Deck 10: Health Informatics and Canadian Nursing Practice

Question 1

In 2007, which two provinces partnered with the Canadian Nurses Association to implement the collection of nursing-sensitive patient outcomes using ICNP?

A)Ontario and Alberta
B)Quebec and Manitoba
C)Saskatchewan and Ontario
D)Alberta and British Columbia

Answer 1

Saskatchewan and Ontario

Question 2

What does the term "online nursing community" refer to?

A)Online databases
B)Online search engines
C)Electronic communication resources
D)Educational and informatics resources

Answer 2

Electronic communication resources

Question 3

According to the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP), to fully describe nursing diagnosis, terms from which following axis, in addition to the Judgement Axis, must be used?

A)Time
B)Focus
C)Patient
D)Location

Answer 3

Focus

Question 4

A nurse working in Winnipeg, Manitoba, at a telepractice service is counselling a patient on the telephone who is currently calling from St. John`s, Newfoundland. The nurse must adhere to which province's legislation and professional practice standards when engaging in telepractice?

A)Manitoba
B)Newfoundland
C)Both Manitoba and Newfoundland
D)Neither Manitoba nor Newfoundland. Only the CNA's legislation and standards relate to telepractice nursing.

Question 5

In what year was the Canadian Health Infoway incorporated?

A)1991
B)1996
C)2001
D)2006

Question 6

Which following nursing component refers to a patient's status at a defined point following health care intervention?

A)Patient status
B)Nursing intensity
C)Patient outcome
D)Nursing process

Question 7

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, many nurses argued that which of the following was required to give nursing visibility and representation?

A)Cohesiveness of practice
B)Expansion of nursing roles
C)Standardization of nursing language
D)Increase in clinical practice research

Question 8

During which decade did a new nursing specialty in information management emerge?

A)1970s
B)1980s
C)1990s
D)2000s

Question 9

Which of the following includes the scope of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP)?

A)Assessment and data sets
B)Interventions, diagnoses, and outcomes
C)Assessment, planning, and interventions
D)Patient goals, interventions, and evaluation

Question 10

Who originally coined the term "nursing informatics" (NI)?

A)Dr. Marion Ball
B)Dr. Kathryn Hannah
C)Dr. Alexandria Grobe
D)Dr. Janet Curran Smith

Question 11

Which type of consistent representation between nursing reference terminologies and interface terminologies does the ISO 18104 Reference Terminology Model for Nursing set forth?

A)Ontological
B)Deontological
C)Utilitarianism
D)Categorical imperative

Question 12

In relation to the categories of nursing informatics competencies, which following category of computer skills is expected of the beginning nurse?

A)Research
B)CASE tools
C)Decision support
D)Quality improvement

Question 13

Which province hosted the first national conference to generate a consensus on a Canadian Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS)?

A)Ontario
B)Alberta
C)Nova Scotia
D)British Columbia

Question 14

Which of the following is one key outcome of the e-Nursing Strategy?

A)Human resource planning will be impeded.
B)Nursing groups will become more disconnected.
C)Nurses will integrate information and communication technologies into practice.
D)Canadian nurses will not be able to contribute to the global community of nursing.

Question 15

The current version (Version 2.0) of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) was launched in which year?

A)2001
B)2003
C)2006
D)2009