Part 2: Computer Software Flashcards
(98 cards)
1
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A specialty that integrates nursing science
with multiple information and analytical
sciences to identify, define, manage, and
communicate data, information,
knowledge, and wisdom in nursing
practice
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Nursing Informatics
2
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Discrete entities that are described
objectively without interpretation
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Data
3
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Data that are interpreted,
organized, or structured
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Information
4
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Information that is synthesized to
identify and formalize relationships
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Knowledge
5
Q
Application of knowledge to the
management and solution of human problems
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Wisdom
6
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A patient’s vital signs (DIKW?)
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Data
7
Q
A serial set of vital signs, placed
into a context and used for longitudinal
comparisons (DIKW?)
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Information
8
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Recognition of a pattern and
identification of interventions (DIKW?)
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Knowledge
9
Q
Accuracy of the synthesis of
information and appropriate selection of
interventions (DIKW?)
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Wisdom
10
Q
Raw facts
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Data
11
Q
Processed data that have
meaning
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Information
12
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For it to be valuable or
meaningful, it must be accessible, accurate,
timely, complete, cost effective, flexible,
reliable, relevant, simple, verifiable, and
secure.
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Information
13
Q
Focuses on what is known.
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Knowledge
14
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Focuses on the appropriate application
of knowledge.
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Wisdom
15
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Refers to technology based applications that offer easily accessible, accurate, and timely information obtained from a variety of resources and methods and presented in a manner as to provide us with the necessary elements to generate new knowledge
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Knowledge Viability
16
Q
The ability of the system to evaluate the
documentation drawn from a health information
system, and to adapt or change the system to
improve the workflow of the clinical nurse
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Wisdom in Informatics
17
Q
The application of knowledge
to an appropriate situation.
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Wisdom
18
Q
In the practice of nursing science, we
expect action and or actions directed by
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wisdom
19
Q
____ is developed through
knowledge, experience, insight, and
reflection.
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Wisdom
20
Q
Nursing Science and the
Foundation of Knowledge Model: What are three components intersecting that makes up NI?
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Nursing Science
Computer Science
Information Science
21
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It is a combination of
nursing science, information science, and computer
science (and we add cognitive science).
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Nursing Informatics
22
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A building block of nursing
informatics
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Nursing science
23
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Nurses Are____
Working with information and generating information
and knowledge as a product
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Knowledge workers
24
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Nurses Are____
Providing convenient and efficient means of capturing and storing knowledge
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Knowledge acquirers
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Nurses Are____
| Benefiting from valuable, viable knowledge
Knowledge users
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Nurses Are____
| Designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining knowledge
Knowledge engineers
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Nurses Are____
Capturing and processing collective expertise and
distributing it where it can create the largest benefit
Knowledge managers
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Nurses Are____
| Changing and evolving knowledge based on the tasks at hand and information available
Knowledge developers or generators
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The science of information
Information Science
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Study of the application and use of
information and knowledge in
organizations and the interfacings or
interaction between people,
organizations, and information systems
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Information Science
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Enables the
| processing of information
Information Science
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____and
______ are
extremely important in enabling
the processing of data,
information, and knowledge in
health care
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Information science
| computational tools
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Combinations of hardware, software, and
telecommunications networks that people build and use to collect, create, and distribute useful data, typically in
organizational settings
Information System
34
Acquires data or inputs
Information System
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Processes data that consist of the retrieval, analysis, and/or synthesis of data
Information System
36
Disseminates or outputs in the form of reports, documents, summaries, alerts, prompts, and/or outcomes
Information System
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Can disseminate, provide feedback, and adjust the data and information based on these dynamic processes
Information System
38
Interdisciplinary field that studies the mind,
intelligence, and behavior from an information
processing perspective
Cognitive Science
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Provides the scaffolding for the analysis and
modeling of complicated, multifaceted human
performance
Cognitive Science
40
Has tremendous effect on issues impacting informatics
Cognitive Science
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___ is the focus; in nursing, the____could be clinician providing patient care. (Cognitive Science)
End
| user
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Is an emerging
transdisciplinary field that attempts to bridge the
gap of understanding how information is
processed in the mind and in the computer.
Cognitive Informatics
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_____ and ____theories can be
applied to help understand the information
processing of the brain
Computing
| informatics
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_____and ___sciences can be
applied to build more efficient computer
processing systems.
Cognitive
| neurologic
45
Deals with the conception,
development, and implementation of
informatics tools based on intelligent
technologies.
