Question 1

Advocating for users' needs and acting as a liaison among the users, the IT staff, and the vendor are competencies for a(n):&#10;A) generalist.&#10;B) data scientist.&#10;C) consultant.&#10;D) implementation support specialist.

Accepted Answer

Learning how to advocate for users' needs and act as a liaison among the users, the IT staff, and the vendor are specialist traits, not generalist; they are competencies for consultants whose role is to analyze and recommend solutions for HIT implementation problems.

Question 2

Which organization spearheaded the development of informatics competencies across the nursing curriculum?&#10;A) TIGER&#10;B) AMIA 10x10&#10;C) HRSA&#10;D) HIMSS

Accepted Answer

The Technology and Informatics Guiding Education (TIGER) initiative, launched in 2005 along with Quality and Safety Education in Nursing, helped pave the way for developing informatics competencies across the nursing curriculum.

Question 3

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act has influenced healthcare delivery because it is:&#10;A) a training program for informatics specialists.&#10;B) an organization that develops informatics competencies.&#10;C) an academic electronic health records software.&#10;D) federal legislation that promotes the use of electronic health records.

Accepted Answer

HITECH has influenced healthcare delivery because it is federal legislation that promotes the use of electronic health records. HITECH has not specifically addressed informatics training or education.

Question 4

The Quality and Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN) project developed competencies based on work completed by:&#10;A) HRSA.&#10;B) TIGER.&#10;C) IOM.&#10;D) AMIA 10x10.

Accepted Answer

The QSEN project developed competencies based on work completed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). HRSA, TIGER, and AMIA 10x10 may address informatics competencies, but they did not provide the foundation for the QSEN project.

Question 5

The practice workflow and information management redesign specialist role requires what kind of education and training?&#10;A) Community-college based&#10;B) Ph.D.-level focus&#10;C) University-based&#10;D) In-service training and certification

Accepted Answer

A practice workflow and information management redesign specialist assists in reorganizing the work of a healthcare provider to take full advantage of meeting the Meaningful Use criteria. This role requires university-based education and training.

Question 6

Evaluating data from all relevant sources, including technology, to inform the delivery of care is a competency for a(n):&#10;A) generalist.&#10;B) advanced practice nurse.&#10;C) specialist.&#10;D) implementation project manager.

Accepted Answer

Evaluating data from all relevant sources, including technology, to inform the delivery of care is a fundamental building-block competency for a generalist. The generalist receives undergraduate training for this role.

Question 7

Cognitive psychology claims that learning involves memory, motivation, thinking, reflection, and abstraction. Which question is instrumental in teaching critical thinking?&#10;A) What?&#10;B) How?&#10;C) Why?&#10;D) Who?

Accepted Answer

"Knowing how" involves memory, motivation, thinking, reflection, and abstraction. These skills are useful in teaching critical thinking. "Knowing what" represents behaviorism, and "knowing why" represents constructivism. "Knowing who" is not part of the learning theories discussed.

Question 8

Educating students about informatics includes working with EHRs and:&#10;A) evidence-based practice (EBP).&#10;B) interprofessional teams.&#10;C) patient safety.&#10;D) communication tools.

Accepted Answer

Informatics primarily involves working with information and communicating information to others. Therefore communication tools are a necessary component of an informatics education. While the EBP, interprofessional teams, and patient safety can be enhanced by the use of informatics, they are not informatics knowledge, skills, or attitudes. Informatics is about information and communicating it to others.

Question 9

Incorporating usability principles into software configuration and implementation is a competency of:&#10;A) the generalist.&#10;B) the advanced practice nurse (APN).&#10;C) the nursing informatics specialist (INS).&#10;D) the implementation support specialist.

Accepted Answer

Incorporating usability principles into software configuration and implementation is a competency of the implementation support specialist. This is not a competency of the generalist, APN, or INS.

Question 10

Existing resources that promote meeting the challenge of teaching informatics in the health professional curriculum are:&#10;A) sufficient number of trained faculty.&#10;B) readily available technical infrastructure.&#10;C) teaching materials and assignments.&#10;D) simulation and academic electronic health records (AEHRs) software.

Accepted Answer

QSEN and ONC have made freely available numerous teaching materials and assignments for teaching informatics. Insufficient faculty and lack of technical support are two major barriers to teaching informatics. The costs of simulation and AEHRs can be prohibitive.

Deck 30: Informatics in the Curriculum for Healthcare Professionals