EPIC WILLOW FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔A nurse sends a message to Pharmacy from the MAR indicating the patient's home
supply of a medication has run out. The pharmacist decides to start dispensing this
order. What steps should they take? - ✔✔Select Medications > Select Drug > Edit
Dispense Information > Remove the Patient Supplied Tick Box and Remaining Dose
✔✔How can nurses send messages to pharmacy about an order - ✔✔MAR > Rx
messages icon
✔✔Where do messages sent from the MAR appear for pharmacists and technicians? -
✔✔in the In Basket activity, under the
Medication Messages folder
✔✔True or False: The only way to adjust the ongoing schedule for an order is to
discontinue it and
enter a new order. - ✔✔False. A pharmacist can reschedule an active order from the
Medications activity or from a
medication message in the In Basket, using the Adjust Times button
✔✔What would you ahve to do to change an order from IV to PO? - ✔✔Discontinue and
place a new order
✔✔What three things does EPic consider when choosing a dispense location for a
drug? - ✔✔1. Patient Location (Unit, sometimes room depending on how many ADS
cabinets are assigned)
2. What pharmacies serve that location (PHR)
3. What is available at each of the pharmacies? A med list (EFY) contains a list of meds
(ERX) and packages (NDC)
✔✔describe a typical dispense logic - ✔✔1. EMH Floor Stock
2. EMH 1 East ADS
3. Load to ADS
4. EMH Satellite Pharmacy
5. EMH Central Pharmacy
✔✔What does the green dot in the P column mean in the Medication List Admin? -
✔✔This Med will appear on a preference list
✔✔What is an NDC? - ✔✔Package of drug. NDC stands for "National Drug Code." The
NDC is specific to the manufacturer, the product (the equivalent of
an ERX record), and the size and type of the package. Willow selects the appropriate
package (NDC for any medication (ERX) that is available in your hospital
,✔✔Can a pharmacist view a medication list? - ✔✔Medication toolbar - Pharmacy >
Medication List Admin
✔✔What does the red dot on a medication list represent? - ✔✔This NDC is dispensed
by default
✔✔What does the yellow dot on a medication list represent? - ✔✔The entire package is
dispensed
✔✔What does the check mark mean on a medication list? - ✔✔This means that the
medication is available at this location
✔✔What does it mean when a medication is crossed out on a medication list (EFY)? -
✔✔It means that this medication is no longer manufactured, but you might still have it in
stock?
✔✔What does a bolded medication name mean on a EFY (medication list)? - ✔✔It
means that this package is no longer being manufactured and should be pulled out of
the supply chain
✔✔If a contiuous fluid is ordered, will IPS (Intelligent Package Selection) kick in? -
✔✔No, a default package will be selected. If a specific amount is requested, then the
IPS will kick in.
✔✔Do medication lists track inventory? - ✔✔NO!
✔✔What does the number in the count column of the EFY reflect? - ✔✔This is the
number of packages that arrive in the larger container when purchased and delivered.
✔✔If a patient is newly supplied a medication that has central pharmacy as the location,
how can the tech make subsequent supplies come from the ADS? - ✔✔1. "First dose"
will be from cantral pharmacy 2. subsequent dose to be assigned a "pocket" in ADS
cabinet.
3. ADS sends message to Epic that med has been "loaded" in the ADS cabinet
4. Medication list (EFY) for the ADS is updated and it's now the dispense location for the
medicine
✔✔What happens when a medication is unloaded from the ADS? - ✔✔The medication
list will update, the ADS will no longer be a dispense location for that medication. The
MAR will update with the next appropriate dispense location
, ✔✔What does it mean when a dispense label has lists a location of ADS Load Cabinet?
- ✔✔It means that the med that has been verified is one that has been assigned to
always dispense from an ADS cabinet.
✔✔What happens when an ADS Cabinet Load label prints? - ✔✔A tech would fill the
order and load it into the ADS cabinet on the appropriate unit. The order will added to
the patients profile in the ADS.
(The MAR will also indicate that the med must be loaded to the ADS)
✔✔When does a dispense action show up in Order Hx for an order coming from an
ADS? - ✔✔When the medication has been pulled from the ADS cabinet
✔✔A nurse just took the last acetaminophen‐codeine tablet out of the 1 East ADS, so
the pocket is
empty.
True/False: Epic will choose the ADS LOAD PHARMACY as the dispense location for a
new order for
acetaminophen‐codeine tablets. - ✔✔False. The pocket is empty, but it is still assigned
to this medication; in other words, the
acetaminophen‐codeine is still "loaded". The 1 East ADS is still considered the dispense
location.
✔✔What is a cart interval? - ✔✔Defines the due times of doses to be included on this
cart.
✔✔True or False: You can configure carts to be started manually or automatically -
✔✔True
✔✔When is a medication added to a patient's profile in the ADS? - ✔✔When the order
has been signed AND verified!
✔✔When scheduling a cart schedule, what does the 'finalize' time mean? - ✔✔Number
of minutes before the interval that the system stops scheduling doses for this cart.
✔✔When scheduling a cart schedule, what does the 'start' time mean? - ✔✔The
number of minutes before the interval that the system identifies doses to be
included on the cart. Only verified orders will be included.
✔✔When scheduling a cart schedule, what does the 'Update' time mean? - ✔✔The
number of minutes before the interval that the system identifies any new or
discontinued orders since the previous update.
