A recent nursing graduate in a busy emergency department triages a patient who has sustained a large,deep puncture wound in his foot while working at a construction site.He is bleeding and is in pain.The nurse enters the triage data that she has obtained from the patient into a computerized,standard emergency patient classification system.After she enters the assessment data,she notices an alert on the computer screen that prompts her to ask the patient about the status of his tetanus immunization.What system of technology is involved in generating the alert?
A)Clinical decision support
B)WL technology
C)Computerized provider order
D)Electronic health record

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Clinical decision support (CDS)is a clinical computer system,computer application,or process that helps health professionals make clinical decisions to enhance patient care.The clinical knowledge embedded in computer applications or work processes can range from simple facts and relationships to best practices for managing patients with specific disease states,new medical knowledge from clinical research,and other types of information.

A Recent Nursing Graduate in a Busy Emergency Department Triages