Chapter 26: Informatics in the Curriculum for Healthcare Professionals

Chapter 26: Informatics in the Curriculum for Healthcare Professionals

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Advocating for users’ needs and acting as a liaison between the users, the IT staff, and the vendor are competencies for a(n):

ANS:  C

Advocating for users’ needs and acting as a liaison between the users, the IT staff, and the vendor are competencies for the informatics nurse specialist (INS). The INS receives graduate training for this role.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Remember            REF:   pp. 420-421

2. A popular continuing education program that teaches informatics knowledge, skills, and attitudes is:

ANS:  B

A popular continuing education program that teaches informatics knowledge, skills, and attitudes is AMIA 10×10. TIGER, HRSA, and HIMSS are all organizations that advocate for continuing education but are not providers of informatics education.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Remember            REF:   p. 413

3. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act has influenced healthcare delivery because it is:

ANS:  D

HITECH has influenced healthcare delivery because it is federal legislation that promotes the use of electronic health records. HITECH has not specifically addressed informatics training or education.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Remember            REF:   p. 412

4. The Quality and Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN) project developed competencies based on work completed by:

ANS:  C

The QSEN project developed competencies based on work completed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). HRSA, TIGER, and AMIA 10×10 may address informatics competencies, but they did not provide the foundation for the QSEN project.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Remember            REF:   p. 420