Unit 1

Question 1

is a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice

Answer 1

Nursing Informatics

Question 2

early computers used punch cards to store data and card readers to read computer programs, sort, and prepare data for processing.

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Prior to 1960’s

Question 3

the introduction of cathode ray tube (CRT) terminal, online data communication and real-time processing

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1960

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Hospital information systems (HISs) were developed

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1960

Question 5

nurses assisted in the design and development of nursing application for HISs and other environments were they functioned

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1970

Question 6

several states and large community health agencies developed and/or contacted for their own computer-based management information systems (MISs).

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1970

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NI became an accepted specialty and many nursing experts entered the field

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1980

Question 8

microcomputer or personal computer (PC) emerged

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1980

Question 9

computer technology became an integral part of health care settings, nursing practice, and the nursing profession

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1990

Question 10

NI was approved by the American Nurses Association (ANA) as a new nursing specialty

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1992

Question 11

the early years of the new millennium continued the torrid pace of hardware and software development and growth

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2000

Question 12

clinical information systems became individualized in the electronic patient record (EPR

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2000

Question 13

The words “nursing informatics” were unfamiliar among the Philippine nursing community until the year

Answer 13

2008

Question 14

The Philippine Medical Informatics Society (PMIS) was headed by _____

Answer 14

Dr. Alvin Marcelo

Question 15

This theory is often regarded as a valuable change model for guiding technological innovation where the innovation itself is modified and presented

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Diffusion of Innovation Theory

Question 16

is a time-tested, easily applied field theory that is often considered the epitome of change models

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Kurt Lewin’s Change Management Theory

Question 17

first proposed by sibling researchers, Hubert and Stuart Dreyfus (1980) as the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition

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Novice to Expert Theory

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Nursing Informatics as a linear progression – from data into information and knowledge

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Graves and Corcoran’s Model

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Nursing informatics is the interaction between the discipline-specific science (nursing) and the areas of informatics

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Turley’s Model

Question 20

Nursing informatics involves identification of information needs, resolution of the needs, and attainment of nursing goals/objectives

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Schwirian’s Model

Question 21

proposed a model intended to stimulate and guide systematic in nursing informatics.

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Patricia Schwirian

Question 22

Management processing is integrated within each elements, depicting nursing informatics as the proper management of knowledge – from data as it is converted into information and knowledge.

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Graves and Corcoran’s Model

Question 23

machine that uses electronic components and instructions to the components to perform calculations and repetitive and complex procedures, process text, and manipulate data and signals

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Computer

Question 24

all of the physical components of the machine itself

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Computer Hardware

Question 25

Controls the electrical current / voltage to for the computer to stay awake

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Power Supply

Question 26

shaped board (board) that has several major electronic individual slots that can be paired to another board, ranging from the processor, memory, sound card, display adapter, and so forth.

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Motherboard

Question 27

a component of the IC chip or a rectangular shape of the brain and the computer controlling the process performance

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Processor

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Storage media operation system (OS) used on the computer

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Hard Disk

Question 29

The processor can only store data and instructions in a register that is small so that it can not store all the information needed

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Main memory

Question 30

Process data in the form of audio or sound

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Sound Card

Question 31

Absorbs the heat generated by the processor at work and is equipped with a cooling fan on it so that the processor temperature remains stable.

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Heat Sink Fan (HSF)

Question 32

part of a computer that houses the primary devices that perform operations and produce results for complex calculations

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System Unit

Question 33

These allow the computer to receive information from the outside world. For example, keyboard and mouse

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Input Device

Question 34

These allow the computer to report its results to the external world. Output can be in the form of text, data files, sound, graphics, or signals to other devices.

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Output Device

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Storage includes the main memory but also external devices on which programs and data are stored

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Storage Media

Question 36

general term applied to the instructions that direct the computer’s hardware to perform work

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Computer Software

Question 37

handle the connection between the central processing unit (CPU) and peripherals

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Operating Systems

Question 38

includes the various programs people use to do work, process data, play games, communicate with others, or watch multimedia programs on a computer

Answer 38

Applications Software

Question 39

the method or protocol by which data is sent from one computer to another on the internet

Answer 39

Internet Protocol

Question 40

List Common Internet Protocols

Answer 40

1. Domain Name System 2. Email 3. HTML Format 4. File attachments 5. Use of Emoticons and Abbreviations