INP 100 Chapter 6 Test Questions and Answers Rated A
Give two advantages of using the Work List the cell at the time the medication is scheduled to
instead of the Due Meds report to review your be given. To document administering the
patients' medications. Then give two advantages medication, click the due time on the MAR.
of using the Due Meds report instead of the Work
List. - ANSWER -Work List: Can see ALL
medications for ALL patients; can see other tasks Can a nurse document giving a medication that
at the same time; can document without opening has NOT been verified by pharmacy? -
a patient's chart. Due Meds: Can see ALL of one ANSWER -Yes. He sees warnings that the
patient's medications due within the current shift; medication has not been verified but can
can see last administration time of all meds; can continue with the administration.
easily see administration instructions.
What are two reasons why a nurse might need to
What does an "!!" icon next to a medication on pull a medication from an ADS cabinet on
the MAR mean? How is the administration override? - ANSWER -No one has entered
workflow different for that medication? - an order for the medication into Epic. An order
ANSWER -The medication requires dual has been entered in Epic, but pharmacy hasn't
sign-off. Another nurse will need to review and verified it yet, so it does not appear on the
verify the administration and enter his user ID & patient's ADS profile.
password when documenting the administration.
What is a MAR? - ANSWER -The electronic
You're about to give a pain medication to a Medication Administration Record (MAR activity)
patient. You know the patient hasn't received any helps nurses see what medications need to be
doses of this medication, but you'd like to see the administered and record doing so.
last time he received any pain medications over
the last 24 hours. How can you do that without
having to scroll through multiple shifts of the What is a PRN medication? - ANSWER -A
MAR? - ANSWER -Use the MAR Report in PRN medication is a medication that is
the MAR activity. administered as needed.
How do medications that are discontinued What is a scheduled medication? -
appear on the MAR? - ANSWER -The ANSWER -A scheduled medications is due
medication row appears with all the cells at a particular time.
highlighted in yellow.
What is Dual sign-off? - ANSWER -Dual
What is the main difference between sign-off means a second nurse must verify the
documenting a PRN medication compared to a "rights" along with the nurse who is actually
scheduled medication? - ANSWER -PRN administering the medication.
medications do not have scheduled times that
appear on the MAR. To document giving the
medication, the nurse clicks anywhere in the cell What is an overdue dose? - ANSWER -An
and documents administering the medication. overdue dose is a medication that has yet to be
Scheduled medications appear with a due time in
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documented. pieces of information about the medication.
What is Willow Inpatient Pharmacy? - How do you filter the MAR? - ANSWER -
ANSWER -Willow Inpatient Pharmacy is Nurses can use the tabs across the top of the
Epic's pharmacy system. MAR to filter the medications.
What is an Automated Dispensing System How do you identify an active, future, completed,
(ADS)? - ANSWER -An ADS cabinet is like or discontinued medication? - ANSWER -
a computerized vending machine for The MAR groups orders based on their status
medications. and sorts them alphabetically within the active,
future, completed, or discontinued medication
groups.
What is an override pull? - ANSWER -If a
medication is not on the ADS patient's profile, the
nurse can only pull it if it is available as an How do you identify a medication that has not
override pull. Each ADS cabinet has a list of been verified by pharmacy? - ANSWER -
medications in its inventory that can be pulled on Unverified orders appear on the MAR with a red
override. stop sign.
How do you use the Due Meds report to review How do you use the MAR Report to review med
all of a single patient's medications? - administrations across multiple shifts? -
ANSWER -To get a complete view of a ANSWER -Each column in the MAR report
patient's medications, a nurse can use the Due shows an entire day's worth of administrations
Meds report in Patient Lists or the Meds report in and due times. Click on an administration or due
Summary. The Due Meds report shows all time to see more details about that action at the
scheduled doses due this shift and any overdue bottom of the report. Use the day range
doses from the last shift. The scheduled doses hyperlinks to zoom in or out or to shift your view
appear in chronological order. forward or backward.
How do you identify when the last dose of a How do you document giving a PRN medication?
medication was given? - ANSWER -A - ANSWER -In the MAR under the column
nurse can use the "Last Admin" column in the for the current time, click the cell for the
Due Meds report and the MAR Report in the medication you are about to administer. Verify
MAR activity. you have the right patient, medication, dose, and
route. For PRN medications, confirm you are
giving the med for the indicated PRN reason. If
How do you read and navigate the MAR? - you haven't already, verify that enough time has
ANSWER -Each row in the MAR passed since the last administration. If
represents the different medications, and each necessary, update the Time and Dose fields to
column represents a different hour. Icons are reflect when and how much of the medication
used in the MAR to call attention to important was actually administered.
