Exams of Advanced Education
Where do nurse do the majority of their documentation for a patient? -
ANSWERFlowsheets activity
Used to organize different types of documentation; seen as tabs within the activity;
used to group similar categories of documentation together. - ANSWERTemplate
(Flowsheet templates, Flowsheet tabs)
Each flowsheet template is a record in which master file? - ANSWERFLT master file
Groups & Rows are records in which master file? - ANSWERFLO master file
Used to organize individual documentation flowsheet rows; appears as a darker row
color/bold font in the flowsheet activity. - ANSWERGroup (Flowsheet Group)
Where data is documented; designed to hold specific data; appears as a lighter row
color in the flowsheet activity. - ANSWERRow (Flowsheet Row)
The administrators home menu when building flowsheets. - ANSWERDoc Flowsheet
Builder
Defines the purpose of a record. - ANSWERRow type
Row types: What are the nine (9) available row types? - ANSWERAcuity Calculator
Charge Row
,Custom Formula
Data
Flowsheet Group
Infusion Group
Lines/Drains/Airways
Programming Point
Properties
Defines the type of information users can document in the row & how they should
format it; determined by the row type. - ANSWERValue type
Value types: What are the twelve (12) available value types? - ANSWERBlood Pressure
Category Type
Custom List
Date; Height
Numeric Type
Patient Height
Patient Weight
String Type
Temperature
Time; Weight
Shows extra information about the flowsheet on the right side; min & max values, who
documented, etc. - ANSWERDetails Report
To the left of the flowsheet; shows the available templates/tabs. - ANSWERTable of
Contents
,Where do you link rows to a group? - ANSWERWithin the open group/row record (in
the doc flowsheet builder).
Where do you link groups to a template? - ANSWERWithin the open template record
(in the doc flowsheet builder).
Where do you specify all the rows that should normally show up in a group by default?
- ANSWERThe group form in a flowsheet group record.
How do you have groups added on a template that should not appear by default/added
by clinicians as needed? - ANSWERStart Removed (mark them as start removed).
Organizes similar groups together in the table of contents so clinicians can easily
navigate to that part of the flowsheet template. - ANSWERTopics
In what order should you build a flowsheet? - ANSWERFrom the bottom up, but with a
slight variation:
-at a high level, to build most flowsheet rows:
1. Create a placeholder flowsheet group record
2. Build all the rows to appear on the flowsheet (build row records & set the group as
"preferred")
3. Attach the rows to groups created in Step 1
4. Build the flowsheet template & attach groups to it
Where are all flowsheet records built, edited, & accessed? - ANSWERIn Hyperspace (in
Flowsheets FLT & FLO)
How should you distinguish between groups and rows in the FLO record? -
ANSWERPreface all group record names with "G" and preface all row record names
with "R."
, When building a basic flowsheet group (aka one not used for LDAs or med intake),
what category of Row Type should you use? - ANSWERA Row Type of Flowsheet Group.
True or False. Updating the Row Type for a record can alter what you can or cannot do
within it. - ANSWERTrue
Explain the difference between Maximum/Minimum fields vs. Warning
Maximum/Warning Minimum fields. - ANSWERThe max/min fields prevent
impossible values from being entered; the warning max/warning min fields help to
alert clinicians of abnormal values.
A setting within a row record that indicates what group a row should be added to if the
row is added to a flowsheet on its own; does NOT add the row to the group, just says
what group is should appear in. - ANSWERPreferred group
What happens if the preferred group is left blank? - ANSWERDrops to the bottom of
the flowsheet in the OTHER group.
How do you LINK the rows into the group? - ANSWERAfter all rows are created, you list
them within the group record itself.
Because both rows & groups link out to groups, what build is most efficient? -
ANSWERBuild groups first and add them as preferred groups when building rows.
What are the three (3) main records needed to build a flowsheet? - ANSWERFlowsheet
Row
Flowsheet Group
Flowsheet Template