NUR 330 Informatics Review Questions and Correct Answers
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NUR 330
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NUR 330
Florence nightingale used nursing informatics to: demonstrate an unnecessary death rate of soldiers due to unsanitary conditions
A nursing informatics specialist is presenting a seminar on nursing informatics. After the seminar, a group of nurses are talking with the presenter and one nurse states...
NUR 330 Informatics Review Questions
and Correct Answers
Florence nightingale used nursing informatics to: ✅demonstrate an unnecessary death
rate of soldiers due to unsanitary conditions
A nursing informatics specialist is presenting a seminar on nursing informatics. After the
seminar, a group of nurses are talking with the presenter and one nurse states "I am
pretty good with computers, so I should become an informatics nurse". Which of the
following responses would be most appropriate? ✅The computer is just a tool the real
focus is in information management
In 1992, the __________ recognized nursing informatics as an improved specialty for
professional nurses ✅American Nurses Association (ANA)
Which of the following would the nurse identify as the current focus of todays practices
of informatics? ✅capturing data at the point of care to enhance patient care
Some of the barriers to the implementation of informatics strategies in health care
settings is/are: ✅ageing professional nurses population
Development by nonclinicians
Infrastructure limitations in health care institutions
Lack of sufficient number of computers or POC devices
The joint commissions national patient safety goals are: ✅published by the joint
commission and updated annually
After teaching a group of nursing students about the benefits of informatics to the
nursing profession, the instructor notes that students need additional teaching when
they identify which of the following as a benefit? ✅increase in time needed for nursing
documentation
The hospital has hired a nurse informatics specialist. What purpose will the nurse
serve? ✅develop processes to help professional nurses use computers for patient
care delivery
The best definition of nursing informatics is: ✅an integration of nursing science,
computer science and information science
In addition to supporting direct provision of care, nursing informatics also supports:
✅nursing education
Nursing research
Nursing administration
, Health care informatics provided a benefit to the health care consumer. Those benefits
include: ✅constant access to health care information
Reduction in medical error
High quality of care
Fewer duplication of laboratory test, diagnostic tests and/or treatments
The IOM had identified several factors which contributed to the errors in the health
setting. What are they? ✅poor communication
The need for swift decision making
Higher acuity of illness
Inadequate training
The nurse administers a medication to the wrong patient. The appropriate nursing
action is to: ✅report the error to the physician, document the medication in the medical
record, and complete an incident report
The goal of nursing informatics is to: ✅improve health by optimizing information
management and communication
A nurse is preparing medication and puts the wrong medication in the medication cup
for the patient. Before the nurse enters the room, they look at the medication and realize
it is the wrong medication and returns to the medication room. The nurse reports this to
the nurse manager as a near miss. What is the most appropriate explanation of
reporting this near miss? ✅willingness to identify near misses indicates safety is a
valued part of the hospitals culture
The following are examples of the 2016 Joint Commission National Patient Safety
Goals: ✅prevent mistakes in surgery
Identify patient safety risks
Prevent infection
Improve staff communication
Use alarms safely
Which of the following events could lead a nurse to becoming a second victim:
✅administering the wrong medication that results in the death of the patient
Witnessing the suicide of a patient admitted to a psychiatric unit
The nursing staff on a unit is discussing a recent error which resulted in the patient
going to the ICU, requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation for 2 weeks. The
nursing staff needs to analyze the event which occurred. What is the best decription for
the type of error which occurred? ✅sentinel event
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