Willow Inpatient RX100 Exam with Over 100 Questions and
Answers.
You need to place an order for a dose of vancomycin, to be given intravenously. What
could you
type in the Place new orders field? - answer Vanco IV. You will find and select the
orderable record and let IMS for IVs select the product to dispense
When you enter the order for the vancomycin, it is pulled right in to the Orders sidebar
( because there is only one option on the facility list) even though it can be dispensed in
many different ways. What is causing this to happen? - answer Intelligent Medication
Selection for IVs. Causes only one choice to be found on the Preference List. Since
there is only one choice on the Preference List, Epic will select it for you (pulling it in to
the sidebar) and choose the correct product(s) to dispense based on the dose and what
is available in the dispensing pharmacy.
When a pharmacist places orders, what appears on the Preference List tab? the Facility
List tab? the Database tab - answer The pharmacists' Preference List tab contains
common medication and non‐medication orders. The Facility List tab contains orders
that are available at the patient's hospital. The Database tab contains every single
record from the third party data, including medication and non‐medication records.
designed to select the best product ﴾ERX﴿ or products based on the dose and what is
available. IMS can create a "mixture" of multiple ERX products as needed. To make the
most of this functionality, do not include a strength when searching for an IMS
medication - answer The Intelligent Medication Selection (IMS) functionality
Intelligent Medication Selection tries to find a combination of strengths for a single
ingredient solid that allows for the: - answer Closest dispense location
Smallest number of different strengths in a dose
Smallest total number of tablets, capsules or suppositories in a dose
For liquid medications and changes the package ﴾NDC﴿ only, not the product ﴾ERX﴿. -
answer The Intelligent Package Selection (IPS) functionality. IPS can dispense
multiples of a single NDC, but will not combine different NDCs for a single
order.
Because NDCs are required by payers and CMS, and because they can have such a
large impact on how medications are dispensed and charged for - answer an order can't
be verified without a package. If a pharmacist enters an order without a package, the
order will not autoverify.
In which section of the medication reconciliation navigator does a provider decide
whether a home med should be ordered for this admission? - answer Reconcile Home
, Medications; in this section, providers determine whether the medication should be
Ordered, Not Ordered, Replaced, or Removed.
When reviewing the patient's home medications, what does the house icon indicate? -
answer The medication was entered in Epic as an outpatient prescription.
When reviewing the patient's home medications, what does the person icon indicate? -
answer The person icon indicates that the patient reported taking that medication.
What do providers see on the Facility List? Is this the same or different from what
pharmacists see? - answer Providers see medication and non‐medication orders that
are available for ordering at the hospital the patient is admitted to. This is the same for
pharmacists and other users, as well.
True or False: Nurses can tell if a medication has been verified from the MAR. - answer
True. Orders that have been signed appear on the MAR (and Orders activity and Verify
Orders), but if they aren't verified yet a stop sign appears on the MAR and no dispense
location appears
When do medication orders appear on the MAR and in the Orders activity? - answer
When the order is signed. If an order is signed & held, it appears when released.
Which patients appear in the Verify Queue? How do filters affect that? - answer Any
patients with signed (and released) orders needing verification appear on the Verify tab
of the Pharmacist Queue. Filters narrow down the patients you see, based on unit or
other filter options like Adult or Pediatric
You see an order in the Verify Queue, with a binoculars icon and a yellow yield sign.
What does
that mean? ﴾Choose ALL that apply﴿.
A. Someone has viewed the orders but not verified them, and closed the chart
B. There have been changes to the patient's orders since a pharmacist's last review
C. One of your colleagues is currently looking at the patient's orders
D. There is an open i‐Vent for the order - answer Answers A (binoculars) and D (open i‐
Vent). A snowflake appears if new orders have been placed since the last time a
pharmacist looked at them (B) and a pencil appears if someone else has the orders
locked (C).
How can you identify a reordered home medication when verifying orders? - answer
There is a "Reordered from" link to the home medication.
True or False: When a pharmacist makes changes in Verify Orders, the ordering
provider is notified of the change. - answer False! No one is notified of these changes.
This way of making a change should be limited to changes that do not alter the intent of
the order.
