PRELIM EXAM

4. The American Nurses Association defined Nursing Informatics as:

• "A specialty that combines nursing, information, and computer sciences for managing and processing data into knowledge for use in nursing practice""
• "A specialty that integrates nursing, its information, knowledge and their management, with information and communication technologies to promote the health of people"
• "A specialty that combines the design and use of nursing informatics solutions and technology to support all areas of nursing"
• “A specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice”

5. Which event was considered to be the first major computerized system(s) used for nursing practice in the 1970s?

• PLATO designed to teach classes in off-campus sites
• Army Nurse Corp conducted Educational Workshops
• Physiological Monitoring Systems in Hospital ICUs
• Metathesaurus of the National Library of Medicine

6. Which event was a critical milestone for nursing and computers in the 1980s?

• ANA approved the formation of the Council on Computer Applications in Nursing (CCAN)
• The Internet emerged for public use
• Nursing Computer Conference at NIH
• Faye Abdellah's published 21 Problems for nursing practice

7. Which event was a critical historical nursing and computer milestone in the 1990s?

• Office of National Coordinator established
• ANA recognized Nursing Informatics as a new nursing specialty
• ARRA legislation passed
• Nurses presented papers at the first SCMC

14. According to Mayo Clinic (2020), Telehealth is defined as:

• "Allows for the continuous monitoring of patients usually outside of the ICU"
• "Optimal application of computer system, computer programs and communication system for the benefit of majority of individuals, families and community"
• "The use of digital information and communication technologies, such as computers and mobile devices, to access health care services remotely and manage your health care"
• "The application and usage of knowledge focuses on why and how technology can be put to best use to serve the information flow within the organization"

15. Are used to collect information about items in a population to establish certain information from the obtained data. Focused on opinions or factual information depending on its purpose and may involve administering questions to individuals.

• Ambulatory care system
• Critical care information system
• Computer based survey system
• Physiological monitoring system

16. Physiological monitoring system were developed to oversee the vital signs of the astronauts. In what year did this system find their way into the hospital setting?

• 1980
• 1970
• 1960
• 1950

17. All of the following are the assumptions of the General Systems Theory, EXCEPT:

• Boundaries are explicit and human systems are closed and static
• All systems must be goal directed
• A system is more than the sum of its parts
• A system is ever changing and any change in one part affects the whole

18. In the Philippines, we have also adopted Telehealth and have become an increasing necessity with the emergence of pandemic and implementing the community quarantine measures. All of the following are goals of Telehealth, EXCEPT:

• Provide access to medical specialists
• Make health care inaccessible to people who live in rural or isolated communities
• Provide support for self-management of health care
• Make services more readily available or convenient for people with limited mobility, time or transportation options.

19. The Cognitive Learning Theory can be divided into two specific theories. In which particular theory does variables such as behavioral, environmental and personal factors are said to be interrelated with each other, causing learning to occur?

• Cognitive Behavioral Theory
• Environmental Personal Theory
• Social Cognitive Theory
• Behavioral Environmental Theory