Chapter 10: Nursing Informatics and Digital Health Flashcards
During which decade was the term “nursing informatics” coined?
a. 1970s
b. 1980s
c. 1990s
d. 2000s
ANS: B
Digital health and nursing informatics have evolved from their early beginnings in the
1960s and 1970s, but the term nursing informatics was coined in the 1980s.
Who authored the first text on nursing informatics?\
a. Ball and Hannah
b. Walsh and Jones
c. Grobe and Thomas
d. Smith and Smith
ANS: A
The first text on nursing informatics was published in 1984 by Dr. Marion Ball from the United States and Dr. Kathryn Hannah from Canada.
Which of the following organizations has played a crucial role in the development of a
national blueprint for digital health transformation and the development and adoption of necessary health information standards?
a. Canadian Research Council
b. Association of Informatics
c. Canada Health Infoway
d. Canadian Nurses Association
ANS: C
Canada Health Infoway (CHI) has played a crucial role in the development of a national blueprint for digital health transformation and the development and adoption of necessary health information standards.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommended more attention be paid to
supporting cultural revitalization, including which of the following?
a. Designing software to capture traditional ways of being and knowing
b. Creating an electronic registry of Indigenous elders
c. Increasing access to health care information
d. Conducting public education on Indigenous health
ANS: A
As part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, it is recognized that more attention is needed to ensure that the health care software captures traditional ways of being and knowing.
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
ANS: B
Alberta hosted the first national conference to generate a consensus on a Canadian NMDS in 1992.
Which following nursing component refers to a patient’s status at a defined point
following a health care intervention?
a. Patient status
b. Nursing intensity
c. Patient outcome
d. Nursing process
ANS: C
Patient outcome can be defined as the patient’s status post intervention and is considered a consequence of the intervention.
Which of the following is one of the seven axes supporting the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP)?
a. Assessment
b. Diagnoses
c. Location
d. Evaluation
ANS: C
The seven axes supporting ICNP include action, client, focus, judgement, location, means, and time.
Which of the following has been adopted by Canada Health Infoway as the terminology for use in the pan-Canadian electronic health records?
a. NANDA
b. ICNP
c. C-HOBIC
d. SNOMED CT
ANS: D
Canada Health Infoway, in consultation with various health care groups, adopted
SNOMED CT as the terminology for use in the pan-Canadian electronic health records.
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
ANS: B
Descriptions of a diagnosis must contain a term from both the focus axis and the
judgement axis. Other terms may also be included, but terms from these two axes are
absolutely essential.
Which type of consistent representation between nursing reference terminologies and interface terminologies does the ISO 18104 standard set forth?
a. Ontological
b. Deontological
c. Utilitarianism
d. Categorical imperative
ANS: A
The ISO 18104 sets forth the relationships between nursing diagnoses and nursing
interventions to ensure a consistent ontological representation between nursing reference terminologies and interface terminologies, essentially to support interoperability.
Which three provinces partnered with the Canadian Nurses Association and Canada Health Infoway to include nursing-sensitive patient information in electronic health records?
a. Ontario, Newfoundland, and Alberta
b. Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba
c. Saskatchewan, Prince Edward Island, and Ontario
d. Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario
ANS: C
The Canadian Nurses Association partnered with Canada Health Infoway and three
Canadian provinces to include nursing-sensitive patient information in electronic health records. Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Saskatchewan were the initial provincial participants, and in May 2008, Manitoba joined the initiative.
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.
ANS: C
One of the seven key outcomes for the E-Nursing Strategy includes nurses integrating
information and communication technologies into practice.
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 Canadian Nurses Association
legislation and standards relate to telepractice nursing.
ANS: A
Nurses engaged in telepractice are considered to be practising in the province or territory where they are located and currently registered, regardless of where the patient is located.
Sharon is a registered nurse practicing in long term care who uses the NurseOne portal to stay up-to-date on her practice. What other services is provided by the NurseOne portal?
a. Workload assessment
b. Links to clinical resources
c. Help with disability claims
d. Collective bargaining
ANS: B
The NurseOne portal provides such services as professional links (resources with clinical or professional orientation), professional development (resources for continuing competence, continuing education, and career development), library (access to numerous educational resources), and NurseConnect (discussion groups among individual subscribers).
In relation to the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) nursing informatics entry to practice competencies for registered nurses, which computer skills are expected of a beginning nurse?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Internet networks
b. Desktop and laptop computers
c. Decision support
d. Extranet networks
e. Quality improvement
f. Mobile devices
g. Printers
ANS: B, D, F, G
The CASN Competencies document states that nursing students are expected to bring a number of foundational computer skills to their undergraduate education, such as the basic use of devices including but not limited to desktop and laptop computers, mobile devices, printers, and intranet and extranet networks.
