Informatics Nurse Test Clinical Decision Support Systems 3

Question 1

Which organization publishes the '5 Rights of CDS' framework used in informatics nursing practice?

Accepted Answer

HIMSS

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The Joint Commission

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AMIA

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CMS

Question 2

A CDSS that uses patient-specific data and probabilistic models to estimate disease risk is called a:

Accepted Answer

Predictive analytics tool

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Reminder system

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Order set

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Reference database

Question 3

Which principle guides the removal of CDSS alerts that have a high override rate and low clinical impact?

Accepted Answer

Alert retirement or rationalization

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Alert escalation

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Alert duplication

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Alert customization for individual nurses

Question 4

When a CDSS recommendation conflicts with an established institutional protocol, the informatics nurse should:

Accepted Answer

Escalate the conflict to the CDS governance committee for reconciliation

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Always defer to the CDSS regardless of protocol

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Ignore the CDSS and follow only the protocol

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Ask individual nurses to decide case by case

Question 5

The term 'interruptive alert' refers to a CDSS notification that:

Accepted Answer

Pauses the clinician's current workflow to display a message requiring acknowledgment

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Runs silently in the background without clinician awareness

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Is sent only to supervisors

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Fires only after an order is completed

Question 6

A nurse informatics specialist uses the PDSA cycle in CDSS optimization. What does the 'S' in PDSA represent?

Accepted Answer

Study

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Standardize

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Scale

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Sustain