Question 1

Which of these terms best describes networking and attending conferences on nursing informatics as activities for becoming knowledgeable in that field?&#10;A) certification&#10;B) job qualifications&#10;C) educational activities&#10;D) informal opportunities

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RAT: Nurses with an interest in informatics but who do not wish to pursue formal education in the area can become involved by networking with experts in the field,becoming involved with interest groups and professional organizations,by attending conferences,and subscribing to journals with informatics content.

Question 2

Which of the following is a key attribute of a nursing specialty?&#10;A) quality assurance&#10;B) representation of the specialty by at least two organized bodies&#10;C) differentiated practice&#10;D) degree status

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RAT: The key attributes of a nursing specialty are differentiated practice,research,representation of the specialty by at least one organized body,a mechanism for credentialing nurses in the specialty,and an educational program for preparing nurses to practice in the specialty.

Question 3

Which specialities are combined in the field of Nursing Informatics?&#10;A) nursing research and computer science&#10;B) clinical practice,computer science,and information systems&#10;C) computer science and education&#10;D) computer science,information,and technology

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RAT: Although computers have become essential to many areas of health care and nursing there are nurses who specialize in computer science,information management and technology,and their applications to health care.These nurses and their work make up the field of Nursing Informatics.

Question 4

In what year was the modern Internet developed?&#10;A) 1969&#10;B) 1989&#10;C) 1995&#10;D) 1998

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RAT: The modern Internet was first developed in 1969.It was first designed to be a communication network for the United States Defense Department.

Question 5

Which of these acronyms represents an assessment strategy to develop an Internet search?&#10;A) PAF&#10;B) FAP&#10;C) APF&#10;D) PFA

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RAT: One strategy to use to develop an Internet search is to conduct a PFA: Purpose,Focus,Approach assessment.

Question 6

What is the acronym for a patient record stored and accessed electronically?&#10;A) CIS&#10;B) EHR&#10;C) EPR&#10;D) CNA

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RAT: An electronic health record (EHR)is an electronic record of a patient's lifetime health status and health care.The information contained on the EHR is much broader than that recorded on a linear paper file.A clinical information system (CIS)is a collection of software programs and associated hardware that supports the entry,retrieval,update,and analysis of patient care information and associated clinical information related to patient care.

Question 7

Nursing Informatics has been formally recognized as an area for speciality certification in nursing by which of the following groups?&#10;A) International Medical Informatics Association&#10;B) Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing&#10;C) American Nurses Association&#10;D) Canadian Nurses Association

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RAT: The American Nurses Association (ANA)acknowledged nursing informatics as a speciality in 1992.The Canadian Nurses Association granted Associate Group status to the Canadian Nursing Informatics Association (CNIA),formed in 2001.The certification process for nursing informatics has not yet been developed.in Canada.The CNIA is the Canadian nursing nominee to the International Medical Informatics Association-Special Interest Group in Nursing Informatics.

Question 8

Basic computer literacy in nursing requires which of these skills?&#10;A) integrating programs&#10;B) accessing information from a variety of electronic resources&#10;C) installing upgrades&#10;D) developing software

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RAT: Nurses need to be able to use computers to access information from a wide range of electronic sources.At basic level the computer-literate nurse must be able to perform the most basic tasks,which involves being able to turn on the computer,use simple word processing and graphics programs,print and save information.Beyond the basic level,nurses need to be able to use these and other programs for research and education purposes as well for clinical applications.

Question 9

Which of the following first developed the definition of nursing informatics?&#10;A) Gorn&#10;B) Canadian Nurses Association&#10;C) Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing&#10;D) Ball and Hannah

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RAT: Ball and Hannah developed the first definition of nursing informatics in 1984.In 1999 the National Nursing Informatics Project proposed their own definition which has since been generally accepted by the Canadian Nurses Association,the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing,and others in Canada.In 1983 Gorn defined the general term of informatics as "computer science plus science."

Question 10

Which of these terms describes phase I of the history of modern computing?&#10;A) PC era&#10;B) UC era&#10;C) mainframe era&#10;D) calm technology

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RAT: Phase I of the history of modern computing is called the mainframe era in which many people shared one computer.Phase II in modern computing is the PC era which is characterized by one person to one computer.Phase III is the era of ubiquitous computing (UC),in which there will be many computers to each person.This era will result in calm technology in which computers do not cause stress and anxiety for the user.

Question 11

In web addresses,what do the terms .com and .org refer to?&#10;A) databases&#10;B) domains&#10;C) uniform resource locaters&#10;D) websites

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Question 12

Which of these areas is included with the theory and application of science and technology in the field of informatics?&#10;A) conducting research&#10;B) learning how to use new tools and maximize their capabilities&#10;C) creating innovations in nursing education&#10;D) collecting nursing data

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Question 13

Which of the following is an example of a user group?&#10;A) MS-HUG&#10;B) AMIA&#10;C) MRI&#10;D) CPRI

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Question 14

What is the technology that allows practitioners to practice procedures realistically without an actual patient?&#10;A) visualization&#10;B) exposure therapy&#10;C) virtual reality&#10;D) simulation

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Question 15

According to Statistics Canada what percentage of home Internet users have searched the Internet for health information?&#10;A) 77 percent&#10;B) 70 percent&#10;C) 53 percent&#10;D) 25 percent

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Question 16

What is the term for the act of limiting disclosure of private matters?&#10;A) privacy&#10;B) security&#10;C) confidentiality&#10;D) identifier

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Question 17

What is the highest level of health informatics education currently available for nurses at Canadian universities?&#10;A) individual courses at the undergraduate level&#10;B) individual courses at the graduate level&#10;C) doctoral programs&#10;D) graduate programs with a specialist nursing informatics focus

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Question 18

What is the term for the interoperability of systems and linkages for exchange of data across disparate systems?&#10;A) data capture&#10;B) storage&#10;C) patient-focused system&#10;D) information communication

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Question 19

What was the original purpose of the World Wide Web (WWW)when it was first designed?&#10;A) communication of health information&#10;B) a method of advertising&#10;C) a communication aid for physicists&#10;D) communication between governments

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Question 20

Which of these mnemonics can be used in evaluating information found on the Internet?&#10;A) PELASDE&#10;B) EPLASED&#10;C) DEPLASE&#10;D) PLEASED

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