Evolution of Nursing and Computerization in Healthcare
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In the 1980s, what was the main focus of nursing in terms of updating its practice standards?

  • Developing classification schemes for CPRS (correct)
  • Exploring computer use in public health services
  • Establishing credentialing exams for nurses
  • Improving documentation in nursing practice
  • What was the primary concern in the 1960s that led to the investigation of emerging hospital computer-based information systems?

  • Improving quality of patient care (correct)
  • Rise in nursing education standards
  • Expanding nursing services
  • Ensuring privacy and security of patient information
  • Which event in the 1990s emphasized standardized transactions, privacy, and security of patient-identifiable information?

  • Development of wireless point-of-care technology
  • Recognition of nursing informatics as a specialty by ANA
  • Establishment of a credentialing exam for nursing informatics
  • Passing of HIPAA in 1996 (correct)
  • What technological advancement in the 2000s aimed to improve patient safety by ensuring the right medication is matched to the right patient?

    <p>Use of bar-coding</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one significant change in nursing image prior to the 1960s as mentioned in the text?

    <p>Transformation from physician's handmaidens to professional nurses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a key implication of expanding nursing services and practice as mentioned in the text?

    <p>Proliferation of ICUs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of HIT/EHR in healthcare according to the text?

    <p>Capturing and processing healthcare information</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How have computers and networks transformed the nursing profession according to the text?

    <p>Involved nurses in planning, budgeting, and policy-making for patient care</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which time period did the nursing profession start using computers and networks for communication and interacting with patients online?

    <p>2010s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of healthcare delivery does computerization and electronic processing affect according to the text?

    <p>Patient care provision and documentation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of HIT in the nursing profession?

    <p>Capturing, processing, and generating healthcare information</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How have nurses been utilizing systems in recent years according to the text?

    <p>For planning, budgeting, and policy-making for patient care services</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main goal of big data in improving health and well-being?

    <p>To detect practice deteriorations or progressions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the first major clinical information system used for documenting nursing practice in the 1970s?

    <p>Technicon Data System (TDS)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the most significant milestone for nursing and computers/nursing informatics in the 1980s?

    <p>ANA approved the formation of CCAN</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the most significant milestone for informatics in the 1990s?

    <p>Nursing presented first nursing papers at SCAMC</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which event in the 2000s became a significant milestone for healthcare informatics?

    <p>ONC was established</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the essential role of big data analytics in nursing practice?

    <p>To predict capacities to detect practice deteriorations or progressions</p> Signup and view all the answers

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