The focus of nursing informatics is:
a. direct patient care.
b. increasing documentation time.
c. the introduction of different EHRs.
d. how patient care can be improved.
ANS: D
The focus of nursing informatics is not on direct patient care but on how the process of patient care can be improved and patient safety ensured. There are challenges to advancements in IT, such as increased amount of time spent documenting, cost of equipment, protection of patient privacy, use of different EHRs in different facilities, and resistance by health care providers to new technology.
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