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Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge, Third Edition Dee McGonigle and Kathleen Mastrian TestBank hapter 1 · According to the American Nurses Association, nursing is: · the prot... ection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities <The protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities are part of the ANA’s definition of nursing.> · the prevention of illness and injury <The prevention of illness and injury are part of the ANA’s definition of nursing.> · alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response <The alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response are part of the ANA’s definition of nursing.> · advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations <The advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations are part of the ANA’s definition of nursing.> · all of the above <The ANA defines nursing as the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, as well as the advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.> Answer: E · Another name for data that has meaning is: · mean data <The mean data or the average in a set of raw facts, needs to be processed using knowledge to yield meaning.> · data accuracy <Accurate or correct data lack meaning because they have not been processed using knowledge.> · information <Information is data that is processed using knowledge and thus has meaning.> · wisdom <Wisdom is knowledge applied in a practical way, but it may or may not be based on data.> · none of the above <Data that has meaning is data that has been processed.> Answer: C · When a nurse creates new knowledge by changing and evolving knowledge based on experience, education, and input from others, he/she is: · acquiring knowledge <Knowledge acquisition is the act of gaining existing knowledge rather than creating new knowledge. [Show More]

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