Part 1

Which tool tracks resources, milestones, and time frames associated with the implementation of a new clinical program?

• A database.
• An expert system.
• Project management software.
• Spreadsheet software.

Which document articulates the primary factors that guide professional nursing judgment, regarding confidential patient information?

• Administrative Simplification Provisions.
• Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
• Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice.

What type of testing is performed on functionally grouped components to ensure that the subset works with the entire system?

• Integration.
• System.
• Unit.
• User acceptance.

What is the initial layer of protection to prevent unauthorized, external access to a facility's information network?

• Digital certificates.
• Encryption.
• Firewall.
• Password authentication.

Using parallel strategy for the roll-out of an electronic medication administration system means that all:

• data entries are cosigned by two health care team members
• medications are documented using both the current method and the new system.
• notebook computers and bar code scanners are positioned on the same surface.
• vital signs are entered on the same screen as is medication administration.

The informatics nurse violates a patient's legal right to privacy and confidentiality by:

• discussing a patient's diagnosis with an authorized family member.
• discussing care-related information with the patient's physical therapist.
• looking up a colleague's diagnosis and laboratory results while he or she is hospitalize
• providing a handoff report containing patient information to another department.

The foundation of strategic system planning begins with a review of the:

• existing computing environment.
• health care industry.
• information system plan.
• organization's mission and vision.

The focus of data analysis is to:

• collect data from various sources.
• evaluate data for efficiency.
• identify data sources for later inclusion.
• transform data into a usable form.

Knowledge that is patterned for use in reasoning is known as:

• artificial intelligence.
• knowledge query.
• knowledge representation.
• neural computing.

Ease of navigation, appropriate language, efficiency of use, ease of learning, and intuitiveness are all examples of:

• affective skills.
• behavioral needs.
• system usability.
• user ergonomics.