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Chapter 1
Question 1
The nurse understands that nursing informatics is recognized as a specialty area of practice by
which statement?
1. Research priorities for nursing informatics include the development of a standard nursing
language and the development of databases for clinical information.
2. A formal educational program at the master's level must be completed before a nurse is
eligible to sit for the credentialing examination.
3. As a differentiated practice, nursing informatics is focused upon the client, the
environment, health, and the nurse.
4. There is a need for nursing informatics interests to gain representation by work groups and
organizations within the United States.
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1:
The development of research priorities is a key point in a specialty practice. Although degrees
at the master's level are available, the degree required for credentialing is typically at the
bachelor's level and includes experience in the field. Current demands for safer, costeffective, quality care require evidence of the best practices supported by research.
Rationale 2:
Such a formal educational program does not necessarily mean a specialty area of practice.
Although degrees at the master's level are available, the degree required for credentialing is
typically at the bachelor's level and includes experience in the field. The development of
research priorities is a key point in a specialty practice.
Rationale 3:
Your chosen response refers to the entire discipline of nursing. The specialty of nursing
informatics integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage
and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom into nursing practice. The
development of research priorities is a key point in a specialty practice.
Rationale 4:
There are many work groups in the United States related to informatics that focus on the
specialty of informatics practice. One example is the Nursing Informatics Special Interest
Group of the International Medical Informatics Association. The development of research
priorities is a key point in a specialty practice.
Question 2
Which statement by the nurse verifies that the nurse is "information literate"?
1. "I understand how to search for a website and evaluate its usefulness for health care
needs."
2. "I utilize databases in the health care setting to input client information such as skin
condition."
3. "I use email over the Internet to correspond with clients and provide information."
4. "I can use software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations."
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1:
Information literacy necessitates that nurses have the ability to find, evaluate, and effectively
use information. The other answers are examples of computer literacy but do not have the
higher functions of information literacy.
Rationale 2:
Your chosen response is an example of computer literacy, but it does not have the higher
functions of information literacy. Information literacy necessitates that nurses have the ability
to find, evaluate, and effectively use information.
Rationale 3:
Your chosen response is an example of computer literacy but, it does not have the higher
functions of information literacy. Information literacy necessitates that nurses have the ability
to find, evaluate, and effectively use information.
Rationale 4:
This answer is an example of computer literacy but, it does not have the higher functions of
information literacy. Information literacy necessitates that nurses have the ability to find,
evaluate, and effectively use information.
Question 3
The nurse gathers much data when caring for clients. Which is an example of the higher-level
"information" useful in caring for clients?
1. The vital signs are BP of 130/70, HR of 88, RR of 24, temperature of 98.8 degrees F., and
oxygen saturation of 98%.
2. Lab work results include an electrolyte panel and complete blood count with differential.
3. The client is a widowed 64-year-old black male admitted with prostatitis.
4. After receiving Rocephin (ceftriaxone sodium) 1.0 gram IV yesterday, the client reported
feeling better today.
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1:
Your chosen response is an example of having pieces of data without interpretation.
"Information" necessitates that the nurse interpret and structure the results of clinical data
into information.
Rationale 2:
Your chosen response is an example of having pieces of data without interpretation.
"Information" necessitates that the nurse interpret and structure the results of clinical data
into information.
Rationale 3:
Your chosen response is an example of having pieces of data without interpretation.
"Information" necessitates that the nurse interpret and structure the results of clinical data
into information.
Rationale 4:
"Information" necessitates that the nurse interpret and structure clinical data into information.
It can then be used to aid clinical decision making and client monitoring. All other responses
included pieces of data without interpretation.
Question 4
Which statement best distinguishes the difference between information literacy and computer
literacy?
1. Information literacy is unnecessary in health care whereas computer literacy provides the
basis for computer order entry.
2. Information literacy is the foundation of the EHR whereas computer literacy helps the
nurse to access data.
3. A nurse can extrapolate data with computer literacy and not information skills.
4. Information literacy forms the basis for ongoing learning whereas computer literacy refers
to a familiarity with the use of personal computers.
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1:
Computer literacy is a popular term used to refer to a familiarity with the use of personal
computers, including the use of software tools such as word processing, spreadsheets,
databases, presentation graphics, and e-mail. The majority of students admitted to nursing
schools now enter with some level of computer literacy.
Rationale 2:
Computer literacy is a popular term used to refer to a familiarity with the use of personal
computers, including the use of software tools such as word processing, spreadsheets,
databases, presentation graphics, and e-mail. The majority of students admitted to nursing
schools now enter with some level of computer literacy.
Rationale 3:
Computer literacy is a popular term used to refer to a familiarity with the use of personal
computers, including the use of software tools such as word processing, spreadsheets,
databases, presentation graphics, and e-mail. The majority of students admitted to nursing
schools now enter with some level of computer literacy.
Rationale 4:
Computer literacy is a popular term used to refer to a familiarity with the use of personal
computers, including the use of software tools such as word processing, spreadsheets,
databases, presentation graphics, and e-mail. The majority of students admitted to nursing
schools now enter with some level of computer literacy.
Question 5
Which statement indicates the appropriate level of informatics competencies to the correct
nurse?