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔A nurse sends a message to Pharmacy from the MAR indicating the patient's home
supply of a medication has run out. The pharmacist decides to start dispensing this
order. What steps should they take? - ✔✔Select Medications > Select Drug > Edit
Dispense Information > Remove the Patient Supplied Tick Box and Remaining Dose
✔✔How can nurses send messages to pharmacy about an order - ✔✔MAR > Rx
messages icon
✔✔Where do messages sent from the MAR appear for pharmacists and technicians? -
✔✔in the In Basket activity, under the
Medication Messages folder
✔✔True or False: The only way to adjust the ongoing schedule for an order is to
discontinue it and
enter a new order. - ✔✔False. A pharmacist can reschedule an active order from the
Medications activity or from a
medication message in the In Basket, using the Adjust Times button
✔✔What would you ahve to do to change an order from IV to PO? - ✔✔Discontinue and
place a new order
✔✔What three things does EPic consider when choosing a dispense location for a
drug? - ✔✔1. Patient Location (Unit, sometimes room depending on how many ADS
cabinets are assigned)
2. What pharmacies serve that location (PHR)
3. What is available at each of the pharmacies? A med list (EFY) contains a list of meds
(ERX) and packages (NDC)
✔✔describe a typical dispense logic - ✔✔1. EMH Floor Stock
2. EMH 1 East ADS
3. Load to ADS
4. EMH Satellite Pharmacy
5. EMH Central Pharmacy
✔✔What does the green dot in the P column mean in the Medication List Admin? -
✔✔This Med will appear on a preference list
✔✔What is an NDC? - ✔✔Package of drug. NDC stands for "National Drug Code." The
NDC is specific to the manufacturer, the product (the equivalent of
an ERX record), and the size and type of the package. Willow selects the appropriate
package (NDC for any medication (ERX) that is available in your hospital
,✔✔Can a pharmacist view a medication list? - ✔✔Medication toolbar - Pharmacy >
Medication List Admin
✔✔What does the red dot on a medication list represent? - ✔✔This NDC is dispensed
by default
✔✔What does the yellow dot on a medication list represent? - ✔✔The entire package is
dispensed
✔✔What does the check mark mean on a medication list? - ✔✔This means that the
medication is available at this location
✔✔What does it mean when a medication is crossed out on a medication list (EFY)? -
✔✔It means that this medication is no longer manufactured, but you might still have it in
stock?
✔✔What does a bolded medication name mean on a EFY (medication list)? - ✔✔It
means that this package is no longer being manufactured and should be pulled out of
the supply chain
✔✔If a contiuous fluid is ordered, will IPS (Intelligent Package Selection) kick in? -
✔✔No, a default package will be selected. If a specific amount is requested, then the
IPS will kick in.
✔✔Do medication lists track inventory? - ✔✔NO!
✔✔What does the number in the count column of the EFY reflect? - ✔✔This is the
number of packages that arrive in the larger container when purchased and delivered.
✔✔If a patient is newly supplied a medication that has central pharmacy as the location,
how can the tech make subsequent supplies come from the ADS? - ✔✔1. "First dose"
will be from cantral pharmacy 2. subsequent dose to be assigned a "pocket" in ADS
cabinet.
3. ADS sends message to Epic that med has been "loaded" in the ADS cabinet
4. Medication list (EFY) for the ADS is updated and it's now the dispense location for the
medicine
✔✔What happens when a medication is unloaded from the ADS? - ✔✔The medication
list will update, the ADS will no longer be a dispense location for that medication. The
MAR will update with the next appropriate dispense location
, ✔✔What does it mean when a dispense label has lists a location of ADS Load Cabinet?
- ✔✔It means that the med that has been verified is one that has been assigned to
always dispense from an ADS cabinet.
✔✔What happens when an ADS Cabinet Load label prints? - ✔✔A tech would fill the
order and load it into the ADS cabinet on the appropriate unit. The order will added to
the patients profile in the ADS.
(The MAR will also indicate that the med must be loaded to the ADS)
✔✔When does a dispense action show up in Order Hx for an order coming from an
ADS? - ✔✔When the medication has been pulled from the ADS cabinet
✔✔A nurse just took the last acetaminophen‐codeine tablet out of the 1 East ADS, so
the pocket is
empty.
True/False: Epic will choose the ADS LOAD PHARMACY as the dispense location for a
new order for
acetaminophen‐codeine tablets. - ✔✔False. The pocket is empty, but it is still assigned
to this medication; in other words, the
acetaminophen‐codeine is still "loaded". The 1 East ADS is still considered the dispense
location.
✔✔What is a cart interval? - ✔✔Defines the due times of doses to be included on this
cart.
✔✔True or False: You can configure carts to be started manually or automatically -
✔✔True
✔✔When is a medication added to a patient's profile in the ADS? - ✔✔When the order
has been signed AND verified!
✔✔When scheduling a cart schedule, what does the 'finalize' time mean? - ✔✔Number
of minutes before the interval that the system stops scheduling doses for this cart.
✔✔When scheduling a cart schedule, what does the 'start' time mean? - ✔✔The
number of minutes before the interval that the system identifies doses to be
included on the cart. Only verified orders will be included.
✔✔When scheduling a cart schedule, what does the 'Update' time mean? - ✔✔The
number of minutes before the interval that the system identifies any new or
discontinued orders since the previous update.
