IP Fundamentals

Question 1

What does Epic call the first screen a user see when they log in?

Answer 1

Startup Activity

Question 2

What is a My List

Answer 2

A list of patients that I am following during my shift. I control the columns, The default report and I manage the list of patients

Question 3

What is a system list, and how can it be used to organize patients?

Answer 3

A list of patients that automatically updated by the system. You can make a short cut to these lists in a My List

Question 4

How can a surgeon quickly sort her list of patients by unit?

Answer 4

Click the Unit Column in Patient Lists

Question 5

What types of information can a surgeon gather from reports at the bottom of the startup activities?

Answer 5

Vitals, I/O, Current meds, and more

Question 6

How can a clinician open a patients chart?

Answer 6

Double-click the patient from Patient Lists

Question 7

What are the tabs along the left of the screen in the patient’s chart called?

Answer 7

Activities

Question 8

How do you know which notes are new?

Answer 8

A clock icon appears in a column next to the note

Question 9

How can you quickly find a patients H&P within the Notes activity?

Answer 9

Click the H&P tab to see only H&Ps. Or, from the All Notes tab, click the Type column header to sort by note type

Question 10

You want to Time Mark the new progress notes for your patient, but not the new initial assessment or consult notes. Can you do that?

Answer 10

No. Clicking Time Mark automatically marks ALL notes as no longer new. You cannot individually Time Mark notes

Question 11

True or False: Time Mark means that you have actually read all the notes in the patients chart?

Answer 11

False: It simple marks that the notes are no longer new

Question 12

In which activity can you view accordion reports?

Answer 12

Summary

Question 13

How can you tell there is an abnormal value within a specified time interval in accordion reports?

Answer 13

There is a red exclamation reports

Question 14

How is an abnormal value denoted in accordion reports?

Answer 14

The abnormal value appears in red

Question 15

How can you tell if there are values hidden within a time interval in accordion reports?

Answer 15

A plus sign appears next to the value displaying in a given column

Question 16

On the Add or Remove Buttons from Toolbar Window, what is the difference between the Reports and Display Name columns?

Answer 16

In the Reports column, you enter the name of the report you want to have as a shortcut on the Reports toolbar. The name in the Display Name column is what you actually see on a reports button in Summary.

Question 17

As you are writing an order for your patient, your pager goes off. What can you do with this unfinished order?

Answer 17

Pend the order by clicking Save Work

Question 18

What must you do before an unfinished order can be acted upon?

Answer 18

Complete and Sign the order

Question 19

When searching for a dietary consult order you type in DIE CON in the search field. What search method are you using?

Answer 19

ENROL

Question 20

What happens behind the scenes when you modify a medication order?

Answer 20

The original order is discontinued and a new order is entered. As a result two rows appear on the MAR for nurses.

Question 21

What happens behind the scenes when you modify the rate of a medication?

Answer 21

The original order is just modified. As a result only one row appears on the MAR for nurses

Question 22

What else besides Enrol can you use to locate medications?

Answer 22

Synonyms

Question 23

Where should a physician go to order a patient’s home medication if it wasn’t originally ordered during the admission process?

Answer 23

Home Meds tab of the Orders Activity —> Reorder Home Meds

Question 24

When documenting with a positive/negative button in the Note Writer, how can you quickly indicate that the specific condition is present or positive?

Answer 24

Left Click or Click the Plus sign

Question 25

When documenting with a positive/negative button, how can you quickly indicate that the specific condition is absent or negative

Answer 25

Right Click or Click the minus sign

Question 26

When documenting with a positive/negative button, how can you quickly add a comment?

Answer 26

Hover your mouse cursor over the positive/negative button and start typing. Or double click the positive/negative button to open the comment window and then start typing.

Question 27

True or False: You can add free text to a note in the Note form

Answer 27

You can add additional information to your note by using Smart Phrases or free text in the white space within the note

Question 28

How can you search for a patient that is not admitted to the hospital?

Answer 28

Click the patient lookup to search through the entire database of patients including those who are not admitted

Question 29

What activity should you use to get report at start of shift

Answer 29

Summary Activity

Question 30

True or False: When you log out, the system remembers all filters and views that you set on the Work List.

Answer 30

False, The work list only saves the last view selected by the user. The filter is not saved.

Question 31

How would you change the work lit to display only medication tasks organized by patient?

Answer 31

Change to Patient View and filter on Medications

Question 32

True or False? The work list only allows a nurse to view tasks for one patient at a time.

Answer 32

False,

Question 33

For what time frame does the work list display tasks when first opened?

Answer 33

Current Shift

Question 34

True or False: The worklist includes all tasks that a nurse might have to complete throughout a shift

Answer 34

False

Question 35

A physician is having trouble in the orders activity and asks for your help. He says I want to enter a set of new orders for my patient who has the flu. He points out the order set section of orders activity which is not suggesting anything to him. He says, shouldn’t the system be suggesting an order set for flu? I was told one was built specifically for that diagnosis.

What is the reason(s) the order set is not being suggested? Choose All answers that apply.

Answer 35

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Question 36

You are supporting a hospital go live when a physician calls you over to his computer, He says “I’m trying to sign this note, but the system wont let me. What am I doing wrong?” What is preventing the physician from signing this note?

Answer 36

• The physician must complete the smart lists

* The physician must replace the wildcard with free text or delete it