NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
NURSING INFORMATICS
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Nursing Management depends on acquiring information. With the increasing use of nursing informatics, nurses will be better able to use computer technology as a way to decrease costs, increase patient-nurse interactions and decrease redundancy of documentation. Nursing informatics will help the healthcare industry to stay marketable in a changing world. This statement is:
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True
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False
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Needed more evidence to support a claim
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Nursing informatics has already been shown to improve patient outcomes by improving communication between doctors and nurses, increasing staff efficiency by streamlining workflow processes, and reducing errors in medication administration or other areas where human error is common (such as transcription).
Detailed explanation-2: -Nursing informatics is broadly defined as “the use of information and computer technology to support all aspects of nursing practice, including direct delivery of care, administration, education, and research.” For example, we use informatics when we analyze patient length of stay, demographics, and lab results.
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