AI
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It attempts to capture the complex
processes of human thought and
intelligence.
AI
47
_____collect
personally relevant information for
the purpose of self reflection and
self monitoring.
Personal Informatics
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3 Sub fields of NI:
Personal Informatics
Professional Informatics
Educational Informatics
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(HITECH) Act of 2009
Health Information Technology for Economic and
| Clinical Health
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(HIPAA) of 1996
the Health Insurance Portability and
| Accountability Act
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Is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 and creates incentives related to health care information technology, including incentives for the use of electronic health record (EHR) systems among providers
HITECH Act of 2009
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The _____encouraged healthcare providers to adopt electronic health records and improved privacy and security protections for healthcare data. This was achieved through financial incentives for adopting EHRs and increased penalties for violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.
HITECH Act of 2009
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Boots up” (starts up and
| initializes) the computer system
System Software
54
It controls input, output, and storage in a computer system
System Software
55
It controls the operations of the application
| software
System Software
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The first level of system control in a computer system
Basic Input/output System (BIOS)
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Basic Input/output System (BIOS): The first
level of system control is handled by the BIOS
stored on a ____ chip on the motherboard
ROM
58
Is the overall
| controller of the work of the computer.
Operating system
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Is software loaded from the hard
drive into RAM as soon as the computer
is turned on.
Operating system
60
Manages the interfaces to all peripheral
| hardware
Operating system
61
Schedules tasks
Operating system
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Allocates storage in memory and on disks
Operating system
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Retrieves programs and data from storage
Operating system
64
Provides an interface between the machine
| and the user
Operating system
65
____ includes programs
designed to keep the computer system
operating efficiently.
Utility programs/software
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Allows computer system to work efficiently by adding power to the functioning of the
system software
Utility programs/software
67
Allows computer system to work efficiently by supporting the operating system or
applications software programs
Utility programs/software
68
Security Software is a type of
Utility software
69
Disk management utilities is a type of
Utility software
70
Backup utilities is a type of
Utility software
71
Screen savers are a type of
Utility software
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Archival software is a type of
Utility software
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Programming environment support programs are a type of
Utility software
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Deleting Data, Disk defragmentation, and user accounts/security are examples of
Utility software
75
Anti-virus, Software updates, and System Cleanup are examples of
Utility software
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Encryption, decryption, and formatting are examples of
Utility software
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Includes the various
programs which users require to perform day
to day tasks.
Application software
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Includes all the various programs people use to
| do the work and process data
Application software
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Includes all the various programs people use to play games and communicate with others
Application software
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Includes all the various programs people use to e. watch videos and multimedia programs
Application software
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Hospitals usually have a large information called a
| _____ or ______
Hospital Information System (HIS)
Hospital Information Technology
System (HITS)
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These systems include most of the business
| applications needed, such as billing, payroll, budget management, inventory control, and personnel applications
Hospital Information System (HIS)
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They also include Clinical and semi
| clinical systems
Hospital Information System (HIS)
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(A system) They also include the electronic medical record (EMR)
Hospital Information System (HIS)
85
In a hospital information system nurses use most include
1.
2.
(1) The electronic medical record
(2) Admission
discharge transfer (ADT) systems
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In a hospital information system, nurses mostly use:
3.
4.
(3) Medication administration record (MAR) software
| (4) Supplies inventory systems
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In a hospital information system nurses use most include
5
6.
(5) Laboratory systems
| (6) Radiology system
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In a hospital information system nurses use most include
7.
8.
(7) Computerized patient acuity system
(8) E
mail system
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Free software is defined by the FSF in terms of four
freedoms for software users:
a.
b.
c.
d.
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To have the freedom to use
Study
Redistribute
Improve the software
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Promotes software reliability and quality by
| supporting independent peer review
Open source concept/software
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Allows rapid evolution of source code
Open source concept/software
92
Makes the source code of software
| freely available
Open source concept/software
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Many____alternatives exist to more commonly
known applications:
Operating system
Web browser
OSS/FS
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Many____alternatives exist to more commonly
known applications:
Email client
Word processing or integrated office suite
OSS/FS
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Operating Systems: GNU/Linux is an example of
OSS/FS Application
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Web Browser and Server: Firefox and Apache Is an example of
OSS/FS Application
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Word Processing or Integrated Office Suite:
| OpenOffice Is an example of
OSS/FS Application (Open Source Software/ Free Software)
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OSS/FS Healthcare Applications: Indivo , SMART
| platforms project, GNUMed , OpenMRS Is an example of
OSS/FS Application
