Professional Development
The Role of the Nurse in Informatics
Nursing Education
Electronic Resources
The Future
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How does informatics allow the professional nurse to stay up to date on evidence based practices?
What is by allowing access to online research journals.
100
What role is the nurse filling when they collect clinical data and document their findings?
What is the data gatherer.
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The following information about Wikis is discussed between two nursing instructors on lunch break. All of the following are true about Wikis except... A) A Wiki is a Web site that allows anyone to contribute and edit content. B) Wikis offer a tool to disseminate information, foster collaboration, share resources, and assist research teams. C) Wikis are a technology that can benefit mental health nursing practices D) Web content on a Wiki can be used for nursing education even if it has not been peer reviewed.
What is D. It is the responsibility of healthcare professionals to use caution when using web content for clinical practice that has not undergone rigorous peer review. (p. 470)
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The Governmental Agency website that provides users with access to health and safety topics, statistics, and publications on prevention of disease, injury and disability.
What is http://www.cdc.gov?
100
How can future students improve learning with informatics?
What is by practicing realistic critical thinking skills in simulation labs.
200
A novice nurse is expected to have what informatics knowledge?
What is basic data entry and retrieval.
200
QSEN has added what to its core competencies, to emphasize it's increasing importance?
What is informatics.
200
Classroom response systems (CRS) are a burgeoning technology in the modern classroom that lets information from a student’s assigned handheld clicker, to transfer to the instructor’s computer during classroom activities. This system has a twofold benefit of encouraging students to arrive on time and prepare for lecture. True or false? These clickers achieve this by taking attendance when a student clicks his or her answer, and by collecting data on the level of understanding of the subject matter.
What is True. Called classroom polling, the instructor can provide short quizzes at the beginning of class consisting of multiple-choice questions that end shortly after the start time of the class. The CRS collects answers “clicked in" by each student and displays them on a frequency distribution while simultaneously using that “click” to mark the student as present in the attendance record. (p.463)
200
The Governmental Agency website that has information for health professionals on the topics of safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, medical devices, food, cosmetics, dietary supplements, and products emitting radiation.
What is http://www.fda.gov?
200
The highest level of nursing expertise in informatics
What is a Chief Nursing Informatics Officer.
300
How is licensure simplified by informatics?
What is by allowing nurses to manage, keep track of, and renew their licenses online.
300
What role is the nurse filling when they take their longitudinal data and offer patient care suggestions?
What is the knowledge builder.
300
Any online learning that enables learners and teachers to connect via virtual classrooms supporting flexibility of different schedules.
What is E-learning and how it overcomes traditional barriers of education?
300
Name 2 new technologies that will impact the practice of nursing informatics?
What are nanotechnology, genomics, robotics, or wearable monitoring devices (pick any 2).
400
What type of nurse is involved in the development of electronic medical record systems?
What is the Informatics Nurse.
400
What type of nurse can serve as a strong advocate for better consumer health information at his or her institution?
Who is an Informatics Nurse Specialist (INS).
400
An informatics instructor is trying to ascertain the understanding of a virtual learning environment (VLE) from two different students. Student A says, “Virtual learning environments can be just as effective as traditional classroom instruction”, while Student B asserts, “This type of learning is not real or authentic because we are not instructed face to face”. Which response does the instructor associate with a student that has a correct understanding of virtual learning environments?
What is the response given by Student A. Baseline research has demonstrated that a virtual learning environment is at least as effective as traditional instruction. Student B must understand that even though the term "virtual" means no face to face contact is experienced, it does not mean that this learning is not real. The learning is real, but it is the environment that is virtual. (p. 468)
400
The time-frame between writing and publishing is shorter, reduced costs, collaboration is enhanced, and increased access.
What are the advantages of online journals for nursing?
400
What are 4 main trends that will continue to shape informatics in the future?
What are patient safety, transparency in healthcare, error reduction, and increased efficiency.
500
To specialize as an informatics nurse, what 6 criteria must you meet before receiving credentials?
What is a bachelor's degree or higher in nursing or a relevant field, a current nursing license, 2 years of full-time nursing practice, 30 contact hours of continuing education in nursing informatics, at least 2,000 hours of informatics nursing practice in the last 3 years or at least 12 semester hours of graduate work in nursing informatics courses, and at least 1,000 hours of practice in the last 3 years with completion of a nursing informatics graduate program with a 200-hour clinical.
500
What two things does the TIGER (Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform Initiative) call for?
What is nurses' active participation in the development of electronic records, and nursing education to keep up with rapidly changing technology.
500
Successful adoption of health information technology (IT) to facilitate consumer education between healthcare providers requires a successful partnership founded on 6 principles including: (1) consumer engagement in healthcare, (2) consumer access and control of personal health information, (3) universal consumer access to electronic health information tools and services, (4) consumer privacy, (5) consumer trust, and (6) consumer participation and transparency. Which of these principles would be MOST important for a nurse to consider for a non-English speaking, 60 year old man with hearing loss living on a farm in Colorado?
What is principle 3. Having access to tools that engage consumers through use of electronic health information should be universal and designed to meet the needs of patients that fall into specific consumer groups, including those who are poor, rural, older, physically disabled, or do not speak English. (p. 496)
500
Emails, RSS feeds, spreadsheets, databases, and social media
What are effective ways to organize information using technology?
500
Mobile devices have infiltrated almost every aspect of daily living from unlimited access to the internet and social media to becoming a regularly used tool to view radiographic images needed for patient care. A nurse who wants to improve the department’s organization by selecting a mobile device recommends that they buy ipad tablets. Another nurse disagrees, and asserts her smart phone is plenty. What are some pro's and con's for the use of each device.
What is: The size of the mobile device, the compatibility of certain applications, the type and volume of data the device can support. see rationales below Size of device: If it cannot fit into a lab coat pocket it may be less practical to lug around in the clinical setting, but Patients may have a harder time viewing a procedure video on something like a smart phone as compared to an Ipad with a larger screen. Compatibility of certain applications: Some apps are designed for smart phones and some are specifically designed for tablets. Even if some apps appear to work over multiple devices their may be limited functionality on one device compared to the other. For example, a pocket lab values app may have less functions on a smart phone compared to a tablet like the I pad. Type and volume of data the device can support: Data entry is part of the nursing profession and knowing the input features of certain devices like the keyboard can be the selling point if someone is constantly inputting large amounts of data. The type of data, whether its voice recordings or numerical, can dictate which device is used because certain tablet apps allow for more complex data entry compared to less functional apps available on the smart phone. Use of computers allows for more complex data entry, more storage, and is more universal than use of a on-screen keyboard on an ipad. Using computers for more complex data entry and a smart phone for less complex data entry would be an option over learning how to use a tablet.
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