MCQS
[Link] study and application of technology, information, and computer science to the practice of
nursing is known as …………………….
a)Nursing Informatics
b)Health Informatics
c)Public Health Informatics
d)Electronic Health records
e)a, b, & c
f)All the above
Answer: (a) Nursing Informatics
[Link] dynamic, evolving nature of knowledge. We learn by continually acquiring, processing,
generating, and disseminating knowledge. As we share our knowledge, we also receive feedback,
leading us to rethink and reshape our own knowledge base in a continual cycle., core level of
knowledge is ………………
a)The Foundation of Knowledge Mode
b)Knowledge Management
c)Information
d)Epistemological Foundation
e)b & c
f)Three of the answers are correct
[Link] ethical application of knowledge acquired through education, research and practice to
provide services and interventions to patients in order to maintain, enhance or restore their health
is called ………………..
a)Nursing Science
b)Nursing
c)Clinical
d)Nursing Informatics
e)Two of the answers are correct
[Link] concepts form the basis of the nursing informatics framework?
a)Data, information, knowledge, and wisdom are all concepts that form the basis of the
conceptual framework for nursing informatics.
b)Data and information
c)Data, knowledge and wisdom
d)Data, information and wisdom
e)Three of the answers are correct
Answer: (b) Data and Information
[Link] regards to Demands of Health-Related Information, what are some demands or requirements
for standardized technologies?
a)Accessibility, ubiquity, longevity, and reusability
b)Reusability only
c)Accessibility and longevity
d)Accessibility, ubiquity and reusability
e)b & c
f)All the above
[Link] is the main aim of the American Nationals Standards institute (ANSI)?
a)Aims to reduce patient risk from harm, decrease healthcare costs, and improve patient
outcomes through promoting research and technology applications focused on evidence-based
practice (EBP).
b)Aims at decreasing healthcare costs, and improve patient outcomes
c)Aims at improving vocabulary with ICT
d)Aims at improving system interoperability
e)All the above
[Link] refers to the synthesis of information and data that is always evolving. A paper is an
example of sharing………………………..
a)Knowledge
b)Information
c)Idea
d)Data
e)c & d
8.……………… facilitates the integration of knowledge, data, and information to support nurses
and other providers in the various roles they play; enhances The Foundation of Knowledge
model by supporting nurses in their quest for information and knowledge.
a)Nursing Informatics
b)Clinical Informatics
c)Bio-Informatics
d)a & c only
e)Three of the answers are correct
[Link] system designed to solve the needs of users is known as …………
a)Object-Oriented Systems Development (OOSD)
b)Decision support system
c)System development cycle
d)a & b are correct
e)All three are correct
[Link] with Automation of the traditional way orders have been initiated; provide Clear and
legible orders; used as A major safeguard against errors; Provide greater patient safety; Can
Accommodate decision support and automated alert functionality
[Link] Care Support Systems are used for:
[Link] are four types of Patient Care Support Systems, they are:
[Link] most common type of patient care support system. Designed to collect patient data in real
time. Data is readily available to clinicians and team members and contains observations,
interventions, and outcomes is……….
14.A Clinical Information System is also called …………
[Link] first information systems in use and largely served as the model for all other systems.
Reports on blood, body fluid, tissue samples, and biological specimens are processed through
this system called………………
[Link] order systems used for entry, dispensing, verification, and authorization. These systems
often interface with other clinical systems. They can help prevent adverse medication
interactions by flagging pharmacists when there are potential problems is known as ………….
[Link] system may schedule, provide results, and store information related to diagnostic
radiology procedures is ………
[Link] commonly include picture archiving and communication system (PACS), which may
be stand-alone or be integrated with radiology and clinical information systems is known as
……….
[Link] database management systems (RDMS) …
[Link] systematic documentation of information about a patient past medical history and
treatment is called …………..
[Link] method of electronic media (magnetic tape microfilm, floppy disk, CD or DVD)
can be done through…….
a)Shredding
b)Incinerating
c)Purging
d)Two of the answers are correct
e)All the above
[Link] of the following guidelines are worldwide accepted guidelines that are followed in the
preparation of medical records?
a)A medical records number should be assigned to a new patient
b)One patient can be assigned multiple patient ID’s
c)Medical records number should be the unique identifier of a patient within the hospital setting
d)a & C only
e)all the above
23.……….. is an index created utilizing the unique medical records number.
[Link] father of SOAP is known as ………………….
