Fundamentals Nursing Active Learning 1st Edition Yoost Crawford
Fundamentals Nursing Active Learning 1st Edition Yoost Crawford
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Chapter 15: Nursing Informatics
Complete Chapter Questions With Answers
Sample Questions Are Posted Below
MULTIPLE CHOICE
| a. | nursing informatics. |
| b. | computer science. |
| c. | medical informatics. |
| d. | informatics. |
ANS:Â A
Informatics is a broad academic field encompassing artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science, information science, and social science. Medical informatics refers to informatics related to health care and describes a distinct specialty in the discipline of medicine. Nursing informatics is a specialty area of informatics that addresses the use of health information systems to support nursing practice. The American Nurses Association (ANA, 2008) states that the specialty of nursing informatics integrates nursing computer and information science for the management and communication of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom.
DIF:   Remembering                                REF:  p. 206            OBJ:  15.1
TOP:Â Â Assessment
MSC:Â NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
NOT:Â Concepts: Technology and Informatics
| a. | enhances and increases the time spent on documentation. |
| b. | makes patient data immediately available to the health care team. |
| c. | makes retrieval of data more difficult but safer. |
| d. | is enhanced by limiting the use of point-of-care technology. |
ANS:Â B
Patient data collected by a nurse and recorded electronically are immediately available to all members of the health care team. The computerization of nursing practice data enables capture, storage, retrieval, organization, processing, and analysis of information. The information can be used to make a diagnosis, plan for care, provide nursing decision support, enhance documentation, and identify nursing care trends and costs. Systems that support data collection at the point of care can directly enhance patient care by decreasing the time spent on documentation, reducing the potential for errors, and supporting improved assessment and data communication. Computers, tablets, or pocket devices used at the bedside for documentation are examples of point-of-care technology.
DIF:   Understanding                                REF:  p. 206            OBJ:  15.1
TOP:Â Â Assessment
MSC:Â NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
NOT:Â Concepts: Technology and Informatics
| a. | the technology in use today will be the same tomorrow. |
| b. | cell phones are not usually allowed in the acute care setting. |
| c. | most forms of mobile technology are in violation of HIPAA guidelines. |
| d. | the technology supports bedside and remote charting. |
ANS:Â D
Nurses working surrounded by computers and mobile IT must develop skills in the use of all available technology. At the same time, it is important to recognize that the rapid advancement of IT means that the technology in use today may be entirely different tomorrow. Some facilities have computer access at every bedside, and others have mobile computers, sometimes called workstations on wheels (WOWs), that can be taken to each bedside. Nurses using technology as part of patient care need to work within facility policy and HIPAA guidelines. The technology supports bedside and remote charting. Nurses may use a portable device such as a smartphone or tablet computer to access reference materials, including medical information and vast amounts of drug information. Some facilities issue these devices to staff.
DIF:   Understanding                                REF:  pp. 206-207   OBJ:  15.2
TOP:Â Â Assessment
MSC:Â NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
NOT:Â Concepts: Technology and Informatics
| a. | telehealth nursing. |
| b. | computerized decision support system (DSS). |
| c. | computerized provider order entry (CPOE). |
| d. | point of care technology. |
ANS:Â A
Telehealth nursing is the transmission by a nurse of electronic data, images, or audio from a patient’s bedside or home to other health providers for the purpose of providing care and improving outcomes. Patients may have telehealth hardware in their homes to provide in-home monitoring and direct reporting to their health care providers. Computerized decision support systems (DSSs) include safe practice alerts and reminders that improve the quality of care. Some DSSs assist in determining a correct diagnosis and choosing an appropriate medication. Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) allows orders to be directly communicated to the appropriate department—diet orders to dietary, medication orders to the pharmacy, laboratory orders to the laboratory. Computers, tablets, or pocket devices used at the bedside for documentation are examples of point-of-care technology. Patient data collected by a nurse and recorded electronically are immediately available to all members of the health care team.
DIF:   Understanding                                REF:  pp. 206-207   OBJ:  15.2
TOP:Â Â Assessment
MSC:Â NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
NOT:Â Â Concepts: Technology and Informatics
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