QUESTIONS
Question 1
Drag the correct terms to match with the descriptions given below:
___________ is described objectively without interpretation. For example, documenting vital signs.
_______________ is use of the data that has been interpreted, organized, or structured. For example, you see how the vital signs are organized in the patient’s chart and the heart rate is trending higher than normal.
_____________ is synthesized information so that relationships can be made about the information and formalized. For example, you identify that your patient’s heart rate has continued to increase over the last eight (8) hours and the patient continues to be tachycardic, if not an isolated incident.
___________ is the appropriate use of knowledge to manage and solve human problems. For example, the patient is tachycardic due to ineffective pain management post-operatively. The patient’s pain level is 8/10 on pain scale. Only acetaminophen is prescribed for pain, You contact the surgeon to relay the SBAR information and the physician orders a narcotic pain medication.
Question 2
When nursing professionals use data, information, knowledge, and wisdom as a foundational framework to provide care, they are working in which nursing role?
- Experts
- Researchers
- Knowledge workers
- Practice partners
Question 3
Which statement best describes the main goal of nursing informatics?
- To promote client safety in hospitalized clients.
- To manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in the delivery of care.
- To adopt interprofessional collaboration in a healthcare organization.
- To help manage costs and process improvements.
Question 4
A health care provider is reviewing a client’s heart rate and the number is elevated. This is an example of the provider utilizing ___________.
Question 5
When a health care manager creates a new policy based on experience, education, and evidence-based practice, they are utilizing which type of knowledge?
- Generating new knowledge
- Learned knowledge
- Using feedback
- Acquiring knowledge
Question 6
Which statement describe ways that wisdom and knowledge are different?
- Wisdom is the result collecting data.
- Wisdom is the combination of experience, insight, and reflection.
- Wisdom is reliant on the thoughts and feelings of others.
- Wisdom is the result of the interpreting data.
Question 7
Read the sentence description and identify it as data, information, or wisdom.
- The client first set of vital signs obtained in the post-op recovery room are BP 102/68, HR 88, R 22, PSO2 92% and T 96.4F (oral). ________
- Report from the OR nurse includes the procedure (abdominal hysterectomy), anesthesia (general), allergies (none known), and prep VS (BP 138/76, HR 58, 4 14, SPO2 97% on RA, and T 98.9F (axillary). ___________
- The healthcare provider places the patient in Trendelenburg position, opens the IV fluid, reinforces the abdominal dressing with pressure binder, replaces the oxygen nasal cannula with a vent-mask, and places a stat call to the OR. ____________
- The client is prepped for surgery for a ruptured uterine artery. ________
Question 8
Drag the components of clinical judgement to identify the best use of knowledge for each condition below.
__________ Have a high level of empirical knowledge to understand the client care situation.
______________ Apply our knowledge, professional nursing value system and assorted actions.
_____________ Be able to analyze and predict the outcome of your actions with a high level of accuracy.
_____________ The means to implement or carry out the selected intervention(s) in the health care environment.
Question 9
The nurse is reviewing the client’s electronic health record and recognize a diagnosis that they are unfamiliar with. Where should the nurse start to look for information?
- Contact the physician to inquire
- Ask the client to explain their diagnosis
- Use Wikipedia to gather information
- Search the intranet where they are employed.
Question 10
The nurse is reviewing the client’s electronic health record prior to interacting and completing their admission assessment. The nurse is acquiring ____________.
Question 11
After reviewing the client’s electronic health record and collecting vital signs, the nurse observes a rapid decline in the client’s blood pressure and the client states feeling lightheaded and dizzy. The provider places the client in Trendelenburg position, opens the IV fluid, replaces the oxygen nasal cannula with a venti-mask, and places a stat call to the rapid response team. What healthcare informatics aspects is the nurse utilizing?
- Data and information
- Data and wisdom
- Knowledge and wisdom
- Data and knowledge
Question 12
Case Study
Mr. Jones’s blood pressure is rapidly declining, client is hypotensive and states feeling lightheaded and dizzy. The nurse places the client in Trendelenburg position, opens the IV fluid, replaces the oxygen nasal cannula with venti-mask, and places a stat call to the rapid response team. The nurse is using foundational knowledge and wisdom to quickly intervene.
The clinical situation also involves using clinical judgment to help prevent potential negative client outcomes. Select the cues in the clinical situation above that requires the nurse’s attention.
Question 13
Case Study
Mr. Jones’s blood pressure is rapidly declining, client is hypotensive and states feeling lightheaded and dizzy. The nurse places the client in Trendelenburg position, opens the IV fluid, replaces the oxygen nasal cannula with venti-mask, and places a stat call to the rapid response team. The nurse is using foundational knowledge and wisdom to quickly intervene.
The clinical situation also involves using clinical judgment to help prevent potential negative client outcomes. The nurse “takes action” and implemented interventions that addressed the priorities. Select the actions taken by the nurse in the clinical situation above.
Question 14
The nurse performs fingerstick blood glucose lab test. The glucometer identifies the number as “high” on the monitor screen. What is the correct interpretation of this finding?
- The glucometer needs recalculated, and the test run again.
- The number needs interpretation by the nurse to know how to manage the client problem.
- The number is normal, and I need to alert the physician.
- The number is high as reflected by the glucometer reading.
Question 15
The nurse reviews the client’s electronic health record and identifies a drug-drug interaction that can occur with the prescribed medications. Which informatics skill has the nurse utilized?
- Generation of new nursing knowledge
- Information literacy
- Interpretation of data
- Computer fluency
Question 16
A health care provider receives lab results for a client with iron deficiency anemia. Before the plan of care can be developed, what must the provider do with the information obtained from the lab results?
- The provider must process knowledge into wisdom.
- The provider must use wisdom to process the data.
- The provider must use intuition and experience to process the data
- The provider must process the information into knowledge.
ANSWERS
Question 1
Drag the correct terms to match with the descriptions given below:
Data is described objectively without interpretation. For example, documenting vital signs.
Information is use of the data that has been interpreted, organized, or structured. For example, you see how the vital signs are organized in the patient’s chart and the heart rate is trending higher than normal.
Knowledge is synthesized information so that relationships can be made about the information and formalized. For example, you identify that your patient’s heart rate has continued to increase over the last eight (8) hours and the patient continues to be tachycardic, if not an isolated incident.
Wisdom is the appropriate use of knowledge to manage and solve human problems. For example, the patient is tachycardic due to ineffective pain management post-operatively. The patient’s pain level is 8/10 on pain scale. Only acetaminophen is prescribed for pain, You contact the surgeon to relay the SBAR information and the physician orders a narcotic pain medication.
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