Database Management Systems Consist of Software Designed to Collect, Sort

question 31

Multiple Choice

Database management systems consist of software designed to collect, sort, organize, store, retrieve, select, and aggregate data. Nursing and health data may be classified into four basic types:

• A) (1) resource data, (2) patient and client demographics, (3) activity data, and (4) health service provider data.
• B) (1) financial data, (2) patient demographics, (3) activity data, and (4) health insurance data.
• C) (1) academic data, (2) client demographics, (3) pharmacologic data, and (4) laboratory data.
• D) (1) background data, (2) health provider information, (3) organizational data, and (4) health administrator data.

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Definitions:

Concrete Operational

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development (roughly ages 7-11) where children gain the ability to think logically about concrete events.

Cognitive Development

Cognitive development refers to the process by which a person's ability to think, understand, and learn evolves over time.

Jean Piaget

A Swiss psychologist known for his pioneering work in child development, particularly his theory of cognitive development.

Hygiene Hypothesis

The theory that a lack of early childhood exposure to infectious agents, symbiotic microorganisms, and parasites increases susceptibility to allergic diseases by suppressing natural development of the immune system.