Answers.
You need to place an order for a dose of vancomycin, to be given intravenously. What
could you
type in the Place new orders field? - answer Vanco IV. You will find and select the
orderable record and let IMS for IVs select the product to dispense
When you enter the order for the vancomycin, it is pulled right in to the Orders sidebar
( because there is only one option on the facility list) even though it can be dispensed in
many different ways. What is causing this to happen? - answer Intelligent Medication
Selection for IVs. Causes only one choice to be found on the Preference List. Since
there is only one choice on the Preference List, Epic will select it for you (pulling it in to
the sidebar) and choose the correct product(s) to dispense based on the dose and what
is available in the dispensing pharmacy.
When a pharmacist places orders, what appears on the Preference List tab? the Facility
List tab? the Database tab - answer The pharmacists' Preference List tab contains
common medication and non‐medication orders. The Facility List tab contains orders
that are available at the patient's hospital. The Database tab contains every single
record from the third party data, including medication and non‐medication records.
designed to select the best product ﴾ERX﴿ or products based on the dose and what is
available. IMS can create a "mixture" of multiple ERX products as needed. To make the
most of this functionality, do not include a strength when searching for an IMS
medication - answer The Intelligent Medication Selection (IMS) functionality
Intelligent Medication Selection tries to find a combination of strengths for a single
ingredient solid that allows for the: - answer Closest dispense location
Smallest number of different strengths in a dose
Smallest total number of tablets, capsules or suppositories in a dose
For liquid medications and changes the package ﴾NDC﴿ only, not the product ﴾ERX﴿. -
answer The Intelligent Package Selection (IPS) functionality. IPS can dispense
multiples of a single NDC, but will not combine different NDCs for a single
order.
Because NDCs are required by payers and CMS, and because they can have such a
large impact on how medications are dispensed and charged for - answer an order can't
be verified without a package. If a pharmacist enters an order without a package, the
order will not autoverify.
In which section of the medication reconciliation navigator does a provider decide
whether a home med should be ordered for this admission? - answer Reconcile Home
, Medications; in this section, providers determine whether the medication should be
Ordered, Not Ordered, Replaced, or Removed.
When reviewing the patient's home medications, what does the house icon indicate? -
answer The medication was entered in Epic as an outpatient prescription.
When reviewing the patient's home medications, what does the person icon indicate? -
answer The person icon indicates that the patient reported taking that medication.
What do providers see on the Facility List? Is this the same or different from what
pharmacists see? - answer Providers see medication and non‐medication orders that
are available for ordering at the hospital the patient is admitted to. This is the same for
pharmacists and other users, as well.
True or False: Nurses can tell if a medication has been verified from the MAR. - answer
True. Orders that have been signed appear on the MAR (and Orders activity and Verify
Orders), but if they aren't verified yet a stop sign appears on the MAR and no dispense
location appears
When do medication orders appear on the MAR and in the Orders activity? - answer
When the order is signed. If an order is signed & held, it appears when released.
Which patients appear in the Verify Queue? How do filters affect that? - answer Any
patients with signed (and released) orders needing verification appear on the Verify tab
of the Pharmacist Queue. Filters narrow down the patients you see, based on unit or
other filter options like Adult or Pediatric
You see an order in the Verify Queue, with a binoculars icon and a yellow yield sign.
What does
that mean? ﴾Choose ALL that apply﴿.
A. Someone has viewed the orders but not verified them, and closed the chart
B. There have been changes to the patient's orders since a pharmacist's last review
C. One of your colleagues is currently looking at the patient's orders
D. There is an open i‐Vent for the order - answer Answers A (binoculars) and D (open i‐
Vent). A snowflake appears if new orders have been placed since the last time a
pharmacist looked at them (B) and a pencil appears if someone else has the orders
locked (C).
How can you identify a reordered home medication when verifying orders? - answer
There is a "Reordered from" link to the home medication.
True or False: When a pharmacist makes changes in Verify Orders, the ordering
provider is notified of the change. - answer False! No one is notified of these changes.
This way of making a change should be limited to changes that do not alter the intent of
the order.
