Nursing Informatics – Lecture & Laboratory

Module #1 Student Activity Sheet

Name: Ella Marie M, Retiza .

Class number: NUR115

C1 Thursday/Friday
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• Decreased time spent in medication administration and documentation

• Increased time for client care
• Facilitation of data collection and research
• Improved quality of documentation
• Improved compliance with regulatory requirements
• Improved record security
• Improved quality of care and patient satisfaction
• Decreased administrative costs for location and maintenance of client record
• Creation of lifetime clinical record facilitated by information systems.

Disadvantages of Nursing Informatics

• Decrease communication and socialization between nurse and patient
• Increased costs to startup, maintain, train, and upgrade
• Computer literacy required
• Confidentiality, privacy and security difficult to guarantee
• A complex conceptual design process
• The need for multiple external databases
• The need to hire database-related employees
• A more complex programmer environment
• Potentially catastrophic program failures
• A longer running time for individual applications

Why do we NEED to study Nursing Informatics?

1. In the 21st Century, information is doubling every 5yrs, if not tripling in quantity and quality.
2. Information is POWER
3. Technology also facilitates the creative process in nurses, affording amazing vehicles for patient education, teaching
and learning and providing general health promotion and prevention information on a global scale.

Check for Understanding

After studying the main lesson, you may now answer the following multiple choice questions and provide the rationale for each item.

1. Who translated the word “informatics”? He combined the terms “information” and “automation” which means
automatic information processing.
A. Mark Bayer C. Walter Bauer
B. Steve Jobs D. Albert Einstein
Answer: C
Rationale: Walter Bauer was the one who translated "informatics," which is a combination of the terms "information"
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and "automation" that means automatic information processing.

2. Which of the following is not a component of healthcare informatics?
A. Computer science C. Cognitive science
B. Healthcare science D. Radiologic science
Answer: D
Rationale: Healthcare informatics has only four components: computer science, healthcare science, information
science and cognitive science.

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 Nursing Informatics – Lecture & Laboratory
Module #1 Student Activity Sheet

Name: Ella Marie M. Retiza.

Class number: NUR115

Section: C1 Schedule: Thursday/Friday Date:

3. A component of healthcare informatics that deals with the development, configuration, architecture of computer hardware
and software.
A. Computer science C. Healthcare science
B. Information science D. Cognitive science
Answer: A
Rationale:
_ The study of computers and computational systems is known as computer science. Computer scientists, as opposed
to electrical and computer engineers, work primarily with software and software systems,
including their theory, design, development, and application

4. A component of healthcare informatics that deals with the body of knowledge on which healthcare profession base their practice.
A. Computer science C. Healthcare science
B. Information science D. Cognitive science
Answer: C
Rationale:
_ Healthcare scientists apply their knowledge of science, engineering, and technology to prevent, diagnose,
and treat a variety of medical conditions.

5. A component of healthcare informatics that includes information technology which involves the process of sending and
receiving information.
A. Computer science C. Healthcare science
B. Information science D. Cognitive science
Answer: B
Rationale: Information science is the study of the processes
of storing and transmitting data. In the gathering, organization, storage, retrieval, interpretation, and application of information. _

6. A component of healthcare informatics that deals with the process of human thinking, understanding and
remembering.
A. Computer science C. Healthcare science
B. Information science D. Cognitive science
Answer: D
Rationale: The study of the human mind and brain is known as cognitive science. It focuses on how the mind
represents and manipulates knowledge, as well as how mental representations and processes are realized
in the brain.

7. The framework for nursing informatics relies on the central concepts of the following EXCEPT:
A. Data C. Knowledge
B. Information D. Science
Answer: D
Rationale:
This is a nursing specialty that combines nursing science, computer science, and information science in
order to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice.

8. Which of the following is a benefit of Electronic Medical Records (EMR)?

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 Nursing Informatics – Lecture & Laboratory
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Name: Ella Marie M. Retiza .

Class number: NUR115

Section: C1 Schedule: Thursday/Friday Date:

A. Improved access to the medical record. C. Decreased time spent in documentation.
B. Decreased redundancy of data entry D. All of the above.
Answer: D
Rationale: All of the above mentioned are benefits of EMR

9. Refers to the ability to recognize when information is needed, as well as the skills to find, evaluate, and use needed information
effectively.
A. Computer literacy
B. Nursing literacy
C. Information literacy
D. Evidence based practice
Answer: C
Rationale:
Information literacy refers to a set of skills that enable a person to acquire evaluate and apply
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in_ formation .

10. The ANA expects you, the entry level nurse, to possess what knowledge pertaining to informatics upon graduation?
A. Basic computer literacy
B. Ability to access data and perform computer documentation
C. Ability to use information technology to support clinical processes
D. All of the above
Answer: D
Rationale:
All of the above are the knowledge that nurses must possess upon graduation.

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