[Link]-based medical records can be destroyed through ………..
a)Shredding
b)Incinerating
c)Purging
d)a & b
e)All the answers above
[Link] is used to destroy …………………..
a)Physical drives
b)Paper-based medical records
c)Electronic media
d)None of the above
[Link] the following
S……………………………… (Labs to be performed, treatment and educational plan)
O……………………………… (Diagnosis)
A……………………………… (Providers physical findings, vital signs, height, and
[Link], labs and diagnostic data)
P………………………………. (Patients chief complaints)
[Link] two main types of nursing records are ………….
a)Paper-based records
b)Paperless records (EHRs)
c)Personal Health Records (PHR)
d)Medical records
e)a & b only
d) All the above
[Link] that describes non-targeted information obtained in a standardized and consistent
manner is called …………….
[Link] may be collected on a systematic and ongoing basis or only intermittently.
a)True
b)False
[Link] scientific study of population statistics, including their size, structure, dispersal and
development is known as ………………..
a)Demographic data
b)Vital statistics
c)Mortality data
d)Morbidity Data
e)Two of the answers are correct
[Link] extent to which systems and devices can exchange data and interpret that shared data is
…
[Link] are the three types of interoperability?
a)Technical
b)Semantic
c)Process
d)Medium
e)a, b & c
f)a, b, & d
g)All the above
[Link] ability to exchange data from one point to another is …………. Interoperability
a)Technical
b)Semantic
c)Process
[Link] that the meaning of the exchange data remains the same on both ends of the
transaction is……...interoperability
a)Semantic
b)Process
c)Technical
[Link] the processes to enable business processes at an organization housing the
systems to work together is called…………….. interoperability
a)Process
b)Semantic
c)Technical
37.A type of EHR organization and standards whose purpose is to improve care delivery,
optimize work flow, reduce ambiguity and enhance knowledge transfer among stake holders; its
structure defines data and elements, specifies how the data is coded and requires specific rules to
be followed such as specifying the length of the fields and the code nomenclature is known as
……….
a)Health Level 7 or HL7
b)SNOMED
c)ICD-10
d)HIPAA
e)a & d
38.A type of organization or standards developed for transmission of medical images and their
associated information, used in hospitals worldwide for production display, storage retrieval and
printing of medical images …………
[Link] open EHR supports useable archetypes that maintains these three sections:
_________________
[Link] of making enhancements or improvements and creative, novel, and inventive
solutions in the informatics specialty_____________
[Link] in the design and development of information systems, quality assurance
programs and new applications for nursing, develops inventive ways to access data and interact
with info systems:
42.A nurse with specialized skills, knowledge, and competencies in informatics. An RN with an
interest or experience working in an informatics field. A generalist in the field of informatics in
nursing is known as ……..
[Link] RN with formal, graduate education in the field of informatics or a related field and is
considered a specialist in the field of nursing informatics is called ………..
[Link] RN with advanced education who possesses additional knowledge and skills specific to
computer technology and information management; Focuses on nursing's information needs,
which include education, administration, research, and clinical practice; Application and
integration of the core informatics sciences: information, computer, and nursing science; Uses
critical thinking, process skills, data management skills, systems life cycle development, and
computer skills is called …….
[Link] in a specialty; Highly skilled in using computer technology skills and information
management skills to support his or her specialty area of practice; Pulls trends out of data and
makes judgments based on this information; Uses current systems, but will collaborate with
informatics nurse specialist regarding concerns or suggestions provided by staff is …….
46.…………. conducts informatics research and generates informatics theory; has vision of what
is possible, a keen sense of timing to make things happen; is Creative in developing solutions;
Leads the advancement of informatics practice and research; has a sophisticated level of skills
and understanding in computer technology and information management; is cognizant of the
interdependence of systems, disciplines, and outcomes, and is able to finesse situations to obtain
the best outcome.
47.A standardized systemized nomenclature of human and veterinary medicine clinical terms is
called ………….
[Link] observation identifiers, names and codes used in laboratory and clinical observation is
called ………….
49.______ is an international classification of disease or injury.
[Link] most widely accepted codes for billing; used to code all medical procedures is called ___
[Link] CNPII stands for ___
52.A system designed to document the six steps of the nursing process; facilitates patient care
documentation at the point of care is called ________
53.A unified language for nursing practice that facilitates the development of the cross mapping
of existing terminologies; uses specific guidelines to develop nursing diagnosis outcomes and
intervention statements; implemented as a point of care and reference terminology is ______
[Link] used to identify human responses to health promotion, risk and disease; each
diagnosis has a definition and defining characteristics is ______
[Link] that describe the disease or injury is called _____
56._______ describes the patient’s reaction to the disease and treatment.
57.A classification system that describes patient outcomes sensitive to nursing interventions is
_____
58.A measurable behavior or perception that is measured along a continuum and is responsive to
nursing interventions; can apply to an individual, family or community is ____
[Link] minimum data elements necessary for defining the cost & quality of nursing care is ____
[Link] 3 elements that make up the NMDS (nursing minimum data set) are:
a)Nursing Care
b)Patient demographics
c)Service elements
d)Client Relatives Demographics
e)Health Professionals Information
f)a, b & c
