WGU D220 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
ALL 328 Q&A
1. Which information in an electronic medical record (EMP) helps a nurse plan &
manage a patient's
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orders
2. Which information in a patient's electronic medical record (EMA), in addition to
the nursing flowsheets & provider orders, helps a nurse plan & manage fluctuations in
blood glucose levelsANSWER==MAR
3. A nurse is planning the care for a patient admitted to the hospital with COVID-19
Which list of information in the electronic medical record (EMR) will help the nurse plan
the care for this patientANSWER==The patient's laboratory results over the last 72
hours
4. Which clinical note type is exempt from being shared with patients according to the
United States Core Data for Interoperability (USC DI)
standardsANSWER==Psychotherapy notes
5. Operating room (OR) staff are reliant upon a manual white board for patient
tracking. Recently, surgeons have complained that the turnaround time between
surgical cases has increased & blame the manual tracking system. An informatics nurse
recommends expanding use of the existing surgical information system (SIS). Which
resolution can improve this workflow issueANSWER==Radio frequency identification
(RFID) in patient labels
6. An informatics nurse & an emergency nurse are conducting an analysis of a
patient admission from the ERANSWER==Which tool should these nurses use for a
process analysis? SWOT template
7. What is an effective way to reduce the risk of access of electronic protected
health information (ePHI) by unauthorized usersANSWER==Make sure all the users
adhere to security & confidential policy set forth by the facility
8. How does a healthcare policy assure access to health information by authorized
usersANSWER==It creates a reliable method to verify the identities of users accessing
health information
9. Which statement describes the application of meaningful useANSWER==Provider
needs to show the use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology
10. What is the typical role of the informatics nurseANSWER==Plans, coordinates, &
facilitates education for all computer applications & software for nursing or clinical user
group
11. A patients glucose blood sugar is 400. What is a one-time kind of
reportANSWER==Ad Hoc
12. Which clinical information technology enables providers to document patient
assessmentsANSWER==Vitals signs capture
13. A patient is being transferred to another hospital, however the hospital he is being
transferred to does not have access to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) since they
use EPIC. How will they receive his Electronic Health Record
(EHR)ANSWER==Continuity care record from AMR
14. Which statement best describes Nursing InformaticsANSWER=="Computer science,
decision science, information science, management science, cognitive science, &
organizational theory."
15. The nurse receives report that there are new orders to review. Where does the
nurse look to verify this informationANSWER==The Kardex
16. What is the goal of Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) & Meaningful
Use (MU)ANSWER==Patient quality care
17. What is a type of phishingANSWER==Trojan
18. What is Data governanceANSWER==Defines who can take what action, upon what
data, in what situations, using what methods
19. A provider at the hospital had his laptop stolen from his vehicle. What should be on
his laptop to protect it from data breachANSWER==Encryption
20. What is the name of the process that begins with conception & continues through
implementationANSWER==Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
21. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) SystemANSWER==This is
an application that supports healthcare practitioners in making patient-care decisions
22. What is the term for sharing a person's personal information with other individuals
electronicallyANSWER==Information sharing
23. When a physician arrives on the unit, a nurse is asked about the fluid status of a
patient. Where should the nurse find this informationANSWER==The intake & output
chart
24. Why is it important to control the number of warnings in Electronic Health Record
(EHR)ANSWER==Alert fatigue
25. Which change theory begins with creating urgencyANSWER==Kotter's Models
26. Which act in 2009 did Meaningful Use (MU) originateANSWER==American Recover
& Reinvestment Act (ARRA) act in 2009
27. What is the primary concern driving Nursing informatic initiativeANSWER==Patient
safety
28. What can be installed to allow one operation to access another to enable the
exchange of dataANSWER==Integration
29. Which type of chart uses rectangle, oval & diamonds in bothANSWER==Flowchart
30. What is the intent of the Clinical Decision Support (CDS)
SystemANSWER==Providing clinicians with knowledge & person specific information
31. Information may be kept secret to those with an only need to knowANSWER==What
is this? Information privacy is the right to choose the conditions under which information
is shared, & to ensure the accuracy of collected information.
32. Which statement defines interoperabilityANSWER==The extent to which systems &
devices can exchange data & interpret that shared data.
33. Which two statement defines healthcare informaticsANSWER==Standardized
languages & terminologies to ensure consistent meanings across all settings
34. What is a physical safeguard of ePHIANSWER==Lock on hard drive. Facility
Access Controls Workstation Use Workstation Security - Device & Media Controls
35. What is a technical safeguard ePHIANSWER==Access control. Audit controls.
Authentication.
36. Which government agency recommended to use of bar code medication
administrationANSWER==FDA
37. What describes an example of opt-in or opt-out choice regarding the disclosure of
personal health informationANSWER==Your information be sent to another facility
38. What is an important security consideration related to the use of email application to
send & receive patient dataANSWER==Emails have the potential to go to other users
39. What are the maximum penalties for refraining from full participation in the MeritBased Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in years 2017 through 2024ANSWER==Merit
-
Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) penalty for failing to comply? 3-8%
40. Which government organization oversees the meaningful use
programANSWER==CMS
41. Where are POLST (advanced care directives) found on the
computerANSWER==Media tab
42. What Meaningful use stage can you generate & transmit Rx
electronicallyANSWER==Stage 3
43. A nurse has a new order for an anti-arrhythmic drug via IV drip. What needs to be
done before this medication can be safely administeredANSWER==Use the 5 rights of
medication administration
44. What item describes a basic network code that determines the roles used to create
& route packets of data between network devicesANSWER==Interface
45. A laboratory manager requested a report of all patients that had a blood glucose
greater than 400 mg/dL for the month of July to provide to the corporate office. Which
type of report should the nurse informaticists create using information stored in the
electronic health record for this one-time requestANSWER==Short time report
46. A Nursing Innovator & medsurg nurse want to capture how many patients were
seen in a day of 24 hours, how would they best see thisANSWER==Flowsheet
47. What is the first thing patients should do to access their health
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