Nursing Informatics Final Exam 131Questions with Verified Answers
Nursing informatics goal - CORRECT ANSWER improve the health of populations,
... [Show More] communities, families, and individuals by optimizing information management and communication.
Telehealth - CORRECT ANSWER The process of using technological communication systems in the assessment and management of patients
E-Health and telehealth - CORRECT ANSWER telemedicine is synonymous with...
-Increases collaboration among professionals
-Improves decision making
-Increases accessibility to specialty care
-Integrates healthcare services
-Centralizes health records
-Provides continuity of care
-Patient is part of the team
-Removes barriers
-Lowers costs - CORRECT ANSWER what are some benefits of telemedicine?
compact states - CORRECT ANSWER Allows a nurse to have one license in the state of residency and practice in other states within the agreement; Nurses are subject to each state's practice laws
regulatory agencies - CORRECT ANSWER organizations that oversee and make certain that all the rules and regulations are followed.
medicare part A - CORRECT ANSWER Covers facility-related charges; no premium; 80% coverage
medicare part B - CORRECT ANSWER covers HCP services, supplies, and equipment; 80% coverage
medicare part C - CORRECT ANSWER covers all Medicare services plus a little extra; must qualify for part B first and pay part B premium
medicare part D - CORRECT ANSWER voluntary, carries a monthly premium, out of pocket costs, and copays, and covers prescriptions
medigap insurance - CORRECT ANSWER covers 80% of the 20% that medicare does not cover
patient - CORRECT ANSWER first party in medical insurance relationship
physician - CORRECT ANSWER second party in medical insurance relationship
health insurance plan - CORRECT ANSWER third party in medical insurance relationship
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) - CORRECT ANSWER PPO stands for...
PPO - CORRECT ANSWER Most popular health plan - offers more flexibility; copayment is paid for each medical service within the network
Health Maitenance Organization (HMO) - CORRECT ANSWER HMO stands for...
HMO - CORRECT ANSWER A network of hospitals and healthcare providers; no unauthorized specialist visits; narrowest choice of providers
point of service plan - CORRECT ANSWER Hybrid of HMO and PPO networks; Network that functions like an HMO-you pick a primary care physician who manages your care within the network
medicaid - CORRECT ANSWER Federal Health Insurance Program; Funded through paycheck taxes; Eligibility based on income, resources, disability
children's health insurance program - CORRECT ANSWER Provides health coverage to children in families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid, but who cannot afford private coverage
social security - CORRECT ANSWER Governed by Medicare at the federal level
Veterans Health Administration - CORRECT ANSWER Provides healthcare to soldiers, veterans, and dependents
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program - CORRECT ANSWER Provides healthcare to civilian government workers and dependents
Affordable Care Act (ACA) - CORRECT ANSWER Expanded Medicare's Drug Coverage; Children can remain on parent's health insurance until the age of 26
Nurses Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster - CORRECT ANSWER Established public health nursing
public health - CORRECT ANSWER Referring to all organized measures (whether public or private) to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among the population as a whole; focused on entire populations, not individual patients
community - CORRECT ANSWER collection of people who work together and share common interests
population - CORRECT ANSWER refers to those living is a specific geographic area
assessment, policy development, assurance - CORRECT ANSWER core functions of public health
continuity planning - CORRECT ANSWER The process of ensuring uninterrupted operation of critical services regardless of any event that may occur
same steps as nursing process - CORRECT ANSWER Business Continuity Planning
Hardware Redundancy - CORRECT ANSWER first line of defense for disaster recovery
outsourcing - CORRECT ANSWER sending a job out of the facility to the experts
each day - CORRECT ANSWER manual and automatic backups are usually performed
firewalls must be updated regularly, do daily backup of files, delete files no longer needed, defragment hard drives, run virus protection software regularly - CORRECT ANSWER what are some ways to ensure efficient data backup?
