Which of the following best describes a laptop computer?

Answer to #1

ANS: C
Laptop computers are used to chart and transmit a client's care. Laptop computers are more powerful than tablets yet both are still small and portable enough to be taken into the client's home. If a devise has Internet access, information can be sent or nursing documentation completed.

Answer to #2

ANS: D
An important asset of HIT adoption is the provision of a computerized clinical decision support system, which is referred to as CDS. A CDS is defined as an electronic information technology-based system designed to improve clinical decision making to enhance client care and safety. Personal digital assistant (PDA) is a generic term for any of several brands of small, handheld computerized electronic devices that fit in the palm of the nurse's hand. Handheld wireless devices allow continual real-time exchange of information. Nursing practice now incorporates point of care information and documentation, allowing continual use of updated client information and reference material at any client location via the Internet.

Answer to #3

ANS: B
Personal digital assistant (PDA) is a generic term for any of several brands of small, handheld computerized electronic devices that fit in the palm of the nurse's hand. PDA apps can check for drug interactions, calculate dosages, analyze laboratory results, schedule procedures, order prescriptions, serve as a dictionary, or provide language translation, among other functions. It is easy to download reference sources, such as the latest medication information or disease treatment protocols. PDAs can be taken to wherever the client is located. Most nurses seem to prefer use of smartphones, which do all of the above but also make phone calls.

Answer to #4

ANS: A, C, D, E
Major transformations are occurring in use of HIT that will greatly change traditional patterns of nursing communication: EHR and accompanying ordering and taxonomy; decentralized access to client information at the point of care; and handheld wireless devices allowing continual real-time exchange of information. A major transformation occurring in the use of HIT is decentralized access to client information at the point of care.

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