Which of the following occurrences may not qualify as a disaster? ...

[lracut11]

Which of the following occurrences may not qualify as a disaster?
 
  1. A virus infects a walk-in clinic's electronic medical record (EMR) system and randomly deletes data on Friday afternoon. The IT staff is on vacation.
  2. The rheumatology department of a multi-specialty clinic is without analog telephone access for two hours (computer network connections remain intact).
  3. The health department is wiped out after a fire.
  4. A hospital is without electrical power for 48 hours due to a hurricane and flooding.

Question 2

Nurses need to become skilled at using patient-centered IT tools to access information that can expand their knowledge in a just-in-time, evidence-based approach.
 
  Which one of these answers best indicates the nurse is functioning as a knowledge worker? 1. The nurse assumes the role of knowledge user.
  2. The nurse shifts from primarily using critical thinking to also using critical synthesis.
  3. The nurse assumes the roles of data gatherer and information user.
  4. The nurse utilizes computerized assessment and documentation forms, including prompts.

[swimkari]

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: A disaster is any occurrence that disrupts or disables necessary business functions, requiring an immediate action. Losing analog telephone service is an inconvenience but not a disaster. Patients can still be cared for, data are not lost, and all mission-critical activities can occur despite a potential delay.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: The knowledge user role is only a part of functioning as a knowledge worker. The nurse needs to shift from critical thinking to critical synthesis. In the knowledge-builder role, the nurse examines aggregate data for relationships among variables and interventions, using evidence-based critical synthesis.