1. A nurse informatics specialist extrapolates data to develop best practice model for
indwelling catheter care.
2. The novice nurse using a spreadsheet to document medication reactions.
3. An experienced staff nurse creates databases employing SNOMED.
4. A beginning nurse utilizes the Internet to integrate multidisciplinary languages.
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1:
The nurse informatics specialist has the ability and education to access data and create a
model of excellence based on the findings.
Rationale 2:
According to research, nurses are graduating from programs without experience with
databases, spreadsheets, and statistical packages. There is a learning curve from graduation to
comfort with the information system and its capabilities.
Rationale 3:
An experienced staff nurse does not have the skills to create a database using a standardized
language.
Rationale 4:
Beginning nurses are comfortable with basic skills and should be able to retrieve information
from the system, as well as interpret data. Your chosen response is not an example of the
competencies required for the informatics specialist; its level is too high.
Question 6
Which statement regarding pressures that drive the health care delivery system today is not
accurate?
1. The current and projected nursing shortage may be eliminated by instituting technology
enhancements in the acute care setting.
2. Evidence-based practice is supported with technology that enables the health care provider
to utilize up-to-date research findings.
3. Medication errors and adverse events may be reduced with the implementation of
computerized physician order entry (CPOE).
4. Managed care may utilize disease management to identify clients with chronic conditions,
and treat them effectively to minimize complications and cost.
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1:
Although the nursing shortage may not be eliminated with information technology, the
probability that errors may be reduced with the implementation of technology that enables the
health care provider to double check medication administration may help with client safety.
Rationale 2:
Although the nursing shortage may not be eliminated with information technology, the
probability that errors may be reduced with the implementation of technology that enables the
health care provider to double check medication administration may help with client safety.
Rationale 3:
Your chosen response is an example of a statement that is indeed accurate. The one statement
that is not accurate is the one about eliminating the current and projected nursing shortage by
instituting technology enhancements. Although the nursing shortage may not be eliminated
with information technology, the probability that errors may be reduced with the
implementation of technology that enables the health care provider to double check
medication administration may help with client safety.
Rationale 4:
Your chosen response is an example of a statement that is indeed accurate. The one statement
that is not accurate is the one about eliminating the current and projected nursing shortage by
instituting technology enhancements. Although the nursing shortage may not be eliminated
with information technology, the probability that errors may be reduced with the
implementation of technology that enables the health care provider to double check
medication administration may help with client safety.
Question 7
Describe at least three factors in the current healthcare delivery system that drive the
implementation of information technology in the acute care setting.
1. Patient safety
2. Nursing shortage
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Increased numbers of digital natives in nursing practice
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1:
Patient safety, nursing shortage, managed care, and evidenced based practice are all factors
that impact the acceptance and implementation of information technology in the acute care
setting.
Rationale 2:
Patient safety, nursing shortage, managed care, and evidenced based practice are all factors
that impact the acceptance and implementation of information technology in the acute care
setting.
Rationale 3:
Patient safety, nursing shortage, managed care, and evidenced based practice are all factors
that impact the acceptance and implementation of information technology in the acute care
setting.
Rationale 4:
Patient safety, nursing shortage, managed care, and evidenced based practice are all factors
that impact the acceptance and implementation of information technology in the acute care
setting. Digital natives may be more comfortable with technology, but they are not the driving
force toward change.
Question 8
Which action indicates the nurse is functioning as a knowledge worker?
1. The nurse auscultates hypoactive bowel sounds while doing a client assessment eight hours
postoperatively after abdominal surgery and documents the assessment in the electronic
medical record.
2. The nurse administers four units of regular insulin to the client whose blood glucose is 240
at 11:30 a.m. per physician's sliding scale orders and documents it on the electronic medical
administration record.
3. The nurse auscultates diminished breath sounds in a postoperative client the morning after
abdominal surgery and encourages the client to turn, cough, and deep breathe every hour
instead of every two hours.
4. The nurse obtains the client's vital signs of BP-120/82, P-112, and R-32, totals up the
intake of 1040 ml and the output of 1100 ml, and records these data in the electronic medical
record.
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1:
Your chosen response is an example of gathering assessment data and recording same in the
EMR. The nurse as knowledge worker interprets and structures clinical data into information
that can then be used to aid clinical decision making and patient monitoring over time. In the
auscultation with diminished breath sounds choice, the nurse compared the data to the
knowledge that the client may be developing atelectasis, and acted upon this by having the
client turn, cough, and deep breathe more frequently than the standard practice of every two
hours.
Rationale 2:
Your chosen response is an example of following physician orders. The nurse as knowledge
worker interprets and structures clinical data into information that can then be used to aid
clinical decision making and patient monitoring over time. In the auscultation with
diminished breath sounds choice, the nurse compared the data to the knowledge that the
client may be developing atelectasis, and acted upon this by having the client turn, cough, and
deep breathe more frequently than the standard practice of every two hours.
Rationale 3:
The nurse as knowledge worker interprets and structures clinical data into information that
can then be used to aid clinical decision making and patient monitoring over time. In this
case, the nurse auscultated diminished breath sounds in a postoperative client the morning
after abdominal surgery. The nurse compared the data to the knowledge that the client may be
developing atelectasis, and acted upon this by having the client turn, cough, and deep breathe
more frequently than the standard practice of every two hours.