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Give two advantages of using the Work List the cell at the time the medication is scheduled to
instead of the Due Meds report to review your be given. To document administering the
patients' medications. Then give two advantages medication, click the due time on the MAR.
of using the Due Meds report instead of the Work
List. - ANSWER -Work List: Can see ALL
medications for ALL patients; can see other tasks Can a nurse document giving a medication that
at the same time; can document without opening has NOT been verified by pharmacy? -
a patient's chart. Due Meds: Can see ALL of one ANSWER -Yes. He sees warnings that the
patient's medications due within the current shift; medication has not been verified but can
can see last administration time of all meds; can continue with the administration.
easily see administration instructions.
What are two reasons why a nurse might need to
What does an "!!" icon next to a medication on pull a medication from an ADS cabinet on
the MAR mean? How is the administration override? - ANSWER -No one has entered
workflow different for that medication? - an order for the medication into Epic. An order
ANSWER -The medication requires dual has been entered in Epic, but pharmacy hasn't
sign-off. Another nurse will need to review and verified it yet, so it does not appear on the
verify the administration and enter his user ID & patient's ADS profile.
password when documenting the administration.
What is a MAR? - ANSWER -The electronic
You're about to give a pain medication to a Medication Administration Record (MAR activity)
patient. You know the patient hasn't received any helps nurses see what medications need to be
doses of this medication, but you'd like to see the administered and record doing so.
last time he received any pain medications over
the last 24 hours. How can you do that without
having to scroll through multiple shifts of the What is a PRN medication? - ANSWER -A
MAR? - ANSWER -Use the MAR Report in PRN medication is a medication that is
the MAR activity. administered as needed.
How do medications that are discontinued What is a scheduled medication? -
appear on the MAR? - ANSWER -The ANSWER -A scheduled medications is due
medication row appears with all the cells at a particular time.
highlighted in yellow.
What is Dual sign-off? - ANSWER -Dual
What is the main difference between sign-off means a second nurse must verify the
documenting a PRN medication compared to a "rights" along with the nurse who is actually
scheduled medication? - ANSWER -PRN administering the medication.
medications do not have scheduled times that
appear on the MAR. To document giving the
medication, the nurse clicks anywhere in the cell What is an overdue dose? - ANSWER -An
and documents administering the medication. overdue dose is a medication that has yet to be
Scheduled medications appear with a due time in
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documented. pieces of information about the medication.
What is Willow Inpatient Pharmacy? - How do you filter the MAR? - ANSWER -
ANSWER -Willow Inpatient Pharmacy is Nurses can use the tabs across the top of the
Epic's pharmacy system. MAR to filter the medications.
What is an Automated Dispensing System How do you identify an active, future, completed,
(ADS)? - ANSWER -An ADS cabinet is like or discontinued medication? - ANSWER -
a computerized vending machine for The MAR groups orders based on their status
medications. and sorts them alphabetically within the active,
future, completed, or discontinued medication
groups.
What is an override pull? - ANSWER -If a
medication is not on the ADS patient's profile, the
nurse can only pull it if it is available as an How do you identify a medication that has not
override pull. Each ADS cabinet has a list of been verified by pharmacy? - ANSWER -
medications in its inventory that can be pulled on Unverified orders appear on the MAR with a red
override. stop sign.
How do you use the Due Meds report to review How do you use the MAR Report to review med
all of a single patient's medications? - administrations across multiple shifts? -
ANSWER -To get a complete view of a ANSWER -Each column in the MAR report
patient's medications, a nurse can use the Due shows an entire day's worth of administrations
Meds report in Patient Lists or the Meds report in and due times. Click on an administration or due
Summary. The Due Meds report shows all time to see more details about that action at the
scheduled doses due this shift and any overdue bottom of the report. Use the day range
doses from the last shift. The scheduled doses hyperlinks to zoom in or out or to shift your view
appear in chronological order. forward or backward.
How do you identify when the last dose of a How do you document giving a PRN medication?
medication was given? - ANSWER -A - ANSWER -In the MAR under the column
nurse can use the "Last Admin" column in the for the current time, click the cell for the
Due Meds report and the MAR Report in the medication you are about to administer. Verify
MAR activity. you have the right patient, medication, dose, and
route. For PRN medications, confirm you are
giving the med for the indicated PRN reason. If
How do you read and navigate the MAR? - you haven't already, verify that enough time has
ANSWER -Each row in the MAR passed since the last administration. If
represents the different medications, and each necessary, update the Time and Dose fields to
column represents a different hour. Icons are reflect when and how much of the medication
used in the MAR to call attention to important was actually administered.
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