WGU D220 OA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
A blood pressure cuff or peripheral device linked to the
computer or health system is what kind of technology? Correct
Answer Biomedical device integration
A clinical informatics nurse specialist wants to optimize the
electronic health record (HER) software in order to decrease
documentation time. Which method of data collection should
this clinical informatics nurse specialist use to prioritize the
areas improvement?
a. organizational leadership interviews
b. interviews with affected users
c. data analytics tools that quantity usage
d. usability tools that describe the user experience Correct
Answer interviews with affected users
A clinical transformation group at a healthcare facility uses a
flowchart to map the process of admitting a patient from the
emergency department to an inpatient bed. the group's goal is to
decrease the time from admission order to bed placement. How
does the flowchart help the group accomplish this goal?
a. Using the flowchart, the group can identify unnecessary steps
in the admission process.
b. Using the flowchart, the group can reduce the number of
admissions.
c. Using the flowchart, the group can recommend a committee to
approach to match admission to a bed.
,d. Using the flowchart, the group can suggest nurse-initiated
admission orders. Correct Answer Using the flowchart, the
group can identify unnecessary steps in the admission process.
A discharge nurse recognizes patients are often disengaged in
discharge education because they are distracted and impatiently
waiting to return home. Which strategy should the nurse
recommend to increase patient engagement toward discharge
education ?
a. change education to paper instructions for patients to review
at home
b. implement a discharge readiness checklist to review
throughout the hospital stay
c. perform discharge education with family members instead
d. clearly communicate expectations of participation in
discharge education Correct Answer implement a discharge
readiness checklist to review throughout the hospital stay
A doctor receives a urgent phone call from a nurse caring for a
patient while the doctor is at a coffee shop ordering breakfast.
How should the doctor proceed in order to prevnt a possible
violation of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA)?
a. The doctor should enter orders into the patient's chart using
his phone as a hotspot from a location in the coffee shop with
the least amount of nearby customers.
b. The doctor should connect to Wi-Fi at the coffee shop to enter
orders for the patient as soon as possible into the electronic
health record (HER)
,c. The doctor should ask questions about the patient and provide
the nurse verbal orders over the phone while waiting for
breakfast.
d. The doctor should ask the nurse to text him rather than calling
as the doctor is in a public location and unable to speak with the
nurse on the phone at this time Correct Answer The doctor
should ask the nurse to text him rather than calling as the doctor
is in a public location and unable to speak with the nurse on the
phone at this time
A facility has recently implemented dictation at the point of care
and clinicians have voiced satisfaction with new
technology.What is the expected evaluation outcome of
implementing this feature?
a. Documentation being able to be rapidly sent to transcript for
review
b. Improved legibility of documentation without additional
equipment
c. Reduced documentation errorsand increased spelling accuracy
d. Clinicians being able to immediately edit and save
documentation Correct Answer Clinicians being able to
immediately edit and save documentation
A high number of data entry fields in electronic health records
(EHRs) can be overwhelming for staff and can make it difficult
to find where information should be documented. Which
informatics solution would solve this problem?
a. A single screen for documentation
b. Documentation pop-up reminders
, c. Documentation using drop-down menus.
d. Documentation displayed by diagnosis Correct Answer
Documentation using drop-down menu
A high number of data-entry fields in electronic health records
can be overwhelming for staff & make it difficult to find where
information should be documented. Which informatics solution
could solve this problem? Correct Answer Cascading
documentation
A laboratory manager requested a report of all patients that had
a blood glucose greater than 400 mg/dL for the month of July to
provide to the corporate office. Which type of report should the
nurse informaticists create using information stored in the
electronic health record for this one-time request? Correct
Answer Short time report
A medication alert pops up. What system is alerting Correct
Answer Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System
A nurse educator is asked to work with the nurses in the
command center of a tele-intensive care unit (tele-ICU)to
address their hesitancy in using this new technology. Which
benefit of tele-ICU monitoring should be emphasized to address
this hesitancy?
a. It reduces operational costs
b. It monitors for adverse medical events (ADEs)
c. It increases operational efficiency.
d. It provides consistent support and expertise. Correct Answer
It provides consistent support and expertise.
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