Rationale 4:
Your chosen response is an example of gathering assessment data and recording same in the
EMR. The nurse as knowledge worker interprets and structures clinical data into information
that can then be used to aid clinical decision making and patient monitoring over time. In the
auscultation with diminished breath sounds choice, the nurse compared the data to the
knowledge that the client may be developing atelectasis, and acted upon this by having the
client turn, cough, and deep breathe more frequently than the standard practice of every two
hours.
Question 9
A disadvantage to the utilization of the electronic medical record (EMR) includes which of
the following?
1. Accessibility from several different locations simultaneously and by different levels of
providers
2. The intensive training in the beginning needed to prepare staff members to use the EMR
3. Less time available for client care because more time is required for documentation
activity
4. Inability to incorporate diagnostic images into the EMR because of space limitations
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1:
It is actually an advantage that the EMR can be accessed from several different locations
simultaneously, as well as by different levels of providers. The disadvantage is the amount of
time needed in the beginning for training on the computer records. However, once staff
members are trained, more time is available for client care because less time is needed for
documentation activity.
Rationale 2:
There is a considerable amount of time needed in the beginning for the training on usage of
computerized records. However, once staff members are trained, more time is available for
client care because less time is needed for documentation activity. The EMR improves things
such as: access to information, number of errors, communication, and redundancy of data
entry.
Rationale 3:
Actually, once staff members are trained, more time is available for client care because less
time is required for documentation activity, though. The amount of time needed in the
beginning for the training on usage of computerized records is a disadvantage.
Rationale 4:
Diagnostic images are actually a part of the record and can be viewed from various locations.
A disadvantage is the amount of time needed in the beginning for training on the computer
records. However, once staff members are trained, more time is available for client care
because less time is needed for documentation activity.
Question 10
A nurse manager wishes to hire a new nurse who has just graduated from nursing school. At
the beginning level of informatics competencies, the nurse should be able to do which of the
following?
1. Attain informatics nurse certification within six months of beginning practice.
2. Input vital signs and intake and output data in the electronic medical record.
3. Utilize the Internet to review trends in health care information technology.
4. Use an electronic spreadsheet to create staffing rotations.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1:
Your chosen response is not a beginning level competency for nurses entering the profession.
Inputting data into the electronic medical record is a beginning level competency for nurses
entering the profession; the other choices are at higher levels.
Rationale 2:
Inputting data into the electronic medical record is a beginning level competency for nurses
entering the profession; the other choices are at higher levels.
Rationale 3:
Your chosen response is not a beginning level competency for nurses entering the profession.
Inputting data into the electronic medical record is a beginning level competency for nurses
entering the profession; the other choices are at higher levels.
Rationale 4:
Novice nurses do not have the computer literacy skills to employ a spreadsheet to create
schedules. This is a more advanced competency. The novice nurse is beginning to learn to use
the system to input data.
Question 11
In which way does medical informatics overlap with nursing informatics?
1. Medical and nursing informatics focus on the areas of information retrieval.
2. Medical and nursing informatics focus on patients' families.
3. Medical and nursing informatics focus on hospital complications.
4. Medical and nursing informatics focus on hospital complications.
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1:
Informatics has subsequently emerged as an area of specialization within the various health
care disciplines and is one of the fastest growing career fields in health care. Overlap occurs
among medical, dental, and nursing informatics primarily in the areas of information
retrieval, ethics, patient care, decision support, human to computer interactions, information
systems, imaging, computer security, and computerized health records (Guenther & Caruth,
2006).
Rationale 2:
Informatics has subsequently emerged as an area of specialization within the various health
care disciplines and is one of the fastest growing career fields in health care. Overlap occurs
among medical, dental, and nursing informatics primarily in the areas of information
retrieval, ethics, patient care, decision support, human to computer interactions, information
systems, imaging, computer security, and computerized health records (Guenther & Caruth,
2006).
Rationale 3:
Informatics has subsequently emerged as an area of specialization within the various health
care disciplines and is one of the fastest growing career fields in health care. Overlap occurs
among medical, dental, and nursing informatics primarily in the areas of information
retrieval, ethics, patient care, decision support, human-to computer interactions, information
systems, imaging, computer security, and computerized health records (Guenther & Caruth,
2006).
Rationale 4:
Informatics has subsequently emerged as an area of specialization within the various health
care disciplines and is one of the fastest growing career fields in health care. Overlap occurs
among medical, dental, and nursing informatics primarily in the areas of information
retrieval, ethics, patient care, decision support, human-to computer interactions, information
systems, imaging, computer security, and computerized health records (Guenther & Caruth,
2006).
Question 12
Health care consumers have all the information and tools to make health care choices because
they can easily compare quality and cost of care. Which of the following is correct?
1. This statement is true because the tool has been invented.
2. The statement is false because the tool has not been developed.
3. The statement is true because most consumers have Internet access.
4. The statement is true because of the steep learning curve associated with searching the
Internet.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1:
There is an identified need for health care consumers to have the information and tools they
needed to make the health care choices right for them by making it easier to compare quality
and cost of care. This need has not yet been met.
