WGU - C468 Information Management and the Application of Technology PA

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C468 1.How is information related to data? Information is data that have been interpreted Information forms the base for accurate data collection Data provide an explanation of information Data i... s constructed through information synthesis 2.How does information literacy support the use of evidence-based-practice (EBP) in nursing? Choose 2 answers The nurse can discern research findings that can be applied to practice Nurses consistently role-model this behavior in their practice environment Nurses are comfortable in performing data base searches Nurses must frequently consult resources including peers and general internet searches 3.A nurse documents care of a patient with a decubitus ulcer in the electronic health record. Which term describes the electronic health record in this situation? Information system Information science Information technologyC468 Information processing 4.Which statement describes nurses as knowledge workers? Nurses design and maintain knowledge. Nurses generate knowledge as a product. Nurses evolve knowledge based on information. Nurses provide efficient means of capturing knowledge. 5.Match the level of nurse practice with appropriate skill criteria. Answer options may be used more than once or not at all. Beginning nurse Focuses on nursing's information needs Uses information systems to manage patients Experienced nurse Uses information systems to manage patients Pulls trends out of data Informatics innovator Pulls trends out of data Generates informatics theory Informatics nurse specialist Generates informatics theory Focuses on nursing's information needs 6.Label the descriptions as belonging to the role of either the informatics nurse or the informatics nurse specialist. Answer options may be used more than once or not at all. The RN who works in the area of informatics Informatics nurse Informatics nurse Has an interest or experience, but no formal training in informatics Informatics nurse Informatics nurse Plays an active role in research and theory development Informatics nurse specialist Informatics nurse specialist Has advanced graduate training in nursing informatics Informatics nurse specialist Informatics nurse specialistC468 Ensures that information is disseminated at appropriate times for appropriate uses Informatics nurse specialist Informatics nurse 7.Which of the following uses database applications to sift through large amounts of data and looks for previously hidden trends? Evidence-Based Practice Quantitative Analysis Data Mining Digital Library 8.A nurse is reviewing a patient's pneumonia vaccination status in the electronic medical record. The nurse determines the patient needs this vaccine before discharge to meet the requirements of a current clinical pathway. Why would the nurse use information systems in this manner? To ensure cost effectiveness To control communicable disease To promote desired clinical outcomes To meet requirements of the nurse practice act 9.A nursing informatics specialist at a small, rural hospital implemented a clinical information system utilizing an electronic health record (EHR). She obtained input from nurses regarding selection of the specific EHR. She noted that some of the nurses had negative attitudes towards a change to the EHR, but she encouraged them to try the system and note its benefits. She implemented the system after all nurses were trained about the EHR. There were numerous complaints about the EHR, which the Nursing Informatics Specialist decided to ignore since the personnel were new to the system. Which barrier to implementing technology is present in the scenario? Inadequate trainingC468 Lack of continued support Lack of end user involvement Ignoring attitudes early in the process 10.A computer program was implemented at a hospital that required nurses to wait until the patient arrived in the emergency room and was registered into the program before orders for critical time-sensitive treatment could be written. How could this program become a barrier to the nurses attempting to deliver patient-centered care? The computer program could intimidate the nurses and cause them to shy away from the patients. The time spent waiting for the program to register the patient could allow the nurses to restock patient rooms. The computer program could interest the nurses more than the patients do, thus entertaining the nurses away from their focus on the patient. The time spent waiting for the program to register the patient could delay critical care being delivered in a timely manner. 11.Which national trend is related to nursing informatics? Barcode scanning for medication administration Blogging with other nurses about latest treatments Texting another nurse in a patient's room to come help Taking pictures with smartphones of patients' wounds 12.Which standardized nursing terminology is composed of nursing diagnoses, nursing actions, and nursing outcomes? NIC NOCC468 ICNP NANDA 13.Which of the following requires standardized nursing terminology to meet its criteria? HIPAA Meaningful Use HITECH Act The TIGER initiative 14.What is a challenge to the adoption of eHealth strategies? Variability in Web access capabilities of health care consumers Creating economic incentives and policies that providers view as essential to accomplishing their financial and professional goals Readiness to adopt mechanisms to comply with HIPAA Difficulty in finding appropriate health care Web site designers 15.What is the importance of a nurse's active participation in electronic patient information? To identify the roles and titles of nurses across the continuum of care To anticipate the educational and professional needs of nurses and staff To provide replicate information across the system for the healthcare team To ensure patient information will be current and accessible to the healthcare teamC468 16.A nurse is working on a medical surgical unit and is concerned over a patient's worsening heart failure. The nurse calls the provider to discuss the assessments. How does the electronic medical record facilitate a collaborative discussion in this situation? Choose 2 answers The provider can enter new orders remotely. The provider can visualize the chest x-ray remotely. The provider has access to the data being discussed. The primary care past medical record can be reviewed. 