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When was the term 'nursing informatics' coined?

• 1992

• 1980

• 1962

• 1957

What is the goal of nursing informatics according to Staggers and Thompson?

• Include monitoring, order entry, laboratory, radiology, and pharmacy systems

• Design and use informatics solutions to support nursing areas

• Incorporate NI principles to support nursing documentation and care delivery

• Improve health by optimizing information management and communication

What are the benefits of nursing informatics for patients?

• Fewer medical errors, informed decision-making, shorter hospital stays

• Lower readmission rates, better self-management, improved patient care and outcomes

• Improved patient care and outcomes, fewer medical errors, informed decision-making

• Informed decision-making, shorter hospital stays, lower readmission rates

What is the focus of information science according to Blum in 1986?

• Include monitoring, order entry, laboratory, radiology, and pharmacy systems

• Dramatic savings, shared knowledge, patient participation, impersonalization of care, increased coordination, improved outcomes

• Incorporate NI principles to support nursing documentation and care delivery

• Study of information systems and application of knowledge to serve information flow within organizations

What do nursing clinical information systems incorporate to support nursing documentation and care delivery?

• Pharmacy and protocol/critical pathway

• Laboratory and radiology systems

• Nursing process and protocol/critical pathway

• Monitoring and order entry systems

What is the purpose of nursing informatics?

• To improve health by optimizing information management and communication

• To define and describe nursing informatics, information science, and information systems

• To design and use informatics solutions to support nursing areas

• To incorporate NI principles to support nursing documentation and care delivery

What is the definition of nursing informatics according to ANA 2008?

• Science and practice that integrates nursing, its information and knowledge management, with information and communication technologies to promote health worldwide

• Incorporate NI principles to support nursing documentation and care delivery

• Integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice

• Combines nursing, information, and computer sciences for managing and processing data into knowledge for nursing practice

What are the historical antecedents of nursing informatics?

• Coined as 'nursing informatics' in 1980 by Scholes and Barber

• All of the above

• Translated to 'informatics' by Walter Bauer in 1962

• Originated in 1957 as 'informatiks' by Karl Steinbach

What is the recognition of nursing informatics as a specialty for registered nurses?

• Recognized as a specialty for registered nurses by ANA in 1992

• Recognized as a specialty for registered nurses by HIMSS in 1992

• Recognized as a specialty for registered nurses by Udan in 1992

• Recognized as a specialty for registered nurses by AMIA in 1992

What is the purpose of clinical information systems?

• To improve health by optimizing information management and communication

• To incorporate NI principles to support nursing documentation and care delivery

• To design and use informatics solutions to support nursing areas

• To include monitoring, order entry, laboratory, radiology, and pharmacy systems