Rationale 2:
There is an identified need for health care consumers to have the information and tools they
needed to make the health care choices right for them by making it easier to compare quality
and cost of care. This need has not yet been met.
Rationale 3:
There is an identified need for health care consumers to have the information and tools they
needed to make the health care choices right for them by making it easier to compare quality
and cost of care. This need has not yet been met.
Rationale 4:
There is an identified need for health care consumers to have the information and tools they
needed to make the health care choices right for them by making it easier to compare quality
and cost of care. This need has not yet been met.
Question 13
The role of the informatics nurse does not include assessing the usability of devices for health
care consumers. This statement is false because of which of the following reasons?
1. The informatics nurse approves the usability of devices.
2. The development of policy regarding usability is an important part of the informatics
nurse’s role.
3. The informatics nurse is concerned more with the actual device than the usability.
4. The informatics nurse’s role is to work only with the nursing staff and not patients.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1:
Informatics nurses do have a role in assessing the usability of devices for health care
consumers, including the development of health policy.
Rationale 2:
Informatics nurses do have a role in assessing the usability of devices for health care
consumers, including the development of health policy.
Rationale 3:
Informatics nurses do have a role in assessing the usability of devices for health care
consumers, including the development of health policy.
Rationale 4:
Informatics nurses do have a role in assessing the usability of devices for health care
consumers, including the development of health policy.
Question 14
Over the next few years, nursing informatics and other health informatics disciplines will
crisscross, resulting in more interdisciplinary projects. This statement is true because of
which of the following reasons?
1. Nurse informatics specialists will work collaboratively with other disciplines to develop
user-friendly systems.
2. Nurse informatics specialists will work with other disciplines in an attempt to gain control
over the use of the health care technology.
3. Nurse informatics specialists understand all of the disciplines and are able to effect changes
in technology.
4. Nurse informatics specialists are knowledgeable about the needs of the typical consumer of
technology.
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1:
Nursing informatics will change rapidly over the next few years. There will be a continued
blur between nursing informatics and other health informatics specialties, including more
interdisciplinary projects.
Rationale 2:
Nursing informatics will change rapidly over the next few years. There will be a continued
blur between nursing informatics and other health informatics specialties, including more
interdisciplinary projects.
Rationale 3:
Nursing informatics will change rapidly over the next few years. There will be a continued
blur between nursing informatics and other health informatics specialties, including more
interdisciplinary projects.
Rationale 4:
Nurse informatics will change rapidly over the next few years. There will be a continued blur
between nursing informatics and other health informatics, including more interdisciplinary
projects.
Question 15
The best estimate of the number of informatics nurses needed over the next few years is
which of the following?
1. 500 to 1500
2. 6000 to 12,000
3. 2000 to 5000
4. 15,000 to 25,000
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1:
Your chosen response is too low. Projections for the number of informatics nurses needed
over the next few years range from 6000 to 12,000. Nursing, health care, clinical informatics
graduate programs, and biomedical informatics programs collectively lag behind projected
needs.
Rationale 2:
Projections for the number of informatics nurses needed over the next few years range from
6000 to 12,000. Nursing, health care, clinical informatics graduate programs, and biomedical
informatics programs collectively lag behind projected needs.
Rationale 3:
Your chosen response is too low. Projections for the number of informatics nurses needed
over the next few years range from 6000 to 12,000. Nursing, health care, clinical informatics
graduate programs, and biomedical informatics programs collectively lag behind projected
needs.
Rationale 4:
Your chosen response is too high. Projections for the number of informatics nurses needed
over the next few years range from 6000 to 12,000. Nursing, health care, clinical informatics
graduate programs, and biomedical informatics programs collectively lag behind projected
needs.
Question 16
There are no available nursing informatics programs including doctoral degrees; therefore,
nurses prepare for advanced practice through medical informatics curriculum. This answer is
false because of which of the following reasons?
1. There are a number of accredited advanced nursing education programs in informatics in
the United States.
2. Advanced degrees in nursing informatics are available only online in the United States.
3. There is limited interest in advanced education in nursing informatics.
4. There are advanced degrees available in nursing informatics, however, with technology
experience there is no need for advanced theoretical education.
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1:
Doctoral degree programs are now available in nursing informatics. Also available are
master's degree and certificate programs.
Rationale 2:
Doctoral degree programs are available on ground and online in nursing informatics. Also
available are master's degree and certificate programs.
Rationale 3:
Doctoral degree programs are available in nursing informatics. Also available are master's
degree and certificate programs. There is more interest in advanced education in nursing as
health care and technology become more sophisticated.
Rationale 4:
Doctoral degree programs are indeed now available in nursing informatics. Also available are
master's degree and certificate programs. There is more interest in advanced education in
nursing as health care and technology become more sophisticated.
Question 17
Knowledge management is a structured process for the generation, storage, distribution, and
application of what kind of knowledge in the organization?
1. Chronological knowledge
2. Redundant knowledge
3. Tacit knowledge (personal experience)
4. Generational knowledge
5. Explicit knowledge (evidence)
Correct Answer: 3,5
Rationale 1:
Knowledge management refers to the creation of systems that enable organizations to tap into
the knowledge, experiences, and creativity of their staff to improve their performance. It is a
structured process for the generation, storage, distribution, and application of both tacit
knowledge (personal experience) and explicit knowledge (evidence) in organizations.