HIPAA - CORRECT ANSWER oversees continuity planning and disaster recovery; protects patient information; establishes national standards
joint commission - CORRECT ANSWER organization that demands safeguards for the security of protected healthcare information in normal and emergency modes
Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) - CORRECT ANSWER person who keeps patients (and employees) personal information - written or electronic - protected.
Personal Health Information - CORRECT ANSWER information that could reasonably identify the person
USA Patriot Act - CORRECT ANSWER Allows feds to collect personal information for the sake of national security without notifying involved parties
HITECH Act - CORRECT ANSWER Placed businesses under the jurisdiction of the HIPAA law; Expanded patient rights to include the right to a copy of PHI
unstructured data - CORRECT ANSWER HCP can write what they want any way they want; written comments; reports; nursing notes
EMR - CORRECT ANSWER It is the record of patient health information generated by an encounter with one provider ; faculty's own medical record; source of data for the EHR
structured data - CORRECT ANSWER Vital signs; drop down boxes; labs
EHR - CORRECT ANSWER Is a record of a patient's long-term health information generated by work done by earlier HCPs (cumulative)
NANDA - CORRECT ANSWER defines nursing diagnoses
SNOMED - CORRECT ANSWER Globally recognized medical terminology
health information technology - CORRECT ANSWER HIT
NHIN (National Health Information Network) - CORRECT ANSWER developed a nationwide interoperable healthcare information Health Information Technology (HIT) infrastructure
mapping - CORRECT ANSWER Terms defined in one standardized terminology are associated with comparable terms in another standardized terminology
Interoperability - CORRECT ANSWER allows two systems to share information
DICOM - CORRECT ANSWER Global IT standard for transmission of medical images and associated information
Accreditation - CORRECT ANSWER A voluntary review process that monitors performance against predetermined standards
sentinel event - CORRECT ANSWER Any unanticipated event in a healthcare setting
magnet status - CORRECT ANSWER indicates that a hospital is very focused on their nurses and nurses are a valued part of the hospital
assess, select, implement, maintain - CORRECT ANSWER life cycle of information systems
operating system - CORRECT ANSWER GUI is considered to be an...
CALNOC - CORRECT ANSWER organization that turns patient outcome data into powerful information to help guide decisions to advance patient care
NQF (National Quality Forum) - CORRECT ANSWER a nonprofit, membership-based organization that works to improve healthcare
looking at benchmarks - the standard - what everyone else is doing - CORRECT ANSWER quality assurance systems are used for...
contracts and materials management system - CORRECT ANSWER Third party payers (insurance companies) - contracts for reimbursement, vendors and supplies
room availability, patient appointments, the staff schedule - CORRECT ANSWER scheduling systems are used for...
Admitting, transferring, and discharging the patient to and from units, demographic data, reimbursement - CORRECT ANSWER client registration systems are used for...
Support nursing activities and provide tools for managing delivery of nursing care - CORRECT ANSWER clinical information systems are used to...
A set of instructions that tells the computer what to do. - CORRECT ANSWER Software
is available in the forms of programs and applications. - CORRECT ANSWER software
Some of the considerations for choosing the hardware and software for a system include - CORRECT ANSWER The types of applications required.
The program execution time and computer capacity needed to process jobs.
The number of workers who need computer access at any one time.
Storage capacity.
Backup options.
Budget considerations.
Maintenance considerations.
Informatics nurse specialist with a master's degree and certification in informatics - CORRECT ANSWER would not know the clinical area well enough or be able to answer questions from users about the hospital.
An experienced staff nurse who has clinical experience in the institution - CORRECT ANSWER would be very useful as a resource person.
Input devices - CORRECT ANSWER allow the user to feed data into the computer.
common input devices - CORRECT ANSWER keyboard, mouse and trackball, touch sensitive screen, stylus, microphone, bar code reader, fax modem card, joystick, image scanner, fingerprint scanner, digital camera, and webcam
A network is not an input device. - CORRECT ANSWER .......
