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NUR 215 Exam 4 Questions and Answers
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NUR 215 Exam 4 Questions andAnswers
False Imprisonment - Answer-confinement of a person against his or her will. restraining
an individual or restricting an individual's freedom.
Good Samaritan Law - Answer-Provides limited protection to someone who voluntarily
chooses to provide first aid
adverse legal scenario - Answer-administering the wrong dosage of medication causing
a patient to experience complications
Malpractice - Answer-form of negligence
Examples of negligence or malpractice - Answer-Medication errors
Failure to prevent falls
Lack of risk assessments
Failure to communicate information that impacts patients care or safety
Failure to document clinical notes
Inadequate patient education
Failure to identify a patient allergy
Failure to obtain informed consent
elements of malpractice - Answer-duty, breach of duty, causation, damages
To avoid malpractice suites healthcare providers practive - Answer-defensive medicine
advance directives - Answer-A legal document designed to indicate a person's wishes
regarding care in case of a terminal illness or during the dying process
Document that allows a person to describe personal medical care preferences -
Answer-Advance directiveness
Describe personal wished related to end of life needs ahead of time - Answer-living will
Person had the right to speak for another person if that person cannot do so in matters
rekated to healthcare - Answer-medical power of attorney
Informatics - Answer-study of how information technology can be used and applied to
prevent or reduce errors and improve care and outcomes.
Electronic health records driven by - Answer-HITECH
, Benefits of HIT - Answer-Increase clinical awareness of potiental medication errors and
adverse interactions.
Improvement of the avaliability and timeliness of information to support treatment
decison care coordination and care planning
Easier for clinicans to report safety issues and hazards
Give patients the oppurtunity to more efficiancy provide input on data according than
what paper records would allow.
The Health Information Technology: Patient Safety Action and Surveillance Plan -
Answer-report adavantages for greater use of the electronic medical record
Clinical decision support systems - Answer-computer applications, typically rule based,
designed to facilitate human decision making
Clinical Information Systems - Answer-A system that supports the acquisition, storage,
manipulation and distribution of clinical information throughout an HCO, with a focus on
electronic communication, using HIT applied at the point of clinical care. Includes
electronic medical/health records, clinical data repositories, decision support programs,
handheld devices for collecting data and reviewing reference material, imaging
modalities, and communication tools.
Coding Systems - Answer-set of agreed-upon symbols, frequentlt numeric or
alphanumeric, associated with a concept representation or terms to allow exchange of
meaning
Encryption - Answer-method used to change information into a code, usually for security
reasons
Minimal Data Set - Answer-Minimum categories of data with uniform definitons and
categories; concerns a specific aspect or dimension of the healthcare system that
meets the basic needs of multiple data users
Nursing Informatics (NI) - Answer-a specialty that integrates nursing science with
multiple information and analytical sciences to identify, define, manage, and
communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in the nursing practice
NI supports - Answer-consumers, patients, nurses, other providers
goal of NI - Answer-improve the health of populations, communities, families, and
individuals by optimizing information management and communication.
effective use of informatics lead to - Answer-safer, higher quality patient care
how is informatics and information technology related to nursing education - Answer-
simulation
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