Week 2 Practice

CNIA stands for

• Canadian Nursing Informatics Association

• Canadian Nursing International Association

• College of Nursing Informatics Association

• College of Nursing Indigenous Assembly

The appropriate use of ______ (ICTs) will add value to our health-care system while decreasing costs.

Which is true of the position of the CNA and CNIA on nursing informatics?

• It is needed for nurses to have specialization in informatics to support decision making in digital health environments.

• The most capable nursing documentation in electronic health records (EHRs) in Canada are SNOWMED-CT and ICNP.

• Nursing informatics will continue to evolve with emerging technology and new approaches to care delivery.

• All answers are correct.

Preserving the ___ of the health information system is necessary for patient privacy and confidentiality

• data

• relevance

• security

• accuracy

(Time: 10 mins)

The CNA document on Principles & Important Considerations contain 7 principles that are helpful in establishing an efficient physician-RN team. One of these principles is "Nursing Role." In your own words, describe what this means.

Answer explanation

Optimizing the role of the RN to ensure he or she can provide as much independent care as possible is essential to meet the goals of enhanced access and outcomes. This may be accomplished by putting medical directives in place, ensuring that all team members are clear on expectations and approaches to patient care, and participating in continuing education opportunities as a team. This can also mean providing more services to patients in their homes such as 24-hour blood-pressure monitoring, ABI assessment, insulin starts, etc.