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B · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

The 24-hour-a-day, 7-days-a-week operations of health care providers make continuity of services essential. What is the first line of defense in providing the continuous systems availability that is required in a health care setting?

1. Adequate firewall protection
2. Software redundancy
3. Installing anti-virus software
4. Hardware redundancy

Question 2

Access to patient care data and utilization of nursing research are essential components of evidence-based practice designed to increase patient safety and provide quality care.

Which of the following can technology cannot be employed to remove barriers to information and evidence-based practice? 1. Online report cards
2. Handheld devices
3. Electronic spreadsheet software to manage data
4. World Wide Web

Ksh22 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: Hardware redundancy is the first line of defense in providing continuous systems availability. It allows operations to continue even when individual components fail. Having copies of software, installing anti-virus software, and having adequate firewall protection are good practices; however, they are not the first line defense.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: The widespread adoption of electronic patient records, CPOE, and other point-of-care technologies that support nursing workflow are expected to help remove barriers to information and evidence-based practice (Simpson, 2006). However, online reports cards cannot be employed to remove barriers to information and evidence-based practice because these documents contain evaluated care data of individual physicians, facilities, health plans, and other care providers, serving as a tool to assist health care consumers to compare quality and other characteristics of providers and health plans.