A conference being held in Europe has the topic of international standards as a lecture session. Which statements explain the importance of further developing these standards?
A) Improves the use of drug databases
B) Increases access to medical journals
C) Provides a mechanism to link nursing databases
D) Supports communicating information worldwide
D) Supports communicating information worldwide
Explanation: A) Drug databases may be purchased and linked to the electronic patient-record and pharmacy systems for searching.
B) Medical-knowledge databases and medical journals are frequently linked to electronic patient-record systems to support searching medical conditions.
C) Nursing-knowledge databases and nursing journals for nursing diagnoses, nursing problems, problem risks, and needs for health enhancement and interventions may be linked; however, these sources are not linked as often as medical sources.
D) International standards are necessary to communicate information worldwide and, when linked to appropriate translated knowledge resources, provide meaning for intelligent or learned use of the information and knowledge when making decisions.
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