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Nursing Informatics Self Study Question 6: When sitting at the computer facing screen…

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When sitting at the computer facing a screen, a user will interact with the operating system through the (comments for answer and rationale)

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  1. Graphical user interface (GUI)

    Rationale:
    GUI is the means for the user to interact with the operating system.

    The operating system also provides a user interface. The user interface is the means by which the individual interacts with the computer. For many years PC users had to enter specific text commands. Microsoft Windows provided a graphical user interface (GUI). A GUI provides menus, windows, and other standard screen features intended to make using a computer as intuitive as possible. Graphical user interfaces decrease the amount of time required to learn new programs and eliminate the need to memorize commands. (Hebda & Czar, 2013)

    Reference: Hebda, T., & Czar, P. (2013) Handbook of informatics for nurses and healthcare professionals (5th ed.)

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