Informatics And Nursing Opportunities And Challenges 4th By Jeanne Sewell

1.

After teaching a class about informatics, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students define informatics as which of the following?

A)

Use of computers

B)

Use of information technology

C)

Management of information

D)

Access to the Internet

2.

A strategic plan for the nationwide implementation of health information technology includes which of the following?

A)

Discouraging the use of personal electronic health records

B)

Developing a collaborative governance to support information use for population health

C)

Advocating for statewide adoption of electronic health record

D)

Limiting the use of telehealth systems

3.

Which of the following would a nurse identify as the current focus of today’s practice informatics?

A)

Capturing data at the point of care

B)

Performing secondary data analysis

C)

Using aggregated data

D)

Making decisions based on data

4.

A nursing student is reviewing information about early computerized clinical information systems. Which of the following would the student identify as characteristic?

A)

Implementation to perform two or three functions

B)

Ability to share information among several departments

C)

Creation of different software systems for different areas

D)

Entry of data occurring only once

5.

When describing the benefits of informatics to a group of agency staff, which of the following would the presenter identify as one of the primary benefits?

A)

Increase usability of data

B)

Promote cost-saving

C)

Promote time-saving

D)

Allow identification of patterns