17.What are three types of clinical information systems? Choose 3 answers YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER Registration system Laboratory system Order entry system Scheduling system Monitoring system 18. What are common features of the various health information systems? Choose 3 answers Physicians only are allowed to enter data Creates a comprehensive record of the patient's medical historyC468 Are standardized to be exactly the same to allow for continuity of care Is unique in the way they function and provide information to clinicians Collects, processes and distributes patient centered data to manage and provide care 19.Match each term with its healthcare information system. Answer options may be used more than once or not at all. Admission, discharge, and transfer system Clinical Information Systems Administrative Information Systems Radiology information system Clinical Information Systems Clinical Information Systems Financial system Administrative Information Systems Administrative Information Systems Clinical documentation system Clinical Information Systems Clinical Information Systems Scheduling system Administrative Information Systems Administrative Information Systems 20.Which health information system is used to collect and store client identification and demographic data that are verified and updated at the time of each visit? Scheduling system Risk Management system Expert system Registration system 21.Administration in an acute care clinic is considering adopting a health information system. A team is formed with members of clinical areas, software vendors, and an executive team of stakeholders. Which collaborative tasks are important for this team to accomplish with regard to selecting the health information system? Choose 3 answersC468 Determine which type of computer to use Determine who will be accountable for the project Access patient records to view personal information Determine how resources will be allocated to support the system Assess potential for process improvement while using the system 22.An admission nurse is awaiting notification of whether a patient being monitored by telehealth will be admitted to the hospital. The physician has already documented the admission orders in the digital medical record. Due to miscommunication, the admitting nurse did not access the digital medical record. There was a significant delay in the patient’s admission, which led to decreased patient satisfaction with the admission process. How can the use of the digital health record improve this process? Choose 2 answers It prevents the delay of tests and services. It allows for easy access to patient information. Information is recorded and stored in brief episodes. The nurse no longer needs to obtain an admission order. 23.What are the essential components of an electronic health record? Choose 3 answers Vital signs Lab results Demographics Name of workplaceC468 Cost of procedures Expected discharge date 24.Which function is performed within an electronic health record system? Bar scanning medications and patients Verifying the accuracy of laboratory data Determining availability of generic drug substitutes Automating prescriptions based on patient profiles 25.What can a nurse, working in a hospital, use to access a patient's electronic health record and prescription drugs from a medication administration system? Nursing license Bar coded identification cards Magnetic strip on driver's license Nurse manager's log on information 26.Which mechanism is used to streamline caregivers' workflow that needs to include past medical history, patient demographics, immunizations, and medication history? Database warehouse Electronic health record Health information systemC468 Managed care information system 27.What are some benefits of using an electronic health record (EHR) system in an ambulatory care clinic? Choose 4 answers Decrease medication errors Increase clinic reimbursement Improve provider documentation Increase delivery of guideline based care Less complicated patient treatment regimens 28.A local medical clinic is attempting to develop an electronic health record (EHR) system. Which challenges should the organization anticipate? Choose 2 answers Ensuring Internet access when documenting in the EHR Preparing for increased utilization of patient care services Identifying data needs for differing nursing practice specialties Implementing standardization of documentation across physician offices 29.A nurse is administering a new medication to a patient who has never taken this medication in the past. The patient is already taking seven different medications at this time. Which nursing intervention should the nurse do before administering this medication? Review the drug–to–drug, drug–allergy check in electronic health record Assess the patient’s own knowledge about the medication Go over