and is working with an ANA-certified informatics nurse to reduce barriers to health information exchange,including

A) basic informatics knowledge and skills.
B) offering the best set of tools.
C) privacy and security policies.
D) unit-specific terminology.

Answer 1

unit-specific terminology.

Question 2

To design and implement a decubitus ulcer risk management protocol in the electronic health record,the informatics nurse would first

A) build the screens in the electronic health record.
B) determine evidence supporting decubitus ulcer risk management.
C) develop the training program for staff.
D) select the appropriate standardized language.

Answer 2

determine evidence supporting decubitus ulcer risk management.

Question 3

Florence Nightingale,the first nurse informatician,sought hospital data for comparison purposes to

A) allow faster and accurate diagnosis.
B) better coordinate care.
C) improve the efficiency of care.
D) show people how their money was spent.

Answer 3

show people how their money was spent.

Question 4

The application of information processing that deals with the storage,retrieval sharing,and use of health care data,information,and knowledge for communication and decision making is the definition of

A) computer science.
B) health informatics.
C) health information technology.
D) nursing informatics.

Question 5

The staff nurse who uses informatics in promoting quality patient care is most likely to access data in the domain of

A) certified clinical information systems (CIS).
B) clinical health care informatics.
C) public health/population informatics.
D) translational bioinformatics.

Question 6

Exemplars of the health informatics concept include

A) clinical research informatics.
B) hardware and software.
C) privacy and security.
D) standard terminology.

Question 7

When discussing the purposes of health care informatics with a nurse during orientation,the nurse educator would be concerned if the nurse orientee said that one purpose would be to

A) develop a cognitive science.
B) improve disease tracking.
C) improve the health provider's work flow.
D) increase administrative efficiencies.