An informatics nurse specialist is working with a team designing an update to a clinical information system being used by the nursing staff. When selecting the language to be used with the system, which characteristic would be most appropriate to address? A. Terminology is clear and concise for the nursesB. Terminology is familiar to the userC. Terminology reflects the users work context

Answer: The options are incomplete, below are the complete options.

A. Terminology is clear and concise for the nurses

B. Terminology is familiar to the user

C. Terminology reflects the users work context

D. Terminology is ambiguous to the user

E. Terminology reflects the technological aspect of the system.

The correct options that apply to the question are; B, A, C

- Terminology is familiar to the user

- Terminology clear and concise for the nurses

- Terminology reflects the user work context.

Explanation: A nurse informatics specialist is an integral part of the healthcare system/field. She is one who has been trained, certified and licensed to be at the forefront of changing technology in the medical field. Nurse informatics specialist liaise with health care providers and the people involved in technological decisions and advancements in order to ascertain and knowthe direct need of technology and computers in the provision of quality care for the patient/client and make them available.

Designing an update to a clinical information system is a critical task that requires alot of skills, expertise and concentration inorder to bring out the best, an understandable language is very vital especially when it concerns

nursing so that there won't be any breech in communication on the long run because effective communication is a vital tool in the nursing field.

So when selecting language to be used by the system, efforts should be made to ensure that the terminologies used is familiar to the user to prevent confusion and also, the terminology used should be concise for the nurses and it should also reflect the user (nurses) work context.

When all these are ensured, their won't be any hitches in communication and the sole goal/aim of the work will be met/achieved.