Exam 4: Nursing and Health Care Informatics

The Canadian Organization for Advancement of Computers in Health (COACH) is affiliated with the Canadian Nursing Informatics Association (CNIA).

Basic computer literacy in nursing requires which one of the following skills?

How does this C-HOBIC model support the nursing profession? Please provide three supporting points.

Nursing Informatics has been formally recognized as an area for speciality certification in nursing by which one of the following groups?

Where can a nurse find a leading online resource to assist in learning about health informatics and its contribution to administration and clinical best practices?

Which of these mnemonics can be used in evaluating information found on the Internet?

CJNI stands for the Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics.

E-health is a field in informatics that can improve health care access to vulnerable clients through the use of electronic devices in the home that monitor and assess for early complications.

Ian is studying the history of informatics and informatics in nursing. He is aware that there is a professional organization called the Canadian Nursing Informatics Association (CNIA) that was instrumental in creating and supporting nursing informatics in Canada. The nurse also knows that the CNIA: (Select all that apply.)

Which specialities are combined in the field of Nursing Informatics?

Myra is a new nurse hired to work on a busy medical-surgical unit. She has been orientated to the department's clinical and health information systems. As a new nurse, Myra wants to be sure she knows how to gather information and document and retrieve information for her clients electronically. What other very important interventions does the nurse have to consider and adhere to while working on the floor when working with confidential electronic information? The nurse demonstrates knowledge of this when she states: (Select all that apply.)

Compare health information systems (HIS) to clinical information systems (CIS).

Which of the following terms describes phase I of the history of modern computing?

Mary is a community nurse who is working with a client who lives in a rural area and has limited access to transportation to come into town to visit their physician. Mary is able to communicate and deliver to her client health-related services using telehealth through video conferencing. What health related services can Mary provide to her client using telehealth? (Select all that apply.)

In which year was the modern Internet developed?

What is the highest level of education in the field of Informatics that is available for nurses in Canadian universities today?