The nurse informatics (NI) specialist incorporates nursing science, computer science, and infor-mation science to support nursing in utilization of the data collection. Priorities for an NI special-ist include
a. developing computer information systems for the hospital.
b. incorporating common nursing nomencla-ture into the system.
c. researching evidence-based practice.
d. developing restrictions of certain patient information to insurance companies.
ANS: B
Incorporation of the nursing language into the computer system is essential for accurate docu-mentation. The other options are not included in the role of the NI specialist.
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