Chronological, redundant, and generational are not types of knowledge used in any
organization.
Rationale 2:
Knowledge management refers to the creation of systems that enable organizations to tap into
the knowledge, experiences, and creativity of their staff to improve their performance. It is a
structured process for the generation, storage, distribution, and application of both tacit
knowledge (personal experience) and explicit knowledge (evidence) in organizations.
Chronological, redundant, and generational are not types of knowledge used in any
organization.
Rationale 3:
Knowledge management refers to the creation of systems that enable organizations to tap into
the knowledge, experiences, and creativity of their staff to improve their performance. It is a
structured process for the generation, storage, distribution, and application of both tacit
knowledge (personal experience) and explicit knowledge (evidence) in organizations.
Chronological, redundant, and generational are not types of knowledge used in any
organization.
Rationale 4:
Knowledge management refers to the creation of systems that enable organizations to tap into
the knowledge, experiences, and creativity of their staff to improve their performance. It is a
structured process for the generation, storage, distribution, and application of both tacit
knowledge (personal experience) and explicit knowledge (evidence) in organizations.
Chronological, redundant, and generational are not types of knowledge used in any
organization.
Rationale 5:
Knowledge management refers to the creation of systems that enable organizations to tap into
the knowledge, experiences, and creativity of their staff to improve their performance. It is a
structured process for the generation, storage, distribution, and application of both tacit
knowledge (personal experience) and explicit knowledge (evidence) in organizations.
Chronological, redundant, and generational are not types of knowledge used in any
organization.
Question 18
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) incorporated the foundation provided by
the American Nurses Association (ANA) in its definition of nursing informatics and scope
and standards of practice. Applicants for the Informatics Nurse credentialing examination are
required to meet which of the following minimum criteria?
1. Advanced graduate education in nursing informatics (or related field)
2. Equivalent of two years of full-time professional practice
3. Professional clinical practice for at least 500 hours
4. Baccalaureate or higher degree in nursing (or relevant field baccalaureate)
5. Current, active license as a professional nurse
Correct Answer: 2,4,5
Rationale 1:
The certified informatics nurse (IN) has experience or interest in the area but no formal
informatics preparation. This person has earned the credential RN-BC (Registered Nurse,
Board Certified). Therefore, advanced graduate education in nursing informatics (or related
field) is not required. The informatics nurse specialist (INS) has this education and may also
hold ANCC certification. Both the IN and INS may work under a variety of different titles
and in various settings.
Rationale 2:
The certified informatics nurse (IN) is an RN who works in the area of informatics. This
person had the equivalent of two years of full-time professional practice in order to be
eligible for certification. (There are also required practice hour requirements.)
Rationale 3:
Having 500 hours of professional clinical practice is insufficient. Practice requirements are
met by having practiced one of these: either a minimum of 2000 hours in informatics nursing
within the last three years; or a minimum of 1000 hours in informatics nursing in the last
three years and completed a minimum of 12 semester hours of academic credit in informatics
courses that are a part of a graduate level informatics nursing program; or completing a
graduate program in nursing informatics containing a minimum of 200 hours of faculty
supervised practicum in informatics.
Rationale 4:
The certified informatics nurse (IN) is an RN who works in the area of informatics. This
person has experience or interest in the area but no formal informatics preparation and has the
credential RN-BC (Registered Nurse, Board Certified). Therefore, advanced graduate
education in nursing informatics (or related field) is not required. The informatics nurse
specialist (INS) has this education and may also hold ANCC certification. Both the IN and
INS may work under a variety of different titles and in various settings.
Rationale 5:
The certified informatics nurse (IN) holds a current, active license as a professional nurse and
works in the area of informatics. This person has experience or interest in the area but no
formal informatics preparation and has the credential RN-BC (Registered Nurse, Board
Certified).
Question 19
Nursing informatics employs information and computer technology to support all aspects of
nursing practice, including research. Which is an example of supporting research?
1. Development of a standardized nursing language
2. Identifying evidence of best clinical nursing practices
3. Familiarity with spreadsheets and statistics software and analysis
4. Housing collected client data within automated record systems
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1:
Development of a standard language for use within nursing would allow nurses, from
different regions of a country or the world, to establish that they were describing the same
phenomenon as well as conduct studies that could be replicated.
Rationale 2:
Your chosen response is an example of identifying clinical evidence; however, that does not
mean supporting research. Current demands for safer, cost-effective, quality care do require
evidence, supported by research, of the best practices. Development of a standard language
for use within nursing would allow nurses, from different regions of a country or the world,
to establish that they were describing the same phenomenon as well as conduct studies that
could be replicated.
Rationale 3:
Your chosen response is an example of utilizing informatics tools that may or may not
support research. Nurses do need familiarity with spreadsheets and statistics software and
analysis for use in quality improvement activities, the creation and monitoring of budgets,
and to better understand research findings. Development of a standard language for use
within nursing would allow nurses, from different regions of a country or the world, to
establish that they were describing the same phenomenon as well as conduct studies that
could be replicated.
Rationale 4:
Your chosen response is an example of data collection that may or may not support research.
