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Chapter 11: Information Technology and Pharmacotherapeutics

Pharmacotherapeutics for Nurse Practitioner Prescribers 3rd Edition by Teri Moser Woo

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Chapter 11: Information Technology and Pharmacotherapeutics

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

 

____     1.   Being competent in the use of information technology in clinical practice is expected in professional nurses. Nurse practitioner competence includes the ability to:

A. Search for information using the most common search engines
B. Serve as content experts in developing, implementing, and evaluating information systems
C. Write programs to assure the integrity of health information
D. Utilize IT to prescribe drugs

 

 

____     2.   You are going to prescribe a drug that has been on the market for less than 2 months. Your best source of drug information at this time (besides calling the pharmacist) is:

A. The Physician’s Desk Reference
B. Any nurse’s drug handbook
C. Micromedix Online
D. Pharmacist’s Drug Reference

 

 

____     3.   Which of the following is a primary benefit of the use of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) for patient medications?

A. Reduces time that prescribing drugs takes
B. Eliminates the need to chart drugs prescribed
C. Decreases prescribing and transcription errors
D. Helps keep the number of drugs prescribed to a minimum

 

 

____     4.   A number of barriers and concerns exist before the goals of a safe and efficient IT system can be realized. Which of the following is NOT a barrier to adoption and use of IT in prescribing drugs?

A. Cost of initial set up
B. Access to highly skilled experts
C. Compatibility between systems
D. Patient confidentiality risks

 

Answer Section

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

  1. ANS:  B                    PTS:   1

 

  1. ANS:  C                    PTS:   1

 

  1. ANS:  C                    PTS:   1

 

  1. ANS:  B                    PTS:   1

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