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WGU C468 CRITICAL AND OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT
EXAM LATEST 2024-2025 COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WGU C468-exam QUESTION: what is information science? - ANSWER-focus on how to gather, process, and transform info into knowledge. Incorporates: communication science, computer science, social science, library science, and cognitive science
QUESTION: How is using the EHR to document care of a patient with a femur fracture an example of using the EHR in which way? - ANSWER-Information system. Decubitus ulcer can be documented in the EHR because of information system
QUESTION: what is information management? - ANSWER-Elemental process within informatics where one can file, store, and manipulate data
QUESTION: what is knowledge vs wisdom? - ANSWER-wisdom is knowledge that is applied in an appropriate manner
QUESTION: What are common features of health info systems? - ANSWER-Comprehensive medical history, unique way they function and provide info to clinicians, collect/process/distribute data to manage and provide care
QUESTION: what ROM is used by a computer when its turned on? - ANSWER-BIOS input/output system
QUESTION: what is cognitive informatics? - ANSWER-Study of the connection between the brains and minds way of collecting and processing info
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2 QUESTION: What is connectionism? - ANSWER-Component of cognitive science that uses computer modeling thru artificial neural networks to try and explain human intellectual abilities
QUESTION: what is ethics? - ANSWER-process of various ways of understanding and examining moral life
QUESTION: what is morals? - ANSWER-social convention of right and wrong human conduct; forms a general stable agreement
QUESTION: what is principlism? - ANSWER-theoretical framework that emerged as a foundation for ethical decision making
QUESTION: what is usability? - ANSWER-ease of learning a computer application and other issues of human performance
QUESTION: what is the metaparadigm? - ANSWER-key concepts of Person, Nursing,
Environment, Health QUESTION: what is decision support system? - ANSWER-rule based system that uses a knowledge base and set of rules to make action recommendations what is information literacy? - ANSWER-The ability to recognize when info is needed as well as the skills to find, evaluate, and use the needed info effectively.
QUESTION: How does info literacy support EBP in nursing? - ANSWER-Nurses can use research and apply/consult resources/peers/internet
QUESTION: what is nursing informatics? - ANSWER-A specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice.
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QUESTION: how is info related to data? - ANSWER-info is data interpreted
QUESTION: how can using simulation technology with your patients improve overall outcomes?
- ANSWER-by allowing hands on practice and immediate feedback of the skill being learned
QUESTION: what are knowledge workers? - ANSWER-nurses in this type of role are continuous learners, use technology to support and inform nursing practice, and generate knowledge as a product
QUESTION: what is a nurse's primary resource? - ANSWER-Information
QUESTION: What should an experienced nurse know how to do? - ANSWER-Pull trends out of data
QUESTION: What is data mining? - ANSWER-Data application and sifts thru large amounts of data and looks for previously hidden trends
QUESTION: what are clinical practice guidelines? - ANSWER-Examples of clinical decision support tool. Allow for creation nursing policies.
QUESTION: A nurse sees a flu vaccine due before discharge to meet a clinical pathway. What is this an example of? - ANSWER-Promotion of desired outcomes
QUESTION: Which barrier in implementing technology is nursing informatics specialist ignoring personnel? - ANSWER-Lack of continued support
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