A nurse manager wishes to hire a new nurse who has just graduated ...

[torybrooks]

A nurse manager wishes to hire a new nurse who has just graduated from nursing school. At the beginning level of informatics competencies, the nurse should be able to do which of the following?
 
  1. Attain informatics nurse certification within six months of beginning practice.
  2. Input vital signs and intake and output data in the electronic medical record.
  3. Utilize the Internet to review trends in health care information technology.
  4. Use an electronic spreadsheet to create staffing rotations.

Question 2

A disadvantage to the utilization of the electronic medical record (EMR) includes which of the following?
 
  1. Accessibility from several different locations simultaneously and by different levels of providers
  2. The intensive training in the beginning needed to prepare staff members to use the EMR
  3. Less time available for client care because more time is required for documentation activity
  4. Inability to incorporate diagnostic images into the EMR because of space limitations

[otokexnaru]

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: Your chosen response is not a beginning level competency for nurses entering the profession. Inputting data into the electronic medical record is a beginning level competency for nurses entering the profession; the other choices are at higher levels.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: It is actually an advantage that the EMR can be accessed from several different locations simultaneously, as well as by different levels of providers. The disadvantage is the amount of time needed in the beginning for training on the computer records. However, once staff members are trained, more time is available for client care because less time is needed for documentation activity.

[torybrooks]

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[otokexnaru]

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