However, data collected and housed within automated record systems would make available
information that could be used by health care professionals at the bedside. Development of a
standard language for use within nursing would allow nurses, from different regions of a
country or the world, to establish that they were describing the same phenomenon as well as
conduct studies that could be replicated.
Question 20
Which of the following is not associated with information literacy?
1. Recognizing when information is needed
2. Ability to find, evaluate, and effectively use information
3. Familiarity with the use of personal computers and software
4. Understanding ethical issues surrounding the use of information
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1:
Your chosen response is an example of information literacy. Information literacy is defined as
the ability to recognize when information is needed as well as the skills to find, evaluate, and
use needed information effectively. It includes a fundamental understanding of ethical issues
surrounding the access and use of information. The information literate nurse can weigh the
quality and significance of research findings for clinical practice.
Rationale 2:
Your chosen response is an example of information literacy. Information literacy is defined as
the ability to recognize when information is needed as well as the skills to find, evaluate, and
use needed information effectively. It includes a fundamental understanding of ethical issues
surrounding the access and use of information. The information literate nurse can weigh the
quality and significance of research findings for clinical practice.
Rationale 3:
Familiarity with the use of personal computers and software is an example of computer
literacy. Information literacy is defined as the ability to recognize when information is needed
as well as the skills to find, evaluate, and use needed information effectively. It includes a
fundamental understanding of ethical issues surrounding the access and use of information.
All other responses are associated with information literacy. The information literate nurse
can weigh the quality and significance of research findings for clinical practice.
Rationale 4:
Your chosen response is an example of information literacy. Information literacy is defined as
the ability to recognize when information is needed as well as the skills to find, evaluate, and
use needed information effectively. It includes a fundamental understanding of ethical issues
surrounding the access and use of information. The information literate nurse can weigh the
quality and significance of research findings for clinical practice.
Question 21
Which role is only appropriate for the informatics nurse specialist (INS)?
1. Disseminating information for appropriate health care uses
2. Transforming data into information
3. Transforming information into knowledge
4. The design of nursing research protocols and databases
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1:
Your chosen response refers to the IN role. The INS plays an active role in research and
theory development, the design and testing of information systems and the human–computer
interface, helping to shape policy, and serving as advocate for the design and use of
informatics to serve other health care professionals and the public. All other responses are
associated with the IN role.
Rationale 2:
Your chosen response refers to the IN role. The INS plays an active role in research and
theory development, the design and testing of information systems and the human–computer
interface, helping to shape policy, and serving as advocate for the design and use of
informatics to serve other health care professionals and the public. All other responses are
associated with the IN role.
Rationale 3:
Your chosen response refers to the IN role. The INS plays an active role in research and
theory development, the design and testing of information systems and the human–computer
interface, helping to shape policy, and serving as advocate for the design and use of
informatics to serve other health care professionals and the public. All other responses are
associated with the IN role.
Rationale 4:
The INS plays an active role in research and theory development, the design and testing of
information systems and the human–computer interface, helping to shape policy, and serving
as advocate for the design and use of informatics to serve other health care professionals and
the public. All other responses are associated with the IN role.
Question 22
Which of the following examples demonstrate how nursing informatics helps to support
nursing practice?
1. Quick access to computer-archived patient data from previous encounters
2. Computer-generated client documentation including discharge instructions
3. Computer-generated nursing care plans and critical pathways
4. Tools to assist consumers in assuming greater responsibility for payment for services
5. Prompts that appear during documentation to ensure comprehensive charting
Correct Answer: 1,2,3,5
Rationale 1:
Nursing informatics offers numerous solutions to support the nursing practice. Quick access
to computer-archived patient data from previous encounters is one of these solutions.
Rationale 2:
Nursing informatics offers numerous solutions to support the nursing practice. Computergenerated client documentation is one of these solutions. Such documentation includes
important discharge instructions and medication information.
Rationale 3:
Nursing informatics offers numerous solutions to support the nursing practice. Computergenerated nursing care plans and critical pathways are among these solutions.
Rationale 4:
Nursing informatics offers numerous solutions to support the nursing practice. This is not one
of the solutions. Consumers will, however, assume a greater responsibility for their health
care choices as they shoulder a larger portion of the costs.
Rationale 5:
Nursing informatics offers numerous solutions to support the nursing practice. Prompts that
appear during documentation to ensure comprehensive charting are one of these solutions.
Question 23
Information is defined as which of the following?
1. The management and processing of facts
2. Interpreted data
3. A collection of numbers, characters, or facts that are needed for analysis and possible
action
4. A synthesis of data derived from several sources to produce a single concept or idea
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1:
Your response is close to a definition of information technology: A general term used to refer
to the management and processing of information, generally with the assistance of computers.
Information is data that have been interpreted. For example, client blood pressure readings
are data. When plotted onto a graph, the client's changes in blood pressure over time and in
comparison with normal values turn the data into information.
Rationale 2:
Information is data that have been interpreted. For example, client blood pressure readings
are data. When plotted onto a graph, the client's changes in blood pressure over time and in
comparison with normal values turn the data into information.
Rationale 3:
Your chosen response is a definition of data. Information is data that have been interpreted.
For example, client blood pressure readings are data. When plotted onto a graph, the client's
changes in blood pressure over time and in comparison with normal values turn the data into
information.