common side effects about this medication with the patientC468 Notify the pharmacist that the patient has not had this medication in the past 30.Classify the mechanisms as either physical or logical security measures for protecting electronic information. Answer options may be used more than once or not at all. Authentication Logical Logical Placing computers, servers and routers in restricted Physical Physical Installing a firewall Logical Logical Automatic sign-off Physical Logical Setting up surveillance Logical Physical 31.Which statement represents one of the principle provisions of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) related to information security? A nurse may share information about a high profile patient with another nurse. A patient electronic health record can be sent to another hospital without consent. Patients are not allowed to obtain a complete copy of their own electronic health records. Nurses should notify a supervisor immediately when observing a breach of patient confidentiality. 32.What is a principle provision of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act? To secure patient confidentiality and security of patient records To create a universal single-payer healthcare system in the United States To improve healthcare quality by enhancing coordination of services among providersC468 To decrease the number of uninsured Americans and reducing the overall costs of healthcare 33.You are a nurse manager at a hospital. The informatics department at the hospital has established a no flash drive policy. In addition, all patient files must be saved on the secure O: drive. What would be an appropriate way to describe these changes to your staff?Choose 2 answers The hospital is streamlining staff access to computers to prevent medical mistakes. The hospital is implementing a security program to prevent patient data for being compromised. The hospital is eliminating the need for flash drives to prevent the loss of sensitive data. The hospital has decided nurses do not need sensitive patient data. 34.You are the informatics nurse at a hospital. You are running a random report evaluating users on your new electronic health record (EHR). You notice that the charge nurse from the emergency department just underwent a radical mastectomy and is recovering on the surgical floor. You then notice that four nurses from the ER have accessed this record. What should you do? Choose 3 answers Talk to the patient and let her know her friends care about her condition. Talk to each nurse and explain the legal and ethical ramifications of accessing the EHR. Explain to the patient their information has be breached. Provide training to nurses in the emergency department about protected patient information. 35.In regard to a secure network, what gives employees confidence that the information they are reading is true? Integrity Availability AccessibilityC468 Confidentiality 36.What represents the greatest potential threat to data security? Hospital system networks Removable storage device Data stored on local hard drives Internet access on hospital computers 37.What are common personal data access security threats in healthcare? Choose 2 answers Unencrypted data Weak passwords Digital charting template Electronic physician orders 38.A nurse learns that a colleague has accessed electronically stored health information of a patient that the colleague is not involved in treating. What should the nurse do? Disregard the incident Confront the colleague Report the colleague to their employer Report the incident to a hospital security guard 39.How does meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR) relate to quality patient care? Choose 2 answersC468 Computerization of prescriber order entry (CPOE) Decreasing the storage of medical files Maintenance of active patient medication lists Fosters segregation of care 40.What is one way that technology acts as a change agent in the nursing process? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER It increases time spent on documentation. It reduces the time spent on documentation. It increases the need for advanced degrees for nurses. It reduces the amount of education required for nurses. 41.A patient is in the ICU after a motorcycle accident. The patient sustained multiple contusions and fractures. Various digital monitoring devices are being used to track the patient's vital signs, pulse oximetry, and cardiac rhythm. How can the appropriate use of these technologies impact this patient's outcome? Choose 2 answers Prevention of infection Improved wound healing Decreased recovery time Timely treatment of potential complicationsC468 42.A nurse manager identifies several advanced practice nurses at an ICU workstation responding to multiple patient alarms. She notices that the acuity of one patient drastically increases the demand for staff resources. How can workflow analysis impact practice in this situation? It dictates a protocol approach to review and modify hospital policy. It provides observation and documentation of what is happening in the current environment. It provides evidence for development of an online triage program to improve team dynamics. It involves the upper administration input on proper use of hospital resources in future similar events. 