Ch.48

Question 1

Technology

Answer 1

Knowledge and use of tools, machines, materials and processes to help solve human problems

Question 2

Health information technology (health IT)

Answer 2

Provides umbrella framework to describe the comprehensive management of health information and its secure exchange between consumers, providers, government and quality entities, and insurers

Question 3

Informatics

Answer 3

Science that encompasses information science and computer science to study eh process, management, and retrieval of information

Question 4

Health informatics

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Discipline in which health data are stored, analyzed, and disseminated through the application of information and communication technology

Question 5

Informatician

Answer 5

Person who works in the field of informatics, sometimes called an informaticist

Question 6

Information science

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Is an intrprofessional science primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information

Question 7

Computer science

Answer 7

Branch of engineering that studies computation and computer technology, hardware, and software as well as the theoretical foundations of information and computation techniques

Question 8

Information science

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Branch of applied mathematics and electrical engineering that involves the quantification of information

Question 9

Computer science

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Study of theoretical foundations of information and computation as these techniques relate to implementation and application of computer systems

Question 10

Cognitive science

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Interprofessional study of mind, intelligence, and behavior from an information processing perspective

Question 11

Organizational science

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Emerging field that focuses on behavior organizations and includes a wide variety of topics

Question 12

Computerized nursing documentation

Answer 12

Enables nurses to document all activities associated with the nursing process and serves as a repository for stored nursing data and information that can facilitate clinical decision making and interprofessional communication

Question 13

Bar code medication administration

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Allows nurses to effectively and safely administer meds to pateints

Question 14

Clinical decision support systems

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Provide electronic tools that can provide the information and knowledge to assist the nurse in clinical decision making

Question 15

Electronic health record

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Decrease the fragmentation of care by improving care coordination

Question 16

Integrity

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Having clear ethical principles and aligning ones actions with the stated values

Question 17

Dedication

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The ability to spend the time necessary to accomplish a task

Question 18

Magnanimity

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Giving credit where credit is due

Question 19

Humility

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The ability to recognize that no one is superior to another

Question 20

Openness

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The ability to listen to other points of view without prejudging or discouraging them

Question 21

Creativity

Answer 21

The ability to think differently

Question 22

The 4 “Ds” of negligence

Answer 22

Duty, dereliction, direct causation, damages