Rationale 4:
Your response is close to a definition of knowledge. Information is data that have been
interpreted. For example, client blood pressure readings are data. When plotted onto a graph,
the client's changes in blood pressure over time and in comparison with normal values turn
the data into information.
Question 24
Nurses need to become skilled at using patient-centered IT tools to access information that
can expand their knowledge in a just-in-time, evidence-based approach. Which one of these
answers best indicates the nurse is functioning as a knowledge worker?
1. The nurse assumes the role of knowledge user.
2. The nurse shifts from primarily using critical thinking to also using critical synthesis.
3. The nurse assumes the roles of data gatherer and information user.
4. The nurse utilizes computerized assessment and documentation forms, including prompts.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1:
The knowledge user role is only a part of functioning as a knowledge worker. The nurse
needs to shift from critical thinking to critical synthesis. In the knowledge-builder role, the
nurse examines aggregate data for relationships among variables and interventions, using
evidence-based critical synthesis.
Rationale 2:
The nurse needs to shift from critical thinking to critical synthesis. In the knowledge-builder
role, the nurse examines aggregate data for relationships among variables and interventions,
using evidence-based critical synthesis.
Rationale 3:
The roles of data gatherer and information user are only a part of functioning as a knowledge
worker. The nurse needs to shift from critical thinking to critical synthesis. In the knowledgebuilder role, the nurse examines aggregate data for relationships among variables and
interventions, using evidence-based critical synthesis.
Rationale 4:
Utilizing computerized assessment and documentation forms is an example of the data
gatherer role. This role is only a part of functioning as a knowledge worker. The nurse needs
to shift from critical thinking to critical synthesis. In the knowledge-builder role, the nurse
examines aggregate data for relationships among variables and interventions, using evidencebased critical synthesis.
Question 25
The TIGER initiative is an acronym for which of the following?
1. Technology Information Grants Electronic Records
2. Technological Initiative Given Electronic Reform
3. Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform
4. Technology Information Guiding Electronic Reports
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1:
TIGER Initiative (Technology Initiative Guiding Education Reform) was developed in an
attempt to bring together stakeholders in health care to redesign nursing education.
Rationale 2:
TIGER Initiative (Technology Initiative Guiding Education Reform) focuses on creating a
vision for the future of nursing to provide safer, higher-quality care through the use of
information technology.
Rationale 3:
TIGER Initiative (Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform) focuses on
transforming nursing education to maintain pace with the changes in information technology,
professional nurses participating in developing informatics tools, and providing nurses with a
national voice in advancing nursing information technology.
Rationale 4:
TIGER Initiative (Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform) requires informatics
competencies for every nurse and active involvement in advancing health information
technology.
Question 26
The Quality and Safety Education for Nursing (QSEN) project sets an agenda to improve the
quality and safety of the health care delivery system. To achieve the goals set by QSEN, the
Institute of Medicine (IOM) suggested the following competencies for nurses except for
which of the following?
1. Patient centered care
2. Team work and collaboration
3. Informatics and evidence-based practice
4. Professional code of conduct
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1:
Not correct. Patient centered care is one of the six IOM competencies.
Rationale 2:
Team work and collaboration are two of the six IOM competencies.
Rationale 3:
Informatics and evidence-based practice are two of the six IOM competencies.
Rationale 4:
Correct. The professional code of conduct is an essential guideline for nursing practice but
has not been designated by the IOM as one of the six competencies.
Question 27
Technology has been useful in reducing errors by assisting the health care team to identify the
patient before rendering care. The most common way for nurses to identify patients using
technology is through which of the following?
1. Handheld devices
2. Use of barcodes
3. Use of computers on wheels
4. Reviewing patient monitors
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1:
Not correct. Handheld devices are employed in a number of ways in the patient care setting,
but are not necessarily used to identify patients.
Rationale 2:
Correct. Barcode technology, when used in conjunction with an electronic medication
administration record, substantially reduces errors.
Rationale 3:
Not correct. The Computer on Wheels (COW) is generally used for medication distribution.
Rationale 4:
Not correct. Patient monitors are not used to identify the individual. The patient should be
identified before being placed on the monitor through barcoding or radio frequency
identification.
Question 28
CPOE is an acronym for_____________.
Correct Answer: Computerized Physician Order Entry
Rationale:
CPOE is an acronym for Computerized Physician Order Entry. CPOE is a process in which
the health care provider such as the physician enters patient orders through the hospital
information system.
Question 29
Access to patient care data and utilization of nursing research are essential components of
evidence-based practice designed to increase patient safety and provide quality care. Which
of the following can technology cannot be employed to remove barriers to information and
evidence-based practice?
1. Online report cards
2. Handheld devices
3. Electronic spreadsheet software to manage data
4. World Wide Web
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1:
The widespread adoption of electronic patient records, CPOE, and other point-of-care
technologies that support nursing workflow are expected to help remove barriers to
information and evidence-based practice (Simpson, 2006). However, online reports cards
cannot be employed to remove barriers to information and evidence-based practice because
these documents contain evaluated care data of individual physicians, facilities, health plans,
and other care providers, serving as a tool to assist health care consumers to compare quality
and other characteristics of providers and health plans.
