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Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Person-Centered Care Tenth, North American Edition
Chapter 21 : Informatics and Health Care Technologies Questions
Question 1 of 5
Adult learners most effectively learn about a new clinical information system when the instructor:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Adult learners benefit from leveraging prior experience to contextualize new information, making learning more relevant and effective.
Question 2 of 5
As an ambulatory provider reviews the patient's chart, the provider reads lab data from an external organization. This scenario exemplifies:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Health information exchange (HIE) enables the secure sharing of patient data, such as lab results, between different organizations.
Question 3 of 5
The problems of an existing system have been identified, along with possible solutions. What is the next step in the systems analysis stage?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: After identifying problems and solutions, a feasibility study assesses whether proposed solutions are practical and viable before proceeding.
Question 4 of 5
What type of testing is performed on functionally grouped components to ensure that the subset works with the entire system?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Integration testing verifies that functionally grouped components work together seamlessly within the larger system.
Question 5 of 5
The informatics nurse is working on a chart to demonstrate the increasing incidence of obesity in the patient population at a health clinic. The data will represent patients who are of normal weight, overweight, obese, and morbidly obese, and it will include the percentage of the total population for each group. This type of data is most effectively represented by a:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: A pie chart is ideal for showing the proportion of each category (e.g., normal weight, obese) as a percentage of the total population.