Which of the following illustrates the integration of informatics
into a health care system to support cost containment?
A. Offering free wireless internet access to visitors.
B. Installing barcodes on medications wit
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Which of the following illustrates the integration of informatics
into a health care system to support cost containment?
A. Offering free wireless internet access to visitors.
B. Installing barcodes on medications with alerts for low
supplies.
C. Integrating an electronic health care record on a platform
compatible with computers & tablets.
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B
(This illustrates cost containment by allowing inventory
management related to supply & demand, directly affecting
management of medication & supply costs.)
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Which of the following legislative acts stipulate that clients be
allowed to see & make corrections to their health care records?
A. Health Information Technology for Economic & Clinical
Health (HITECH) Act.
B. Health Information Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA).
C. American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
B
(one privacy rule of HIPAA is to establish client ownership of the
health care record & allow for client-initiated corrections &
amendments.)
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Which of the following illustrates the integration of informatics
into a health care system to support cost containment?
A. Offering free wireless internet access to visitors.
B. Installing barcodes on medications with alerts for low
supplies.
C. Integrating an electronic health care record on a platform
compatible with computers & tablets.
B
(This illustrates cost containment by allowing inventory
management related to supply & demand, directly affecting
management of medication & supply costs.)
Which of the following legislative acts stipulate that clients be
allowed to see & make corrections to their health care records?
A. Health Information Technology for Economic & Clinical
Health (HITECH) Act.
B. Health Information Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA).
C. American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
B
(one privacy rule of HIPAA is to establish client ownership of the
health care record & allow for client-initiated corrections &
amendments.)
Which of the following uses of technology would constitute a
violation of HIPAA?
A. Sharing a client's lab results with a consulting provider via
email on the healthcare facility intranet.
B. Charting client data on electronic health care record while at
the beside with family members present.
C. Texting a picture of a client's wound from one nurse to
another nurse related to wound care protocol.
C
(This is a violation of client confidentiality due to identifiable
client assessment data shared outside the health care facility.
even though the nurse sent the photo to another nurse related
to wound care protocol, this is not acceptable use of technology
and violates HIPAA.)
A health facility recently opened a research department to
collect & analyze data related to improve client outcomes.
Which of the following examples represents integration of
technology to support creation of scholarly knowledge?
A. Administration of an online survey for new nurses postorientation regarding satisfaction with teaching methods.
B. Electronic collection of healing times of sacral wounds posthyperbaric treatment, with and without antibiotic
administration.
C. Piloting an instant messaging system between hand-held
computers for nursing & pharmacy.
B
(This supports research through data collection examining and
intervention and comparison intervention. Technology supports
the timely & accurate collection & analysis of data related
directly to client outcomes. This helps support the creation of
scholarly knowledge)
A nurse off duty receives a photo on her cell phone from a
fellow nurse who is at work. The photo shows a celebrity
receiving physical therapy. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take first?
A. Make factual notes of the event that occurred.
B. Notify the nursing administration, explaining who sent the
photo.
C. Delete the photo.
C
(deleting the photo is the correct action to prevent further
violation of HIPAA & is the first action for the nurse to take)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services electronically
reports specific quality outcome measures based on data
collected from hospitals. These data allow the public to
compare hospitals that...
A. have the best health care providers.
B. have the most up to date surgical services.
C. have a higher percentage of hospital acquired infections.
C
(hospital acquired infection is one of the quality outcome
measures publicly reported by the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services -CMS- these measures hold hospitals
accountable for client care & provide useful information to
health care consumers when choosing hospital care)
Which of the following electronic resources should a nurse use
to obtain clinical practice guidelines & interventions to reduce
the risk of negative client outcomes while in a hospital?
A. Center for Disease Conrol (CDC).
B. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ).
C. Quality & Safety Education for Nursing (QSEN).
B
(AHRQ supports research designed to improve the quality of
health care, including providing evidence-based guidelines.)
A nurse needs to determine the use of technology as an
assistive device to facilitate discharge teaching for a client.
Which of the following represents an appropriate application of
technology in this situation? (select all that apply)
A. Using transltion software for a Spanish speaking client who
has a new diagnosis of acute renal failure.
B. Providing instruction for access to the facility's free wireless
internet.
C. Supplying the link to a website with a video demonstrating
home care for client after a knee arthroplasty.
D. Explaining the use of automatic email reminders to increase
medication compliance.
E. Accessing an iPad to review side effects of medications with a
client.
A
C
D
E
(facilitates nurse & client communication regarding discharge
teaching through integration of technology)
Which of the following illustrates the use of technology to
improve communication with a client who is cognitively
impaired?
A. Provide the client with an online video as a teaching aid that
allows multiple viewings.
B. Use an electronic drawing screen allowing the client to create
pictures during an assessment.
C. Offer translation software to the client.
B
(when a client has cognitive impairment, understanding &
reactions are often diminished. allowing the client to
communicate through use of pictures is effective)
Which of the following support the integration of informatics
into nursing practice to support safety in client care? (select all
that apply)
A. Embedded medication alt
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