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.
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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.
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