Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom
Benefits of Informatics
Patient Safety
Ethical and Legal Concerns
Future for Nursing
100

Raw, unprocessed numbers, symbols, or words that have no meaning by themselves

What is DATA?

100

The first nurse informaticist who used data and statistics to address health care issues in her time

Who is Florence Nighingale?

100

Safety benefit of computer physician order entry (CPOE)

What is reduced medication errors?

100

Priority action for nurse who is documenting in a client's electronic medical record, when the physician requests to access the same record to view lab data.

What is logging off the computer before allowing provider to access record?

100

Compassionate care is still the responsibility of the___________despite new technology that enhances patient care and safety

What/who is the nurse?

200

Informatics concept concerning the appropriate use of knowledge in managing or solving human problems

What is wisdom?

200
The use of the Internet to link medical experts with other clinicians, allowing more remote consultations with clear video images.

What is telehealth?

200

Computerized system that includes safe practice alerts and reminders

What are decision support systems (DSSs)?

200

A nurse is creating a password and considers using her birth date, her pet's name or a combination of letters and numbers. The IT department directs her to use__________________.

What is a combination of letters and numbers?

200

National strategies for information technology extend beyond the hospital to the ____________ and ____________.

What are home and community?

300

Transformation of patient data to clinical information

What is nursing knowledge?

300

Technology at ___________ can provide the right data on the right patient at the right time.

What is point of care?

300

Use of this provides for a common means of communication among nurses which improves patient care and patient safety

What is a standardized nursing terminology?

300

Nurses using technology as part of patient care need to work within these guidelines

What is HIPAA?

300

Increasing the use of IT supports this for the consumer.

What is empowerment and/or self-management?