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Site Title: Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing Book Title: Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing Location on Site: Chapter 9 > NCLEX® Review Date/Time Submitted: July 5, 2012 at 3:14 PM (UTC/GMT)

Summary of Results 40% Correct of 10 Scored items: 4 Correct:  40% 6 Incorrect:  60% More information about scoring

1.		A nurse is preparing a document on the computer. Before turning off the computer, what must the nurse consider? Your Answer: The information must be saved before the computer is turned off.
		Objective: Define the common components of desktop computers. Rationale: While the computer is on, data are loaded into the random access memory (RAM), which is temporary storage, and are lost when the computer is turned off. The nurse must remember to save the document before turning the computer off. Nursing Process: Planning Client Need: Safe, Effective Care Environment Cognitive Level: Application Strategy: Use nursing knowledge and the process of elimination to make a selection
2.		The nurse is learning about computerized order entry. Which device would the nurse know as an output device? Your Answer: Computer monitor
		Objective: Define the common components of desktop computers. Rationale: Monitors and printers are output devices. The mouse is an input device, as are the keyboard and lightpen. Nursing Process: Assessment Client Need: Safe, Effective Care Environment Cognitive Level: Comprehension Strategy: Use nursing knowledge and the process of elimination to make a selection
3.		In order to obtain client data, what must the nurse have access to? Your Answer: A Management Information Systems code Correct Answer: A Universal Health Care Identifier
		Objective: Discuss the advantages of and concerns about computerized patient documentation systems. Rationale: The Universal Health Care Identifier number is a specific number used to identify each client individually, and is needed to access information about the client. Nursing Process: Assessment Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance Cognitive Level: Application Strategy: Use nursing knowledge and the process of elimination to make a selection
4.		What drawback should the nurse understand when considering a job in telemedicine? Your Answer: There is potential loss of data by computers. Correct Answer: There is an uncertainty over who is legally responsible for the client.
		Objective: Identify computer applications used in client assessment and care. Rationale: Concerns regarding telemedicine/telehealth relate to legal and ethical issues. Only one answer addresses this issue. Nursing Process: Assessment Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance Cognitive Level: Analysis Strategy: Use nursing knowledge and the process of elimination to make a selection
5.		A nurse is entering client data in the electronic medical record at the nurse's station when another nurse calls for immediate assistance. Based on legal ethical issues associated with patient privacy, the nurse's next step would be: Your Answer: Log out immediately and run to assist the emergency team.
		Objective: Discuss the advantages of and concerns about computerized patient documentation systems. Rationale: Maintaining privacy and security of data is a significant issue in health care. Protecting a client's personal data is essential. All answers reflect the lack of protection generated by the nurse's actions. Nursing Process: Assessment Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance Cognitive Level: Analysis Strategy: Use nursing knowledge of legal ethical issues and the process of elimination to make a selection
6.		What computer software would the nurse use when entering lab values for comparison? Your Answer: A database Correct Answer: A spreadsheet
		Objective: Identify computer applications used in client assessment and care. Rationale: A spreadsheet is used when numbers need to be manipulated. Databases, word processing programs, and graphics programs would not be able to compare data. Nursing Process: Implementation Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance Cognitive Level: Application Strategy: Use nursing knowledge and the process of elimination to make a selection.
7.		When helping a group of nursing students prepare for an exam, one method of preparation is to recommend is a type of tutorial called: Your Answer: Computer-assisted instruction
		Objective: Describe the uses of computers in nursing education. Rationale: A tutorial is one format for computer-assisted instruction material. The other answers are not tutorials. Nursing Process: Assessment Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance Cognitive Level: Application Strategy: Use nursing knowledge and the process of elimination to make a selection
8.		When utilizing distance learning, students may put material for the instructor in a server folder that the instructor can access from the internet. What is this folder called? Your Answer: Web site Correct Answer: Digital Dropbox
		Objective: Describe the uses of computers in nursing education. Rationale: The electronic "dropbox" is a server folder accessible from the Internet. The other methods may be used to send assignments, but they are not a server folder. Nursing Process: Implementation Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance Cognitive Level: Application Strategy: Use nursing knowledge and the process of elimination to make a selection
9.		The students are completing a faculty evaluation form that will be machine-read. What is it called when this accumulated material is stored to be read later? Your Answer: Literature access and retrieval Correct Answer: Data warehousing
		Objective: Describe the uses of computers in nursing education. Rationale: This data warehousing is stored material that can be accessed later. The other answers are not methods of storing data. Nursing Process: Evaluation Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance Cognitive Level: Analysis Strategy: Use nursing knowledge and the process of elimination to make a selection
10.		Computer-based patient records (CPRs) have generated concerns regarding privacy and security of data. What is needed to get the greatest benefits from this type of system? Your Answer: HIPAA regulations Correct Answer: National standards for CPRs
		Objective: Discuss the advantages of and concerns about computerized patient documentation systems. Rationale: There are currently no standards for CPRs. To get the greatest benefits from the system, there should be one set of terms and a standardized organization of database records. Standards must be established for client protection. Nursing Process: Implementation Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance Cognitive Level: Comprehension Strategy: Describe the uses of computers in nursing education.