Rationale 2:
Handheld devices can facilitate the flow of patient care through the instantaneous
documentation of vital signs and clinical alterations, and retrieval of pertinent patient data.
Rationale 3:
Electronic spreadsheet software can be useful in a documentation and housing of collected
data.
Rationale 4:
The World Wide Web (WWW) offers databases to provide information pertaining to
evidence-based practice models as well as literature searches. However, the use of WWW
does not eliminate barriers to the generation of evidence-based practice.
Question 30
The ________________ has advanced, graduate education in nursing informatics or a related
field and may hold ANCC certification.
Correct Answer: Informatics Nurse Specialist (INS)
Rationale:
The INS has advanced, graduate education in nursing informatics or a related field and may
hold ANCC certification. The INS needs to play an active role in research and theory
development and in the design and testing of information systems and the human-computer
interface; he or she also needs to help shape policy and serve as an advocate for the design
and use of informatics to serve other health care professionals and the public. Other facets of
the INS role include responsibilities in administration, telehealth, education and professional
development, compliance issues, and discovery in databases and analysis. The INS is
prepared to assess work processes and subsequently design, select, implement, and evaluate
data structures and suggested technology intended to improve productivity and contribute to
the body of nursing knowledge.
Question 31
The reason that nursing lags behind in the education of nursing informatics specialists is
because of which of the following?
1. The surplus of nursing informatics professionals in the hospital setting
2. The lack of qualified faculty in graduate programs
3. Too few nurses are interested in the specialty area
4. Nursing informatics is an expensive specialty with little government funding
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1:
There is an additional need for nurses to be educated in higher education to become nursing
informatics specialists. The need for nursing informatics specialists outweighs the current
supply.
Rationale 2:
There is a shortage of nurse educators in graduate programs who are qualified to teach
nursing informatics as a clinical specialty.
Rationale 3:
There are not enough qualified faculty and available nursing informatics graduate programs
to teach interested nurses.
Rationale 4:
The reason for too few nursing informatics nursing specialists is related to too few qualified
nursing faculty and programs.
Question 32
___________________________ fills in the educational gap between undergraduate and
graduate nursing education programs in informatics.
Correct Answer: Continuing education programs
Rationale:
Continuing education programs are useful in providing continued and up to date information
about nursing informatics and technology in health care. Continuing education is shorter and
less expensive than a graduate degree.
Question 33
Which of the following groups have been selected to help drive the changes necessary to
transform the health care delivery system, improve quality of services delivery, and improve
safety?
1. Software engineers
2. Members of TIGER initiative
3. Members of the Institute of Medicine
4. Informatics nurse specialists
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1:
Software engineers can create the software employed by hospitals and clinical areas based
upon the data gleaned from informatics nurse specialists.
Rationale 2:
The members of TIGER initiative are a diverse group of health care providers who may or
may not be considered a specialist.
Rationale 3:
The IOM is an independent organization that provides unbiased and authoritative advice to
decision makers and the public.
Rationale 4:
Informatics nurse specialists have the education and experience necessary to drive changes
necessary to transform the health care delivery system, improve quality of services delivery,
and improve patient safety. The Informatics nurse dpecialist has at least two years of clinical
practice in the specialty area, is certified, and has a graduate degree in nursing informatics.
Question 34
The Informatics Nurse Specialist is an integral member of the health care team with the
expertise to:
1. Create a vision of what is possible in the specialty of informatics.
2. Create standardized nursing languages.
3. Create interactive web sites .
4. Create strategic plans for hardware improvement
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1:
The informatics nurse specialist blends education and expertise and can visualize the
possibilities in health care.
Rationale 2:
The informatics nurse specialist has the expertise to interpret the findings of clinical data.
Standardized languages are created through multiple specialty discussions and reviews.
Rationale 3:
The informatics nurse specialist has the education and expertise to conduct research and
collect and analyze data.
Rationale 4:
The informatics nurse specialist has the education and expertise to teach a number of subjects
within the educational and health care settings. The use of hospital data bases and hardware
information are two of the many areas that the informatics nurse specialist is qualified to
teach. However, the Informatics Nurse Specialist works in collaboration with other team
members to identify areas that could be improved. Hardware expertise is not considered part
of the specialists’ role.
Question 35
Which of the following answers is the best definition of data?
1. Data are a collection of numbers, characters, or facts that are gathered according to some
perceived need for analysis and possibly action at a later point in time.
2. Data are the synthesis of information derived from several sources to produce a single
concept or idea.
3. The definition of data is knowledge used appropriately to manage and solve problems.
4. The general term data is used to refer to the management and processing of information
with the assistance of computers.
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1:
Data are a collection of numbers, characters, or facts that are gathered according to some
perceived need for analysis and possibly action at a later point in time.
Rationale 2:
Knowledge is the synthesis of information derived from several sources to produce a single
concept or idea.
Rationale 3:
Wisdom occurs when knowledge is used appropriately to manage and solve problems.
Rationale 4:
Information technology (IT) is a general term used to refer to the management and processing
of information with the assistance of computers.
Test Bank for Handbook of Informatics for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals
Toni Lee Hebda, Patricia Czar, Theresa Calderone
9780132574952, 9780132959544, 9780134711010, 9780131512627, 9780130311023, 9780805373264, 9780135205433, 9780135043943
