Information Technology System Applicable in Nursing Practice

Question 1

Area of expertise within health professionals that focus specifically with human responses to life threatening problems

Answer 1

CRITICAL CARE

Question 2

Enumerate different special areas

Answer 2

INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
PEDIATRIC CARE UNIT
EMERGENCY CARE UNIT
NEONATAL ICU
RECOVERY ROOMS

Question 2

Indicators in critical care information system

Answer 2

-Bed Occupancy
-Delayed Discharge
-Readmission rates
-Outcomes

Question 2

It provides real time resource utilization data and management of information and access critical care areas through the integration of the medical facilities in the ICU

Answer 2

CRITICAL CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM

Question 2

Areas where patients require complex assessment, high intensity medications, continuous therapy and interventions, unrelenting nursing attention and continuous watchfulness

Answer 2

CRITICAL CARE

Question 2

It provides generalized method of attaching patient monitoring devices to a common interface

Answer 2

MEDICAL INFORMATION BUS (MIB)

Question 2

This interface converts the unique manufacturer data communications protocol into a standardized hardware and software system

Answer 2

MEDICAL INFORMATION BUS (MIB)

Question 2

Give goals of MIB

Answer 2

1. To communicate accurate, useful information to clinician that will be used in decision-making
2. To provide care to critically-ill patients that requires processing information collected from multiple resources
3. To provide enough time to collect information and to communicate it to many health providers