Informatics pt.2

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Informatics Quiz: Test Your Knowledge

Welcome to the Informatics Quiz, designed for healthcare professionals who want to test and enhance their knowledge in the field of nursing informatics. Dive into 10 thought-provoking questions that explore essential aspects of electronic health records, critical pathways, and the integration of technology in nursing practice.

Evaluate your understanding of nursing informatics.
Learn about key roles and responsibilities in the field.
Discover best practices for improving client outcomes.

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by CaringNurse512

A nurse should recognize that to be a meaningful user of electronic health records, he should do which of the following?

Respond appropriately to all clinical decision making support systems & alerts

Search all possible electronic data locations to retrieve client health information.

Develop all nursing care plans from the choices listed in the electronic health record.

A newly licensed nurse is expected to do which of the following?

Integrate nursing knowledge and information technology to advance the science of nursing.

Asses the use of technology by peers & clients in the clinical setting.

Use technology to obtain information about unfamiliar procedures.

Which of the following is a standardized tool used to outline daily nursing care to clients who have common needs or medical conditions?

Protocol.

Critical pathway.

Concept map.

The primary goal of nursing informatics is to do which of the following?

Improve health by optimizing information management & communication.

Identify & quantify nursing interventions.

Provide a scientific basis for nursing & access to evidenced based practice guidelines.

An informatics nurse specialist may engage in numerous roles. Which of the following roles is specific to her qualifications?

Project manager to design & implement updates to the electronic health record in a facility.

Liaison between health care professionals, information technology department & administration.

Data processing & reviewing statistics related to research programs.

Risks associated with the use of information technologies include which of the following?

Compromising client & caregiver safety related to nursing care & health outcomes.

Decreased dependence on traditonal & trial & error when problems solving.

Loss of electronic information due to glitches & external threats to security.

The purpose of using critical pathways to help manage the care of clients who have specific clinical problems is to...

Improve client outcomes by providing timely interventions.

Increase variation of care to each individual client.

Control the degree of standardization across populations.

The purpose of using critical pathways to help manage the care of clients who have specific clinical problems is to...

Improve client outcomes by providing timely interventions.

Increase variation of care to each individual client.

Control the degree of standardization across populations.

When administering a client's medication, a nurse uses which of the following actions as the best way to reduce preventable medication errors?

Visually verify the medication, and ask the client to state her name & date of birth.

Scan the client's medication, and scan the client's hospital identification armband.

Scan the client's medication, ask the client to state her name & date of birth.

Confidential information in a secure network is most often breached by...

Hackers & others who enter the secure network from external systems.

Unauthorized access to & disclosure of information by authorized users.

Use of laptops, tablets, thumb drives or other portable devices.

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