Which of these steering committee members should likely be replaced?
1. The coronary care nurse manager who attends half the regularly scheduled meetings
2. The chief nursing officer who attends more than half of the regularly scheduled meetings
3. The chief executive officer of the hospital who attends all meetings
4. The medical director of the organization who attends two-thirds of the regularly scheduled meetings
Question 2Which of the following assessment measures would be most beneficial to complete with a 30-year-old female whose family has a history of breast cancer?
1. Ecogram
2. Ecomap
3. Genogram
4. Geographic information system
Question 3Which of the following is a true statement about protecting the confidentiality of client-related e-mail?
1. Encryption keys prevent viruses or Trojan horses from being attached to e-mail messages.
2. Digital credentials utilize biometric means, such as thumbprint, to verify the identity of the sender.
3. Public key infrastructure (PKI) uses unique codes to confirm the identity of those sending e-mails.
4. Viruses may be transmitted by e-mail messages, so each e-mail should be separately scanned prior to being read.
Question 4The members of a steering committee should be carefully selected. Which committee would be most effective?
1. A four-member committee consisting entirely of high-level executive board members
2. A five-member committee consisting of one upper-level management representative from each department
3. A 15-member committee consisting of multidisciplinary representatives from each unit/department
4. A 12-member committee consisting of staff nurse representatives from each unit
Question 5Technology has changed health care. Which of the following best depicts how technology has impacted the consumer?
1. The consumer is savvier about health and health care.
2. Technological advances are too expensive for the consumer to employ.
3. Technology has created information overload for all consumers.
4. Consumers are afraid of reading about their health online.
Question 6When the steering committee of an acute care institution is appointed to select a new computer system, site visits are requested at a number of organizations to see the live systems.
During these visits, which statement provided in staff interviews should alert the committee to potential bias? 1. System backups occur daily at midnight but we rarely notice them. The downtime is minimal.
2. What we would like to see added to the system is the ability to add wireless devices. The vendor is looking into the situation now.
3. Vendor support is always wonderful. Here is one of the company representatives who can best explain that to you.
4. System access is restricted per HIPAA guidelines. We use a thumbprint to verify entry into the system.
Question 7Which of the following statements is correct about consumer informatics?
1. More than one-half of all American adults use online resources to locate personal health information.
2. The most trusted websites are not associated with the federal government.
3. Knowledge of technology is not essential in finding quality information.
4. Standards are unnecessary and unattainable in consumer informatics.
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