1. Define Nursing Informatics.

1. Define Nursing Informatics. 2. What are the 3 sciences involved in Nursing Informatics? 3. Describe Nursing Informatics theories discussed in Chapter 16 of the Sewell textbook. 4. Describe the differences between an EMR and an EHR. 5. What is a PHR? Who is responsible for its maintenance? 6. What are 3 benefits and 3 limitations of a PHR? 7. What is a Smart Card? 8. Describe the purpose of ‘meaningful use’ and how it was achieved in the article by Harrison & Lyerla (2012) in the Week 1 assigned reading. 9. Name a core objective of Stage 1 and a core objective of Stage 2 of the ‘Meaningful Use’ requirements of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. 10. Describe how a clinical information system (EMR or EHR) contributes to patient safety. 11. Give an example of a specific quality indicator and describe the general quality topic discussed in the article by Dupree, Fritz-Campiz, & Musheno (2014) in the Week 1 assigned reading. 12. According to nursing researchers Staggers, Gassert, and Curran, what informatics competencies should be demonstrated by: a. Beginning Nurses? b. Experienced Nurses? c. Nursing Informatics Specialists? d. Informatics Innovators? 13. What does the acronym QSEN mean? 14. Name the 6 categories of QSEN.