The nurse reviews the patient's laboratory results. What component of informatics is the nurse viewing?
a. Data
b. Information
c. Knowledge
d. Wisdom
B
The material reviewed on the laboratory report is information because they correspond to the patient's physiological condition. Data (raw numbers) alone have no meaning without associating the values with the patient's health status. The laboratory results become knowledge when the nurse interprets the laboratory readings to understand the patient's condition. The nurse uses wisdom when applying the laboratory values to findings to determine an appropriate plan of care for the patient.
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1. Nominal scale. 2. Interval scale. 3. Ratio scale. 4. Ordinal scale.
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a. acute illness and needs to see a physician. b. chronic illness that needs attention. c. dysfunctional grief reactions. d. normal grief reactions.
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A. be given an injection of about 100 mcg of cobalamin every month. B. be given 500 mcg of cobalamin intravenously once a month. C. be given 1 mcg of cobalamin orally every day. D. be given 100 mcg of cobalamin intravenously on a daily basis.
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