Chapter 22 Handbook Of Informatics for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals 5th Edition

Chapter 22 Handbook Of Informatics for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals 5th Edition

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Question 1

Type: MCMA

The focus of disaster planning in electronic health care information should be on which of the following?

Standard Text: Select all that apply.

1. Ensuring that all patient care information is available in hardcopy
2. Safeguarding business continuity by protection of health care data
3. Supporting patient care by providing continual access to patient information
4. Recovery and restoration of health care data and information
5. Stopping all patient care until the disaster is over

Correct Answer: 1,2,3,4

Rationale 1: Supporting patient care by ensuring continual access to patient information also ensures continuity of care. Until recently, disaster planning focused primarily on the recovery and restoration of data. While it is true that data protection is important for the protection of the business, it is imperative that access to patient care be supported during a disaster so that care may be provided in a timely fashion. Maintaining a hardcopy is a potential method.

Rationale 2: Supporting patient care by ensuring continual access to patient information also ensures continuity of care. Until recently, disaster planning focused primarily on the recovery and restoration of data. While it is true that data protection is important for the protection of the business, it is imperative that access to patient care be supported during a disaster so that care may be provided in a timely fashion. Having a hardcopy is a potential method but is not a focus.

Rationale 3: Supporting patient care by ensuring continual access to patient information also ensures continuity of care. Until recently, disaster planning focused primarily on the recovery and restoration of data. While it is true that data protection is important for the protection of the business, it is imperative that access to patient care be supported during a disaster so that care may be provided in a timely fashion. Maintaining a hardcopy is a potential method but is not a focus.

Rationale 4: Supporting patient care by ensuring continual access to patient information also ensures continuity of care. Until recently, disaster planning focused primarily on the recovery and restoration of data. While it is true that data protection is important for the protection of the business, it is imperative that access to patient care be supported during a disaster so that care may be provided in a timely fashion. Maintaining a hardcopy is a potential method.

Rationale 5: Supporting patient care by ensuring continual access to patient information also ensures continuity of care. Until recently, disaster planning focused primarily on the recovery and restoration of data. While it is true that data protection is important for the protection of the business, it is imperative that access to patient care be supported during a disaster so that care may be provided in a timely fashion. Maintaining a hardcopy is a potential method.

Global Rationale:

 

Cognitive Level: Analyzing

Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment

Client Need Sub: Management of Care

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Communication and Documentation

Learning Outcome:

 

Question 2

Type: MCSA

Which of the following occurrences may not qualify as a disaster?

1. A virus infects a walk-in clinic’s electronic medical record (EMR) system and randomly deletes data on Friday afternoon. The IT staff is on vacation.
2. The rheumatology department of a multi-specialty clinic is without analog telephone access for two hours (computer network connections remain intact).
3. The health department is wiped out after a fire.
4. A hospital is without electrical power for 48 hours due to a hurricane and flooding.

Correct Answer: 2

Rationale 1: A disaster is any occurrence that disrupts or disables necessary business functions, requiring an immediate action. Losing analog telephone service is an inconvenience but not a disaster. Patients can still be cared for, data are not lost, and all mission-critical activities can occur despite a potential delay.

Rationale 2: A disaster is any occurrence that disrupts or disables necessary business functions requiring an immediate action. Losing analog telephone service is an inconvenience but not a disaster. Patients can still be cared for, data are not lost, and all mission-critical activities can occur despite a potential delay.

Rationale 3: A disaster is any occurrence that disrupts or disables necessary business functions, requiring an immediate action. Losing analog telephone service is an inconvenience but not a disaster. Patients can still be cared for, data are not lost, and all mission-critical activities can occur despite a potential delay. Loss of an entire building or office with the health records can be considered a disaster.

Rationale 4: A disaster is any occurrence that disrupts or disables necessary business functions, requiring an immediate action. Losing analog telephone service is an inconvenience but not a disaster. Patients can still be cared for, data are not lost, and all mission-critical activities can occur despite a potential delay.

Global Rationale:

 

Cognitive Level: Analyzing

Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment

Client Need Sub: Management of Care

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Communication and Documentation

Learning Outcome:

 

Question 3

Type: MCSA

Which of the following statements are accurate about emergency and backup plans?

1. An emergency plan outlines steps to ensure the availability of resources for ongoing business and information system processing operations whereas a backup plan provides direction during and immediately after an incident.
2. An emergency plan is tested routinely whereas a backup plan is only used if the emergency plan fails.
3. Emergency and backup plans are the same.
4. A backup plan outlines steps to ensure the availability of resources for ongoing business and information system processing operations whereas an emergency plan provides direction during and immediately after an incident.

Correct Answer: 4

Rationale 1: An emergency plan provides direction during and immediately after an incident. This may include a provision to switch to duplicate hardware and networks as a means to minimize disruption of services (Wainwright, 2007).

Rationale 2: An emergency plan provides direction during and immediately after an incident. This may include a provision to switch to duplicate hardware and networks as a means to minimize disruption of services (Wainwright, 2007).

Rationale 3: An emergency plan provides direction during and immediately after an incident. This may include a provision to switch to duplicate hardware and networks as a means to minimize disruption of services (Wainwright, 2007).

Rationale 4: An emergency plan provides direction during and immediately after an incident. This may include a provision to switch to duplicate hardware and networks as a means to minimize disruption of services (Wainwright, 2007).

Global Rationale:

 

Cognitive Level: Applying

Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment

Client Need Sub: Management of Care

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Communication and Documentation

Learning Outcome: