EPIC NURSE
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS |
ALREADY GRADED A+<RECENT
VERSION>
1. Chart Review - ANSWER A few weeks ago, you wrote a result note for a patient.
Where can you find the text of this result note now?
2. Immunizations - ANSWER In which activity will you document the
administration of an immunization?
3. Send and close the patient workspace - ANSWER When working in a telephone or
refill encounter, what do you need to do to ensure that the encounter will be routed to
the intended recipient?
4. The status column changes to Arrive - ANSWER How can you tell when a patient
has arrived at the clinic and is ready to be roomed?
5. Communications - ANSWER When choosing the Letters action in In-Basket what
activity does it take you into to complete the letter?
6. Result Release - ANSWER You are reviewing a patient's result in your In-Basket
and want to send it to MyChart. Which button should you click?
7. Contacts - ANSWER You are working in a telephone encounter with a patient. In
which section of the telephone encounter navigator should you document that you
received an incoming call from the patient?
,8. Result Notes - ANSWER You've been included as a recipient of a result note. In
which In-Basket folder would you find the note?
9. In the department folder, find the physician and drag and drop the provider on to your
My Patients for today - ANSWER You are working with a physician for the first
time today, and need to be able to see her schedule. What steps should you take to
accomplish this?
10. True - ANSWER T or F - You can access the letters active from an In Basket
Results message.
11. Rx Response - ANSWER You send a patient's prescription request to a physician.
The physician approves the prescription. In which In Basket folder do you receive
notification approval?
12. *** - ANSWER Free text should be added here in place of the wildcard
13. Order Review - ANSWER If a patient has a standing order for a lab test, you can
release one of the orders from ?
14. False - ANSWER T or F - The most efficient way to view information about
allergies or medications for a patient is to double-click the appointment from the
schedule.
15. False - ANSWER T or F - In the navigator's Allergies section, click Mark as
Reviewed only when you have added a new allergen.
16. Site/ Dose/ Billing Code - ANSWER When documenting the administration of a
medication, which pieces of information can you enter?
17. Medications - ANSWER Your patient tells you that she takes an over-the-counter
medication. In which navigator section should you document this?
,18. The date is free text, so enter "Age 8" - ANSWER If your patient cannot
remember the exact date of the appendectomy he had when he was eight years old,
what should you enter in the date field of the surgical history ?
19. Click Secure instead of Log Out when... - ANSWER You are the last person to
work with this patient in this room / You plan to return soon to work more with this
patient
20. List sore throat and fever as Chief Complaints - ANSWER A patient presents sick
visit complaining of a sore throat and fever. Where would you document these
symptoms to trigger History of Present Illness forms in the NoteWriter?
21. Enter/Edit Results - ANSWER The physician told you to do a point of care test
(she already ordered it). Now you received & have the results and need to record it in
Epic. In the patient's workspace, in which activity do you do this?
22. True - ANSWER T or F You can find results notes in Chart Review?
23. Immunizations - ANSWER You are seeing a new four-year-old patient. His father
brings a list of al the immunizations the child has received to date. In which
24. Press Tab - ANSWER When working in sections that have a lot of fields, like the
Vital Signs section, what is the fastest way to move from one field to the next?
25. False - ANSWER T or F - In order to document a historical administration of an
immunization reported to you by your patient, you must first place an order in Order
Entry.
26. Take responsibility for the message - ANSWER When working with a pool
message in the Results folder, to indicate to other members of the pool that you are
following up on a message, what SHOULD you do?
27. With the message selected, click Tel Call (Telephone Encounter) and click Yes when
asked to include the message in the documentation. - ANSWER What is the most
, efficient way to include the text of a Pt. Call Back message in the documentation of
the telephone encounter?
28. True/False - A nurse should immediately release signed and held orders for a new
patient who just arrived on the floor from the ED. - ANSWER False - Before
releasing signed and held orders , the patient arrival on the unit must be confirmed in
EPIC using the UNIT Manager activity
If this is not done, the system will think the patient is still in their original unit and
orders might be affected Medications might be dispensed to the wrong unit.
29. What is the effect of releasing signed and held orders? - ANSWER 1. The orders
are active
2.Pharmacy will be notified of orders impacting them
3.Other clinician s will be notified of orders impacting them
30. True/False - Documenting the patients vitals in a navigator will also populate the Vital
Signs flowsheet template and the Flow Sheets activity - ANSWER True - All
documentation that you complete in a navigator will automatically populate the
appropriate places throughout the patient chart.
31. True/False Best Practice Advisories BPA's notify clinicians of tasks that they are
required to perform for the patient. - ANSWER FALSE - Suggestions to do things
Add Patient Care Plan
Place orders
32. How can templates be added to the CARE Plan activities - ANSWER 1.A user can
search for and add them manually
Care plan templates can be added automatically by accepting a BPA
33. Log in to Epic as the adult med surg nurse from your information sheet. Open George
Two's chart, What is he allergic to? - ANSWER No known allergies
34. Does George two have any orders to acknowledge? - ANSWER yes
35. In Gerorge TWO's chart, change the collection status in the storyboard (left side of the
patient's chart to Unit collect. Which lab collection tasks appear in the Brain sidebar
for this patient? Note: You may need to expand the sidebar if it isn't open and you
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS |
ALREADY GRADED A+<RECENT
VERSION>
1. Chart Review - ANSWER A few weeks ago, you wrote a result note for a patient.
Where can you find the text of this result note now?
2. Immunizations - ANSWER In which activity will you document the
administration of an immunization?
3. Send and close the patient workspace - ANSWER When working in a telephone or
refill encounter, what do you need to do to ensure that the encounter will be routed to
the intended recipient?
4. The status column changes to Arrive - ANSWER How can you tell when a patient
has arrived at the clinic and is ready to be roomed?
5. Communications - ANSWER When choosing the Letters action in In-Basket what
activity does it take you into to complete the letter?
6. Result Release - ANSWER You are reviewing a patient's result in your In-Basket
and want to send it to MyChart. Which button should you click?
7. Contacts - ANSWER You are working in a telephone encounter with a patient. In
which section of the telephone encounter navigator should you document that you
received an incoming call from the patient?
,8. Result Notes - ANSWER You've been included as a recipient of a result note. In
which In-Basket folder would you find the note?
9. In the department folder, find the physician and drag and drop the provider on to your
My Patients for today - ANSWER You are working with a physician for the first
time today, and need to be able to see her schedule. What steps should you take to
accomplish this?
10. True - ANSWER T or F - You can access the letters active from an In Basket
Results message.
11. Rx Response - ANSWER You send a patient's prescription request to a physician.
The physician approves the prescription. In which In Basket folder do you receive
notification approval?
12. *** - ANSWER Free text should be added here in place of the wildcard
13. Order Review - ANSWER If a patient has a standing order for a lab test, you can
release one of the orders from ?
14. False - ANSWER T or F - The most efficient way to view information about
allergies or medications for a patient is to double-click the appointment from the
schedule.
15. False - ANSWER T or F - In the navigator's Allergies section, click Mark as
Reviewed only when you have added a new allergen.
16. Site/ Dose/ Billing Code - ANSWER When documenting the administration of a
medication, which pieces of information can you enter?
17. Medications - ANSWER Your patient tells you that she takes an over-the-counter
medication. In which navigator section should you document this?
,18. The date is free text, so enter "Age 8" - ANSWER If your patient cannot
remember the exact date of the appendectomy he had when he was eight years old,
what should you enter in the date field of the surgical history ?
19. Click Secure instead of Log Out when... - ANSWER You are the last person to
work with this patient in this room / You plan to return soon to work more with this
patient
20. List sore throat and fever as Chief Complaints - ANSWER A patient presents sick
visit complaining of a sore throat and fever. Where would you document these
symptoms to trigger History of Present Illness forms in the NoteWriter?
21. Enter/Edit Results - ANSWER The physician told you to do a point of care test
(she already ordered it). Now you received & have the results and need to record it in
Epic. In the patient's workspace, in which activity do you do this?
22. True - ANSWER T or F You can find results notes in Chart Review?
23. Immunizations - ANSWER You are seeing a new four-year-old patient. His father
brings a list of al the immunizations the child has received to date. In which
24. Press Tab - ANSWER When working in sections that have a lot of fields, like the
Vital Signs section, what is the fastest way to move from one field to the next?
25. False - ANSWER T or F - In order to document a historical administration of an
immunization reported to you by your patient, you must first place an order in Order
Entry.
26. Take responsibility for the message - ANSWER When working with a pool
message in the Results folder, to indicate to other members of the pool that you are
following up on a message, what SHOULD you do?
27. With the message selected, click Tel Call (Telephone Encounter) and click Yes when
asked to include the message in the documentation. - ANSWER What is the most
, efficient way to include the text of a Pt. Call Back message in the documentation of
the telephone encounter?
28. True/False - A nurse should immediately release signed and held orders for a new
patient who just arrived on the floor from the ED. - ANSWER False - Before
releasing signed and held orders , the patient arrival on the unit must be confirmed in
EPIC using the UNIT Manager activity
If this is not done, the system will think the patient is still in their original unit and
orders might be affected Medications might be dispensed to the wrong unit.
29. What is the effect of releasing signed and held orders? - ANSWER 1. The orders
are active
2.Pharmacy will be notified of orders impacting them
3.Other clinician s will be notified of orders impacting them
30. True/False - Documenting the patients vitals in a navigator will also populate the Vital
Signs flowsheet template and the Flow Sheets activity - ANSWER True - All
documentation that you complete in a navigator will automatically populate the
appropriate places throughout the patient chart.
31. True/False Best Practice Advisories BPA's notify clinicians of tasks that they are
required to perform for the patient. - ANSWER FALSE - Suggestions to do things
Add Patient Care Plan
Place orders
32. How can templates be added to the CARE Plan activities - ANSWER 1.A user can
search for and add them manually
Care plan templates can be added automatically by accepting a BPA
33. Log in to Epic as the adult med surg nurse from your information sheet. Open George
Two's chart, What is he allergic to? - ANSWER No known allergies
34. Does George two have any orders to acknowledge? - ANSWER yes
35. In Gerorge TWO's chart, change the collection status in the storyboard (left side of the
patient's chart to Unit collect. Which lab collection tasks appear in the Brain sidebar
for this patient? Note: You may need to expand the sidebar if it isn't open and you
