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NURSING INFORMATICS QUIZ

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ANA approved the formation of the Council on Computer Applications in Nursing (CCAN) in what year?

a)

1980

b)

1982

c)

1985

d)

1990

2.

What is the meaning of HIPAA?

(a)  

3.

This is the year where there is more healthcare information became digitalized and newer technologies emerged :

a)

1970s

b)

1980s

c)

1990s

d)

2000s

4.

Computer was first introduced into healthcare facilities in what year?

(a)  

5.

What organization was established in 2004 to promote health IT adoption in the U.S.?

a)

The American Nurses Association

b)

The Institute of Medicine

c)

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

d)

The Commission on Higher Education

6.

  1. The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) includes nursing informatics as a subject in the nursing curriculum.



(a)  

7.

  1. The Philippines launches the Integrated Hospital Operations and Management Information System (iHOMIS) in public hospitals.



(a)  

8.

Acts as an interface between the user and the computer

a)

Utility software

b)

System software

c)

Operating software

9.

A set of program that controls the computer hardware

a)

Utility software

b)

System software

c)

Operating software

10.

 Set of instruction that guides the computer hardware and tells the hardware what to do, when to do and how to do a task.

a)

Computer Hardware

b)

Computer Software

c)

Random Access Memory

d)

System Unit

11.

 Defined as all the physical components of the computer

a)

Computer Hardware

b)

Computer Software

c)

Motherboard

d)

None of the above

12.

What are the 2 types of System Software

a)

Application Software

database software

b)

Presentation Software

Database Software

c)

Back up software

Antivirus software

d)

Operating System

Utility Software

13.

It sends power through cables to the motherboard

a)

Internal memory

b)

Power supply

c)

Graphic card

d)

Sound card

14.

Programs that help the user perform specific task

a)

Database software

b)

Presentation software

c)

Application software

15.

 It is used as temporary storage. Also known as main memory, can be accessed, used,

 changed, and written on repeatedly

a)

Random access memory

b)

Motherboard

c)

Read-only Memory

d)

CPU

16.

What other components should a person have at home besides the basic computer hardware components?

a)

Monitor, Motherboard, Mouse, and Keyboard

b)

Printer, Monitor, Keyboard, and Mouse

c)

Mouse, Printer, RAM, and Keyboard

d)

Keyboard, Mouse, ROM, and Motherboard

17.

Nurses began presenting at multidisciplinary conferences and formed their own working groups within HIT organizations.

a)

1960's

b)

1970's

c)

1980's

d)

1990's

18.

In what Time Period that the ANA recognized Nursing Informatics as a new nursing specialty with a separate Scope of Nursing Informatics Practice Standards, and also established a specific credentialing examination for it (ANA, 2010).

a)

1970's

b)

1980's

c)

1990's

d)

2000's

19.

It is a field of nursing that incorporates nursing, computer, and information sciences to maintain and develop medical data and systems to support the practice of nursing, and to improve patient care outcomes. 

a)

Science in Nursing

b)

Nursing Concepts

c)

Nursing Informatics

d)

Computer Science

20.

Nursing Informatics (NI) is a title that evolved from the French word “______”

a)

Informatiques

b)

Informatiks

c)

Informatdiks

d)

Informatum