WILLOW IP ADMIN FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which of these is the best description of what the Limit to Medication List field does
(pick ONE only)? Epic will dispense medications from the associated pharmacy if the
meds are:
a) Not on the Limit to... list.
b) On the Limit to... list.
c) On both the Limit to... list and the pharmacy's med list. - ✔✔C) The medication has to
be on BOTH lists for Epic to consider dispensing from that pharmacy.
✔✔What can I use to quickly find information about why a medication is dispensing
incorrectly? - ✔✔From Order Hx, I can click Troubleshooting>>Dispense Trace, and
read the report.
✔✔In your own words, describe what you would need to do in order to create and
configure a PHR record for a floor stock pharmacy: - ✔✔• Create a PHR record
• Give it a type of Standard
• Attach a med list (EFY)
• On the Dispensing Information form, prevent redispensing by selecting the Do not
redispense from this pharmacy check box.
• On the Others form, prevent first doses or cart fill doses from being generated by
selecting Fire dispensing extension only (i.e., no first doses, no carts).
• On the Others form, prevent an error by choosing the RX NO ORDER TO CABINET
[85505] dispensing extension.
✔✔When a nurse "pulls" a dose of a medication from an ADS cabinet for a patient, the
ADS system sends Epic a(n) ________________________ message. - ✔✔Order
Dispense
✔✔When you verify an order in Epic with an ADS cabinet as its dispense location, the
_______________________ interface message should be sent. This updates the
patient's profile in the ADS console. Epic knows to send this message because
___________________________ is in the ADS cabinet's pharmacy (PHR) record. -
✔✔Order Verified, RX SEND ORDER TO CABINET
✔✔When a technician assigns a "pocket" in an ADS cabinet to a med, that medication
is now considered "available there. Epic receives a(n) _________________ interface
message, which causes it to update the correct pharmacy (PHR) record's
__________________ record. - ✔✔Load/Unload, Medication List (EFY)
✔✔In the previous question, the incoming message includes a string of text that
indicates which physical ADS cabinet's inventory changed. Epic uses the
, ______________ field to match that message with a specific pharmacy (PHR) record. -
✔✔Identifier
✔✔Suppose you have a unit with four ADS cabinets. The four ADS cabinets are on four
separate corners of the unit, they carry separate medications, and serve different
patients. Which of the following steps would you take to configure this in your unit?
(Choose ALL that apply).
A. Create 4 separate pharmacy records with different med lists
B. Give each pharmacy the SAME name to display on the MAR
C. Give each pharmacy a UNIQUE name to display on the MAR
D. Create four separate CARE AREA records
E. Create four separate UNIT records - ✔✔A, C, and D
✔✔Should the pharmacy profile preference list be built manually, or should it be linked
to a Medication List (EFY) record? If it's linked to a Medication List, which list should it
be linked to? - ✔✔It should be linked to your central pharmacy's medication list. This
preference list should contain all medications available in the hospital, not just the
subset of orders commonly used by a department or specialty.
✔✔Which medications are copied from a medication list to its linked preference list? -
✔✔The medications with a green dot next to them on the medication list are copied to
the linked preference list.
✔✔Why should some medications be on the central pharmacy medication list but NOT
on the pharmacy preference list? - ✔✔A medication that is stocked but never ordered
by itself (for example, sterile water) should NOT be copied to the linked preference list.
✔✔You create a preference list for pharmacists at your hospital. You link it to the
Central Pharmacy medication list for that hospital. But when you test it out, the
medications are not showing on the Preference List tab. What could be wrong? (Choose
only ONE.)
A. You didn't attach the preference list to a profile.
B. You forgot to close the med list record before testing.
C. You logged in to the wrong department.
D. All of the above. - ✔✔D. All of the above.
✔✔What is a formulary? - ✔✔This is the list of medications approved for use by the
P&T committee.
✔✔The formulary is a record in which master file? - ✔✔Formulary records are built in
the EFY master file
✔✔After building a formulary, where do you attach it? - ✔✔You attach the formulary to
the Hospital record in Hyperspace.