43.What are the features of a clinical decision support tool? Choose 3 answers Offers technical support Provides practice guidelines Delivers online information retrieval Issues computerized alerts and reminders Provides access to printed policies and procedures 44.What is a function of a clinical decision support tool? Intersecting of computer, information, and nursing science Educating by research generated evidence of best practices Creating new understandings generated in research into practice Providing clinicians with knowledge and person–specific informationC468 45.How can clinical decision support tools lead to safer patient care? Choose 2 answers They provide more human resources to assist with patient care. They give timely information to nurses and other healthcare providers. They give nurses access to information they would not normally have. They reduce waste of nurse’s time looking through the medical record. 46.A nurse receives a computerized alert of a critical lab value on her patient. This computerized alert informs the nurse that an action needs to be taken and provides suggestions for clinical intervention. Which technology did the nurse employ to achieve an enhanced safe practice environment? Use of clinical guidelines Use of a clinical information system Use of a clinical decision support tool Use of a clinical documentation system 47.During a crisis, a nurse manager is looking for the written, hospital-wide procedural policy. The nurse is unable to locate it. What can the nurse manager use to solve this issue? Change agents Nursing process Point of care charting Decision support tools 48.Which procedures are essential to creating and maintaining a culture of safety during the medication administration cycle? Choose 2 answersC468 Pulling all medications from the dispensing cabinet for your assigned patients at one time Situational awareness Performing double verification among nurses when administering high alert medications Barcode scanning the patient and the medication to ensure positive patient ID 49.Which informatics tools are commonly used for collecting and analyzing patient data? Choose 2 answers PDAs YouTube Nursing textbooks Bedside computers 50.Which type of technology offers support during the medication administration cycle? Online chats during nursing conference sessions Virtual reality exercise involving anchoring a urinary catheter Viewing of the digital health record during a home health visit Watching a webcast regarding pathophysiology of renal failure 51.A a student is behind on morning medication administration. The instructor is pressuring the student to pass quickly without any errors. One of the clients assigned to the student’s care asks for pain medication. Which nursing intervention is questionable? Call the charge nurse for assistanceC468 Double check dose of pain medication with another nurse Computer scan the meds and come back later to administer them Use a PDA to look up rate of infusion for intravenous pain medication 52.Which statements by the nurse demonstrate understanding of the reason for a clinical information system? Choose 2 answers The information replaces unit training needs. The information retrieved can be used for research. It improves compliance with nursing documentation. It replaces the need for unit evidenced–based projects. 53.A nurse uses an internet blog to give a patient shift report to a nurse coming on to the next shift. Why is this nursing action a problem? Choose 2 answers Blog information is not always reliable The blog is a private place to give nursing reports Giving a nursing report via a blog does not meet HIPAA requirements Healthcare information discussed on the blog violates a patient's privacy 54.A nurse manager views patient data collected over the last three months of hospital admissions. Trends show that nosocomial infections have increased on the geriatric unit. Which actions can patient data facilitate quality improvement in the future? Choose 2 answers Using the data to implement evidence-based practice proceduresC468 Using the data to remove hand sanitizers in low risk patient rooms Using the data to monitor infection trends Using the data to increase stock of gowns and masks for other hospital units 55.What are two common characteristics of telehealth? Choose 2 answers The use of video streaming technology Hands–on assessments performed remotely The need for specialized computer knowledge Transmission of biological data from a remote location 56.What is an important legal consideration in the use of telehealth nursing? The nurse is aware of computer software programming. The nurse has the data available to monitor the patient for changes. The nurse is competent in aspects of technical support of the program. The nurse is licensed in each state in which the remote clients are located. 57.What is a prominent socioeconomic factor driving telehealth medicine? An aging urban population Advanced computer technologies An increase in chronic disease conditionsC468 An increase in rural access to healthcare 58.Which example is a telehealth non-clinical application? Distant patient education via computer Monitoring maternal contractions remotely Utilizing live video feed for remote assessment Transmitting a radiology image for assessment 59.Match the situation with the appropriate and effective telecommunication strategy. Answers options may be used more than once or not at all. An elderly homebound patient is concerned about the palpitations she is feeling. Teleconsultants Real-time remote monitoring A nurse is struggling to work full-time in a hospital setting time while completing her Masters. Online classroom Online classroom A cardiologist with a rural office practice has no one to cover his patients when he is away. Real-time remote monitoring Teleconsultants A family member is unsure what to do for a home hospice patient who is restless and agitated during the night. Telephony Real-time remote monitoring [Show More]

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