Pharmacotherapeutics For Advanced Practice Nurse Prescribers 4th Edition By Robinson – Test Bank

Chapter 11. Information Technology and Pharmacotherapeutics

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Being competent in the use of information technology in clinical practice is expected in professional nurses. Advanced practice competence includes the ability to:
1. Search for information using the most common search engines
2. Serve as content experts in developing, implementing, and evaluating information systems
3. Write programs to assure the integrity of health information
4. Use information technology to prescribe drugs

____ 2. You are going to prescribe a drug and the electronic health record (EHR) alerts you that there is a potential drug–drug interaction. The alert is generated by:
1. The Food and Drug Administration MedWatch system
2. TOXNET, the National Institutes of Health alert system
3. The EHR clinical decision support system
4. Lexicomp, a commercial medication alert system

____ 3. Which of the following is a primary benefit of the use of computerized provider order entry for patient medications?
1. Reduces time that prescribing drugs takes
2. Eliminates the need to chart drugs prescribed
3. Decreases prescribing and transcription errors
4. Helps keep the number of drugs prescribed to a minimum

____ 4. A number of barriers and concerns exist before the goals of a safe and efficient information technology (IT) system can be realized. Which of the following is NOT a barrier to adoption and use of IT in prescribing drugs?
1. Cost of initial setup
2. Access to highly skilled experts
3. Compatibility between systems
4. Patient confidentiality risks

____ 5. EHRs:
1. Are being discouraged by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services due to cost issues
2. Allow for all patient data to be centralized in one location for access by multiple providers
3. Use macros and templates to individualize care
4. Use standardized software to facilitate interoperability between systems

____ 6. Factors that facilitate keeping patient information confidential in an electronic health record (EHR) system include:
1. Designing software so that only those who need the information can gain access
2. Requiring providers to log off at the end of the clinical day
3. Keeping a file of the login and password information for each provider in a secure place
4. Having patients sign informed consent documents to have their data on an EHR

____ 7. Decision support systems often provide medication alerts that tell the prescriber:
1. Patient history data with a summary of their diagnoses
2. The usual dosage for the drug being prescribed
3. The patient’s latest laboratory values, such as potassium levels
4. Potential drug-to-drug interactions with other medications the patient is taking

____ 8. Prescribers have been shown to override a medication alert about a patient’s allergies when:
1. The history showed that the patient had tolerated the medication in the past
2. The benefit outweighed the risk
3. The medication was therapeutically appropriate and needed
4. All of the above

____ 9. The use of information technology for quality improvement in pharmacotherapeutics includes:
1. Incorporating the use of “apps” into all patient encounters
2. Tracking data trends within the practice via the electronic health record database
3. Informing patients that they have access to their medication list via the Internet
4. Using macros for individualizing patient care management

____ 10. The advantage of using information technology for patient education includes:
1. The ability to track the number of times you have given the patient the same instructions regarding their medication
2. Standardized and individualized patient education that is simultaneously recorded into the patient record
3. Easy access to private patient information specific to populations with a similar diagnosis
4. The ability to download and interpret patient information in multiple languages, easily and accurately

Chapter 11. Information Technology and Pharmacotherapeutics
Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

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