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which of these is the best description of what the Limit to Medication List field does
(pick ONE only)? Epic will dispense medications from the associated pharmacy if the
meds are:
a) Not on the Limit to... list.
b) On the Limit to... list.
c) On both the Limit to... list and the pharmacy's med list. - ✔✔C) The medication has to
be on BOTH lists for Epic to consider dispensing from that pharmacy.
✔✔What can I use to quickly find information about why a medication is dispensing
incorrectly? - ✔✔From Order Hx, I can click Troubleshooting>>Dispense Trace, and
read the report.
✔✔In your own words, describe what you would need to do in order to create and
configure a PHR record for a floor stock pharmacy: - ✔✔• Create a PHR record
• Give it a type of Standard
• Attach a med list (EFY)
• On the Dispensing Information form, prevent redispensing by selecting the Do not
redispense from this pharmacy check box.
• On the Others form, prevent first doses or cart fill doses from being generated by
selecting Fire dispensing extension only (i.e., no first doses, no carts).
• On the Others form, prevent an error by choosing the RX NO ORDER TO CABINET
[85505] dispensing extension.
✔✔When a nurse "pulls" a dose of a medication from an ADS cabinet for a patient, the
ADS system sends Epic a(n) ________________________ message. - ✔✔Order
Dispense
✔✔When you verify an order in Epic with an ADS cabinet as its dispense location, the
_______________________ interface message should be sent. This updates the
patient's profile in the ADS console. Epic knows to send this message because
___________________________ is in the ADS cabinet's pharmacy (PHR) record. -
✔✔Order Verified, RX SEND ORDER TO CABINET
✔✔When a technician assigns a "pocket" in an ADS cabinet to a med, that medication
is now considered "available there. Epic receives a(n) _________________ interface
message, which causes it to update the correct pharmacy (PHR) record's
__________________ record. - ✔✔Load/Unload, Medication List (EFY)
✔✔In the previous question, the incoming message includes a string of text that
indicates which physical ADS cabinet's inventory changed. Epic uses the
, ______________ field to match that message with a specific pharmacy (PHR) record. -
✔✔Identifier
✔✔Suppose you have a unit with four ADS cabinets. The four ADS cabinets are on four
separate corners of the unit, they carry separate medications, and serve different
patients. Which of the following steps would you take to configure this in your unit?
(Choose ALL that apply).
A. Create 4 separate pharmacy records with different med lists
B. Give each pharmacy the SAME name to display on the MAR
C. Give each pharmacy a UNIQUE name to display on the MAR
D. Create four separate CARE AREA records
E. Create four separate UNIT records - ✔✔A, C, and D
✔✔Should the pharmacy profile preference list be built manually, or should it be linked
to a Medication List (EFY) record? If it's linked to a Medication List, which list should it
be linked to? - ✔✔It should be linked to your central pharmacy's medication list. This
preference list should contain all medications available in the hospital, not just the
subset of orders commonly used by a department or specialty.
✔✔Which medications are copied from a medication list to its linked preference list? -
✔✔The medications with a green dot next to them on the medication list are copied to
the linked preference list.
✔✔Why should some medications be on the central pharmacy medication list but NOT
on the pharmacy preference list? - ✔✔A medication that is stocked but never ordered
by itself (for example, sterile water) should NOT be copied to the linked preference list.
✔✔You create a preference list for pharmacists at your hospital. You link it to the
Central Pharmacy medication list for that hospital. But when you test it out, the
medications are not showing on the Preference List tab. What could be wrong? (Choose
only ONE.)
A. You didn't attach the preference list to a profile.
B. You forgot to close the med list record before testing.
C. You logged in to the wrong department.
D. All of the above. - ✔✔D. All of the above.
✔✔What is a formulary? - ✔✔This is the list of medications approved for use by the
P&T committee.
✔✔The formulary is a record in which master file? - ✔✔Formulary records are built in
the EFY master file
✔✔After building a formulary, where do you attach it? - ✔✔You attach the formulary to
the Hospital record in Hyperspace.
