INP 100 LATEST COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Before a nurse releases signed and held orders for a new patient who just arrived
on the floor from the ED, what other step needs to be done first? What will happen if this
step is not done? - ✔✔Before releasing signed and held orders, the patient's 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 place, etc).
✔✔What does it mean to release signed and held orders? - ✔✔Releasing orders means
you are making them active. Other clinicians will be notified of the orders and can start
acting on them.
✔✔True or False? Documenting the patient's vitals in the navigator will also populate
the Vital Signs flowsheet template in the Flowsheets activity. - ✔✔True. All
documentation that you complete in a navigator will automatically populate the
appropriate places throughout the patient's chart.
✔✔True or False? BestPractice Advisories (BPAs) notify clinicians of tasks that they
must perform for the patient. - ✔✔False. BPAs present clinicians with suggestions to do
things like add to the patient's care plan or place orders. If clinicians don't agree with the
BPA suggestion, they can clear the check box in the BPA before clicking
Accept.
✔✔What are two ways templates can be added to the Care Plan activity? - ✔✔Care
Plan templates can be added automatically by accepting a recommendation in a
BestPractice Advisory or they can be added manually by clicking Apply Template.
✔✔What are two ways Education titles can be added to the Education activity? -
✔✔Education titles can be added automatically if a Care Plan goal or intervention
requires teaching, or they can be added manually by clicking Add Title.
, ✔✔When documenting intake/output totals for a patient at the end of your shift (0701-
1900), which of the following is the best choice for the column you should document in?
Why? - ✔✔a) 1900, because technically the next shift starts at 1901. You need to
document in a column during the current shift so that I/O totals are not skewed in the I/O
activity and accordion reports.
✔✔What should you click to add a column to the flowsheet for a specific time when
documenting end of shift totals? - ✔✔Insert Col
✔✔True or False? It is best to use the Flowsheets activity to review Intake and Output
totals. - ✔✔False. The Intake/Output activity is the best place to review intake and
output totals.
✔✔What button should you click to add an NG tube to the flowsheet?
a) Add Group
b) Add Row
c) Add LDA
d) Add Column - ✔✔c) Add LDA
✔✔When you first administer an IV medication, an extra window appears that doesn't
appear for oral meds. What window appears, and why? - ✔✔The Link Lines window
appears asking you to associate the intravenous order with one of the patient's lines.
✔✔When inserting a column to document your end-of-shift intake/output for a patient,
why is it so important to make certain you are documenting in a column within your
shift? - ✔✔So that I/O totals for the next shift are not skewed and include your shift's
totals.
✔✔True or False? When you document starting a new bag of an IV piggyback, its
volume is automatically included in the patient's intake totals. Explain your answer. -
✔✔False. Just because an IV is started doesn't mean the entire volume is infused. The
nurse needs to manually enter the volume for an IV on the intake/output flowsheet.
✔✔True or False? When you document starting a new bag of an IV piggyback, the rate
and linked line documented on the MAR automatically appear on the Intake/Output
flowsheet, but you must enter the volume infused.
Explain your answer. - ✔✔True. You don't want to document an entire 1000 mL bag as
having been infused just because you started it. The rate & linked line from the MAR
appear on the Intake/Output flowsheet to help calculate the volume at the end of the
shift or when the bag is done infusing.
✔✔Which of the following best describes how these groups were added to this
flowsheet?
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Before a nurse releases signed and held orders for a new patient who just arrived
on the floor from the ED, what other step needs to be done first? What will happen if this
step is not done? - ✔✔Before releasing signed and held orders, the patient's 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 place, etc).
✔✔What does it mean to release signed and held orders? - ✔✔Releasing orders means
you are making them active. Other clinicians will be notified of the orders and can start
acting on them.
✔✔True or False? Documenting the patient's vitals in the navigator will also populate
the Vital Signs flowsheet template in the Flowsheets activity. - ✔✔True. All
documentation that you complete in a navigator will automatically populate the
appropriate places throughout the patient's chart.
✔✔True or False? BestPractice Advisories (BPAs) notify clinicians of tasks that they
must perform for the patient. - ✔✔False. BPAs present clinicians with suggestions to do
things like add to the patient's care plan or place orders. If clinicians don't agree with the
BPA suggestion, they can clear the check box in the BPA before clicking
Accept.
✔✔What are two ways templates can be added to the Care Plan activity? - ✔✔Care
Plan templates can be added automatically by accepting a recommendation in a
BestPractice Advisory or they can be added manually by clicking Apply Template.
✔✔What are two ways Education titles can be added to the Education activity? -
✔✔Education titles can be added automatically if a Care Plan goal or intervention
requires teaching, or they can be added manually by clicking Add Title.
, ✔✔When documenting intake/output totals for a patient at the end of your shift (0701-
1900), which of the following is the best choice for the column you should document in?
Why? - ✔✔a) 1900, because technically the next shift starts at 1901. You need to
document in a column during the current shift so that I/O totals are not skewed in the I/O
activity and accordion reports.
✔✔What should you click to add a column to the flowsheet for a specific time when
documenting end of shift totals? - ✔✔Insert Col
✔✔True or False? It is best to use the Flowsheets activity to review Intake and Output
totals. - ✔✔False. The Intake/Output activity is the best place to review intake and
output totals.
✔✔What button should you click to add an NG tube to the flowsheet?
a) Add Group
b) Add Row
c) Add LDA
d) Add Column - ✔✔c) Add LDA
✔✔When you first administer an IV medication, an extra window appears that doesn't
appear for oral meds. What window appears, and why? - ✔✔The Link Lines window
appears asking you to associate the intravenous order with one of the patient's lines.
✔✔When inserting a column to document your end-of-shift intake/output for a patient,
why is it so important to make certain you are documenting in a column within your
shift? - ✔✔So that I/O totals for the next shift are not skewed and include your shift's
totals.
✔✔True or False? When you document starting a new bag of an IV piggyback, its
volume is automatically included in the patient's intake totals. Explain your answer. -
✔✔False. Just because an IV is started doesn't mean the entire volume is infused. The
nurse needs to manually enter the volume for an IV on the intake/output flowsheet.
✔✔True or False? When you document starting a new bag of an IV piggyback, the rate
and linked line documented on the MAR automatically appear on the Intake/Output
flowsheet, but you must enter the volume infused.
Explain your answer. - ✔✔True. You don't want to document an entire 1000 mL bag as
having been infused just because you started it. The rate & linked line from the MAR
appear on the Intake/Output flowsheet to help calculate the volume at the end of the
shift or when the bag is done infusing.
✔✔Which of the following best describes how these groups were added to this
flowsheet?