The most flexible and reliable secondary storage device is - CORRECT ANSWER DVD drives
DVD drives - CORRECT ANSWER can read CD disks
Zip drives - CORRECT ANSWER used to store and transfer data but storage is limited
Magnetic tape drives - CORRECT ANSWER store data and can be used to back up or transfer data
Online storage - CORRECT ANSWER provides immediate access to current data.
Offline storage - CORRECT ANSWER is useful to archive data for long-term storage, maintain old records, and keep backups safely.
A local area network - CORRECT ANSWER connects multiple PCs and printers to create a shared system.
Outsourcing - CORRECT ANSWER is a method by which outside companies specializing in data management techniques
may take on responsibilities such as data storage for lower costs, since the companies are highly efficient in one or two areas of data management.
The computer literacy of the nursing staff - CORRECT ANSWER is not an essential component when selecting a network or computer system for a health care setting.
Nurses can be trained - CORRECT ANSWER to use the hardware and software through a series of continuing education or staff development programs.
Staff development educators - CORRECT ANSWER are aware of the importance of staff competency with computers to assure accurate input and data retrieval.
By abiding by measurable objectives - CORRECT ANSWER educators can evaluate the success of the educational process
Staff development needs to be an ongoing process. - CORRECT ANSWER .......
Omni Medical Search (www.omnimedicalsearch.com) - CORRECT ANSWER was created to bring the best sources of medical information together in one easy-to-use platform for consumers and health care professionals.
It selects sources deemed as reliable. - CORRECT ANSWER ......
RAID - CORRECT ANSWER is secondary storage technology that uses duplicate disks to mirror copies of data.
Using RAID - CORRECT ANSWER may be less costly than using one large disk drive.
In the event that an individual disk fails - CORRECT ANSWER the remaining RAID would permit the computer to continue working uninterrupted.
RAID (redundant array of independent disks) - CORRECT ANSWER originally redundant array of inexpensive disks
RAID - CORRECT ANSWER is a way of storing the same data in different places (thus redundant) on multiple hard disks.
Typically, a professional organization's website - CORRECT ANSWER will have information about the organization; membership; educational opportunities; certification, past, present, and future conferences; resources; purchase of organizational memorabilia and attire; policy work; and a career center for assistance in finding employment.
Often, a news feed or news center - CORRECT ANSWER is available for updated on current organizational and/or health care issues.
A website - CORRECT ANSWER can also publish current research and evidence-based practice.
Only the lumbar back support - CORRECT ANSWER has been documented to reduce strain and minimize back pain.
The other have not consistently tested as helpful. - CORRECT ANSWER ......
The World Wide Web - CORRECT ANSWER enhances the development and use of RLOs (reusable learning objectives)
How does the WWW do this? - CORRECT ANSWER by increasing the possible levels of interactivity and supporting the embedding of learning materials such as video and audio clips, text, applications, or animations.
Virtual worlds - CORRECT ANSWER began as part of the gaming experience
A learning object - CORRECT ANSWER is an entity or learning event that can stand alone without losing meaning, usually addressing only one or two learning objectives
A teacher - CORRECT ANSWER can select from a collection of learning objects, organize them into unique learning tools or lessons, and reuse them in the same or different constructions.
Thus, a learning object also is - CORRECT ANSWER known as a reusable learning object (RLO)
An RLO - CORRECT ANSWER is believed to enhance learning by chunking down complex material into smaller packets
It is inappropriate for former patients and their health care providers to be - CORRECT ANSWER "Facebook friends"
This blurs the line of distinction between - CORRECT ANSWER a professional and a client.
E-learning, Web-based learning, Internet-based training, advanced distributed learning, courseware and Web-based instruction, computer-based or computer-assisted learning, online learning, and open/flexible learning are - CORRECT ANSWER terms that denote Internet learning activities
The impact of electronic mail in the health care system - CORRECT ANSWER can affect patient privacy
Strict measures and guidelines - CORRECT ANSWER must be followed to assure confidentiality
The following are efforts to prevent medication errors: - CORRECT ANSWER The FDA reviews reports that come from drug manufacturers through the agency's safety information and adverse event reporting program, MedWatch.
