NR 599 Week 8 Final Exam Study Guide Questions-Answers (Multiple Choice) GRADED A

1. Informatics nursing is distinguished from other nursing specialties by its focus on:

computerized medical records.

data and information content and representation.

data coding and the use of abbreviations.

training and education.

2. Applications that are designed to run on a common platform, operate in a common environment, and communicate through direct data transfer are known as:

integrated.

interfaced.

normalized.

optimized.

3. Adult learners most effectively learn about a new clinical information system when the instructor:

assumes that the learner knows nothing about the system.

begins the formal training as early as possible in the implementation process.

emphasizes the technical specifications of the structure of the system.

encourages the learner to use previous experience to interpret new learning.

4. Knowledge that is patterned for use in reasoning is known as:

artificial intelligence.

knowledge query.

knowledge representation.

neural computing.

5. What process produces a blueprint that details how hardware and software meet the needs of the organization?

Benchmarking

Feasibility study

System analysis

System design

6. Ease of navigation, appropriate language, efficiency of use, ease of learning, and intuitiveness are all examples of:

affective skills.

behavioral needs.

system usability.

user ergonomics.

7. The problems of an existing system have been identified, along with possible solutions. What is the next step in the systems analysis stage?

A feasibility study

Requirements gathering

Systems design

Systems testing

8. What type of testing is performed on functionally grouped components to ensure that the subset works with the entire system?

Integration

System

Unit

User acceptance

9. In project management, the critical path is best described as a series of activities that:

includes the path with the most slack or float.

indicates the earliest possible time a project can be completed.

is scheduled for the next current phase of the process.

shows the shortest path through the network diagram.

10. What is the initial layer of protection to prevent unauthorized, external access to a facility's information network?

Digital certificates

Encryption

Firewall

Password authentication

Firewall

11. What is the most common risk to patient privacy and confidentiality?

An organization's employees

Inadequate firewall protection

Inadequate system design

Viruses, worms, and Trojan horses

12. Which document articulates the primary factors that guide professional nursing judgment, regarding confidential patient information?

Administrative Simplification Provisions

Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice

13. Integrating clinical practice guidelines with an electronic health record facilitates quality improvement measurement by:

comparing guideline parameters to clinical outcomes.

presenting results at the point of treatment decisions.

providing reference information to measurement staff.

representing patient acuity data.

14. An online course discussion board is a form of:

asynchronous learning.

didactic learning.

synchronous learning.

traditional learning.

15. Using an office computer system to identify a patient whom the linked hospital information system identifies as having positive cultures for pneumonia, a primary care provider orders the patient's antibiotic. This scenario exemplifies:

a health information exchange.

a system to update patient records.

a violation of privacy regulations.

an electronic health record.

16. Because several disciplines support the foundation of informatics nursing, it is important for the informatics nurse to understand that:

informatics nursing differs from other disciplines, as it focuses on supporting the process of obtaining data.

informatics nursing uses the concepts, tools, and methods of various disciplines to facilitate nursing process.

information technology and nursing technology are synonymous, as they have the same goal.

the boundaries between the various disciplines are clearly defined.

17. A downtime of the electronic health record (EHR) system is planned for three months from today. The informatics nurse is formulating a communication plan for the clinical staff about the downtime. The nurse plans to:

announce the upcoming downtime at system-wide meetings, and at department meetings of specific system hospitals affected by the downtime.

bring copies of the communication plan to IT meetings, and discuss it with the IT directors and managers.

present the information at the "super user" meetings, department and unit meetings, and at other specialty clinician meetings, in addition to having a message posted on the message-of-the-day screen in the EHR.

print fliers with the downtime plan and post them in bathrooms and breakrooms, as well as on bulletin boards in various locations in the hospitals.

18. When writing and reviewing the downtime policy and procedure for the new electronic health record, it is imperative to clearly define for the end-user the:

policy for how or when to "back-enter" data.

policy for system change control.

procedure for recovering data after a downtime.

procedure for testing software fixes and upgrades.

19. Adherence to a standardized nursing language will lead to:

a barrier in national interoperability.

a larger database of interventions.

improved evaluation of nursing outcomes.

increased nursing competencies.

20. The informatics nurse violates a patient's legal right to privacy and confidentiality, by:

discussing a patient's diagnosis with an authorized family member.

discussing care-related information with the patient's physical therapist.

looking up a colleague's diagnosis and laboratory results while he or she is hospitalized.

providing a handoff report containing patient information to another department.

21. Although social media sites like Facebook and WebMD may provide healthcare consumers with many benefits, using these sites presents risks to patient privacy and misuse of personal health information, because:

information downloaded from social media sites may contain malware and infect a patient's home computer.

patients openly share information about their health with friends and family on Facebook.

personal health information is shared by the patient and not protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Protection Act.

personal information that is shared about gender and religion can lead to cyber bullying and social threats.

22. The informatics nurse is working on a chart to demonstrate the increasing incidence of obesity in the patient population at a health clinic. The data will represent patients who are of normal weight, overweight, obese, and morbidly obese, and it will include the percentage of the total population for each group. This type of data is most effectively represented by a:

bar chart.

column chart.

line chart.

pie chart.

23. The informatics nurse is collaborating with the pharmacy in installing automated dispensing cabinets on the nursing units. These dispensing cabinets will:

establish an accurate record of medications given to patients.

make medications immediately available to nurses.

notify the nurse when supplies are low.

require the nurse to scan a patient's ID before dispensing.