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Nursing Informatics Overview and Milestones

The document discusses key concepts and events in the history of nursing informatics. It covers topics like definitions of nursing informatics, important milestones like the ANA approving the Council on Computer Applications in Nursing in the 1980s, models like Turley's intersecting circles model, examples of informatics technologies like barcoded medication administration, and organizations involved in advancing the field like AMIA and HIMSS. The document provides multiple choice questions testing knowledge of nursing informatics concepts, people, time periods, technologies, and events.

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Nursing Informatics Overview and Milestones

The document discusses key concepts and events in the history of nursing informatics. It covers topics like definitions of nursing informatics, important milestones like the ANA approving the Council on Computer Applications in Nursing in the 1980s, models like Turley's intersecting circles model, examples of informatics technologies like barcoded medication administration, and organizations involved in advancing the field like AMIA and HIMSS. The document provides multiple choice questions testing knowledge of nursing informatics concepts, people, time periods, technologies, and events.

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1. Free software means the price is free as in Php 0.

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- False

2. Defines nursing informatics as “ the use of computer technology to support nursing,

including clinical practice, administration, education and research

- Hebda

3. Which event was a critical milestone for nursing and computers in the 1980s?

- ANA approved the formation of the Council on Computer Applications in

Nursing

4. Who proposed another model in which the core components of informatics are

depicted as intersecting circles?

- Turley

5. Nursing informatics enables nurses to use information & communication technologies

in the following except:

- Reformulating principles

6. This is an inventory control system that uses barcodes to prevent human errors in the

distribution of prescription medications at hospitals

- Barcoded Medication Administration

7. This encompassess all forms of technology used to store, exchange and use

information into its various forms

- Information technology

8. This is a form of commercial software which is offered on a try before you buy basis

- Shareware

9. These are programs that give instruction to the computer

- Software

10. What historical event initiated the need for computer-based health records
- IOM proposed that CPRs (not sure)

11. What is the purpose of the operating system?

- Overall controller

12. Which of the following is the largest and most expensive computer that can perform

billions of instructions every second and can handle gigantic scientific computation?

- Supercomputer

13. It is often used as abbreviation to represent how an EHR system requires an end user

to electronically enter patien care orders and requests

- ARRA

14. Which event is the most significant for the history project of nursing informatics

pioneers?

- Archival material from NI Pioneers was submitted to the NLM for the NI

History Collection

15. It is also known as handheld pc. It is a variety mobile device which functions as a

personal information manager

- personal digital assistant

16. It is defined as having an understanding of what a computer is and how it can be used

as resource

- Computer professional

17. Which of the following statement made by a nurse on clinical and hospital

information system needs further correction?

- I have helped heathcare

18. The four freedom of software users include the following except:

- import
19. Which of the following refers to the field of applied computer science concerned with

the processing of information such as nursing information?

- Nursing Informatics

20. Its mission is to support the learning, knowledge and professional development of

nurses who are committed to making a difference in health worldwide

- Sigma Theta Tau International

21. It aims to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology

- HITECH

22. A collaboration of organizations that provides a unified voice for nursing informatics

- ANI

23. This time period marked the emergence of HISs with nursing subsystems

- 1980s

24. Which among the following is the definition of a nursing informatics specialist ?

- Nurse who has a formal educ and practical *not sure

25. Which of the following statement made by a nurse on clinical and hospital

information system needs further correction?

- I have noticed an increased errors * not sure

26. This time period posed challenges on professional with the use of computers in

nursing

- 1980s

27. This is a non-profit membership organization of individuals , institutions and

corporations dedicated to developing and using information tech healthcare

- AMIA

28. Which time period did questions about the usage of computers into nursing practice

have begun to be discussed?


- 1960s

29. Which event was considered to be the first major computerized system used for

nursing practice in the 1970s

- Physiological Monitoring Systems in Hospital ICUs

30. They provide leadership for the management of heathcare-related technology,

information and change through publications, educational opportunities member

services

- ANA

31. Which event was a critical historical nursing and computer milestone in the 1990s

- ANA recognized Nursing Informatics as a new nursing specialty

32. All of the following are examples of physician orders that may be entered using

CPOE EXCEPT

- Differential diagnosis

33. This was first electronic record system

- Regenstreif

34. Which brand of science deal with the theory of computation and design of computers

- Computer Science

35. This is comprehensive healthcare-stakeholder membership organization founded in

1961 which is exclusively focused on providing leadership for use of IT and

management systems for the betterment of healthcare

- HIMSS

36. The use of radio frequency identification have emerged during this time period

- 2000s

37. What are the three types of networks or information exchange?

- Lan , Internet , Wan


38. On what characteristics is the communication medium mostly based

- Distance

39. What were the initial criteria for the Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence

Program

- Impact

40. This is a quality attribute that assesses how easy user interfaces are to use

- Usability

41. Verifying data and providing feedback on a potential error or outlier is an example of

- A hardware warning system

42. The purpose of this model is to depict system components , influencing factors and

relationships that need to be considered when attempting complexities of professional

nursing practice. Which model is this?

- Mc Gong

43. It was during this period of time that the ANA have recognized NI as a new nursing

speciality

- 1990s

44. This is an application designed to be downloaded to a handheld device

- Mobile app

45. It is defined as discrete entities that are described objectivity without interpretation

- data

46. CPOE is an example of implementing

- Patient centered

47. Nursing informatics is defined by the American Nurses Association (ana 2001) as

- a specialty that integrates nursing, science, computer science, and

information science to manage


48. Based on the foundation of knowledge model, nurses look for —--------- to transform

the information into knowledge

- feedback

49. The framework for nursing informatics relies on the central concepts of the following:

- data, information and knowledge

50. What are the major types of storage media?

UBS FLASHDRIVE

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