The FDA now rejects all applications for similar drug names by using a computer program that searches for similar sounding names.
The Institute of Safe Medication Practices accepts reports from consumers and health professionals using collected information to publish a consumer newsletter on medication errors.
The benefits of electronic prescriptions are the following: - CORRECT ANSWER Elimination of telephone authorization for refills
Review of clients' drug histories before ordering drugs
Reminders to order home medications for the hospitalized client
Alerts about drug interactions
Checking of formulary compliance and reimbursement
Provision of a longitudinal prescription record
The informatics nurse specialist, since that person has advanced nursing informatics knowledge..... - CORRECT ANSWER ...
Any effort that involves the implementation of a system for nurses or that will be used by nurses - CORRECT ANSWER should include an informatics nurse specialist or informatics nurse
informatics nurse specialist and informatics nurse as these individuals - CORRECT ANSWER are uniquely qualified to communicate the needs of clinical staff to information services personnel and have a working knowledge of regulatory and system requirements, strategic plans, and budgetary constraints.
Example of types of applications required. - CORRECT ANSWER Some people use primarily word processing programs, while other need applications to perform numeric calculations.
Example of program execution time and computer capacity needed to process jobs. - CORRECT ANSWER Complex jobs require higher processor speed and more memory for timely execution.
Example of number of workers who need computer access at any one time. - CORRECT ANSWER Single user access demands can be met by a PC.
Multiple demands for access may be better served by a network. - CORRECT ANSWER .......
Example of storage capacity - CORRECT ANSWER Storage needs are determined by the amount of information that must be kept and the length of time that it must be retained.
Example of Backup options - CORRECT ANSWER When information stored and processed on computers is critical to conduct daily business, another copy should be available to restore normal services after a crash.
Example of budget considerations - CORRECT ANSWER The cost of hardware and software for various options should be considered in relation to the benefits and limitations associated with each.
There are several issues related to maintenance. - CORRECT ANSWER .......
Example of maintenance considerations - CORRECT ANSWER These include durability, battery life and time required for recharging batteries, and the ability to easily disinfect or clean equipment to minimize the chances of spreading infection.
BSN outcome number 1 (Voice's Day) - CORRECT ANSWER Demonstrate safe, competent, evidenced based nursing care to individuals, families, groups, communities, and diverse populations by employing leadership concepts, skills, decision making, and professional accountability in a variety of settings.
BSN outcome number 2 (annotative bibliography) - CORRECT ANSWER Apply research findings, based on data, to promote quality and safety for the client, nurse, and healthcare team members, while proposing critical thinking questions based on evidenced based practice and processes that may improve current clinical practice.
BSN outcome number 3 (Group projects) - CORRECT ANSWER Use appropriate interpersonal and communication skills to promote a culture of caring and safety which fosters disease prevention and health promotion.
BSN outcome number 4 (Collaborating with teachers, Co-lab instructors) - CORRECT ANSWER Promote inter-professional collaboration synthesizing theories from nursing, the natural and behavioral sciences, and the humanities to promote a culture of caring and safety, within simple to complex organizational systems.
BSN outcome number 5 (Chat with the chair) - CORRECT ANSWER Employ principles of quality improvement, health care policy, and fiscal-effectiveness to initiate both microsystem and/or system wide changes to incrementally improve the system and foster continuous capabilities for change.
BSN outcome number 6 (Power points, using excel and uploading school work to blackboard) - CORRECT ANSWER Uses information management and innovative technology to develop and enable system changes.
BSN outcome number 7 (Henry being a class representative) - CORRECT ANSWER Demonstrate effective leadership and management skills as a member of the inter-professional health care team, utilizing and understanding of organizational structure, mission, vision, philosophy, and values. [Show Less]