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EPIC IMP 100 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What does EPIC call the first screen a user sees when they log in? - answer✔Startup Activity
What is a My List? - answer✔A list of patients that I am following during my shift. I control
the columns, the default report, and I manage the list of patients
What is a system list, and how can it be used to organize patients? - answer✔A list of patients
that is automatically updated by the system. You can make a shortcut to these lists in a My List.
How can a surgeon quickly sort her list of patients by unit? - answer✔Click the Unit column in
Patient Lists.
What types of information can a surgeon gather from reports at the bottom of the startup
activities? - answer✔Vitals, I/O, Current Meds, and more
How can a clinician open a patient's chartg? - answer✔Double-click the patient from Patient
Lists.
What are the tabs along the left of the screen in a patients' chart called? - answer✔Activities
How can you tell there is an abnormal value within a specified time interval in accordion
reports? - answer✔There is a red exclamation point next to the value.
How can you tell if there are values hidden within a time interval in accordion reports? -
answer✔The abnormal value appears in red.
How can you tell if there are values hidden within a time interval in accordion reports? -
answer✔A plus sign appears next to the value displaying in a given column.
How do you know which notes are new? - answer✔A clock icon appears in a column next to
the note.
How can you quickly find a patient's H&P within the Notes activity? - answer✔Click the
H&Ps. Or, from the All Notes tab, click the Type column header to sort by note type.
You want to Time Mark the new notes for your patient. Will that action Time Mark your
patient's notes for anyone else who opens her chart? - answer✔No. Clicking Time Mark
automatically marks ALL notes as no longer new for the user to Time Marks, but nobody else.
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True or False? Time Mark means that you have actually read all of the notes in the patient's
chart. - answer✔False. Time Mark serves as a bookmark and organization tool for you. It
simply marks the notes as no longer new.
On the Add or Remove Buttons from Toolbar window, what is the difference between the
Reports and Display Name columns? - answer✔In the REPORTS column, you enter the name
of the report you want to have as a shortcut on the Reports toolbar. The name in the DISPLAY
NAME column is what you actually see on a report's button in Summary.
Assume the following scenario: You are searching for an order, and you are unable to find it on
your preference list, so you search the facility list and find it there. The next time you search for
this same order, you don't want to have to expand your search to the facility list. What can you
do? - answer✔Add the order to your preference list by clicking the star to the right of the order.
As you are writing an order for your patient, your pager goes off. What can you do with this
unfinished order? - answer✔Pend the order by clicking Save Work.
What must you do before that unfinished order can be acted upon? - answer✔Complete and
sign the order.
When searching for a dietary consult order, you enter "con die" in the search field. What search
method are you using? - answer✔EnRol
What happens behind the scenes when you modify the frequency of a medication order? -
answer✔The original order is discontinued and a new order is entered. As a result, two rows
appear on the MAR for nurses.
What happens behind the scenes when you modify the rate of a medication? - answer✔The
original order is just modified. As a result, only one row appears on the MAR for nurses.
Dr. Asparagus would like to order an acetaminophen-codeine (TYLENOL #3) tablet for his
patient. In the search field, he types "T3" and finds the order. Why did Dr. Asparagus find the
order after typing, "T3"? - answer✔T3 is a synonym for the acetaminophen-codeine
(TYLENOL#3) tablet order.
Where should a physician go to order a patient's home medication if it wasn't originally ordered
during the admission process? - answer✔Home Meds tab of the Orders activity -> Reorder
Home Meds
What does the pushpin mean if it is next to a problem in the problem list? - answer✔The
pushpin indicates that the problem is a chronic problem (an ongoing problem for the patient).
What is the Principal problem? - answer✔The Principal problem is the main reason for the
patient's hospitalization.
EPIC IMP 100 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What does EPIC call the first screen a user sees when they log in? - answer✔Startup Activity
What is a My List? - answer✔A list of patients that I am following during my shift. I control
the columns, the default report, and I manage the list of patients
What is a system list, and how can it be used to organize patients? - answer✔A list of patients
that is automatically updated by the system. You can make a shortcut to these lists in a My List.
How can a surgeon quickly sort her list of patients by unit? - answer✔Click the Unit column in
Patient Lists.
What types of information can a surgeon gather from reports at the bottom of the startup
activities? - answer✔Vitals, I/O, Current Meds, and more
How can a clinician open a patient's chartg? - answer✔Double-click the patient from Patient
Lists.
What are the tabs along the left of the screen in a patients' chart called? - answer✔Activities
How can you tell there is an abnormal value within a specified time interval in accordion
reports? - answer✔There is a red exclamation point next to the value.
How can you tell if there are values hidden within a time interval in accordion reports? -
answer✔The abnormal value appears in red.
How can you tell if there are values hidden within a time interval in accordion reports? -
answer✔A plus sign appears next to the value displaying in a given column.
How do you know which notes are new? - answer✔A clock icon appears in a column next to
the note.
How can you quickly find a patient's H&P within the Notes activity? - answer✔Click the
H&Ps. Or, from the All Notes tab, click the Type column header to sort by note type.
You want to Time Mark the new notes for your patient. Will that action Time Mark your
patient's notes for anyone else who opens her chart? - answer✔No. Clicking Time Mark
automatically marks ALL notes as no longer new for the user to Time Marks, but nobody else.
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True or False? Time Mark means that you have actually read all of the notes in the patient's
chart. - answer✔False. Time Mark serves as a bookmark and organization tool for you. It
simply marks the notes as no longer new.
On the Add or Remove Buttons from Toolbar window, what is the difference between the
Reports and Display Name columns? - answer✔In the REPORTS column, you enter the name
of the report you want to have as a shortcut on the Reports toolbar. The name in the DISPLAY
NAME column is what you actually see on a report's button in Summary.
Assume the following scenario: You are searching for an order, and you are unable to find it on
your preference list, so you search the facility list and find it there. The next time you search for
this same order, you don't want to have to expand your search to the facility list. What can you
do? - answer✔Add the order to your preference list by clicking the star to the right of the order.
As you are writing an order for your patient, your pager goes off. What can you do with this
unfinished order? - answer✔Pend the order by clicking Save Work.
What must you do before that unfinished order can be acted upon? - answer✔Complete and
sign the order.
When searching for a dietary consult order, you enter "con die" in the search field. What search
method are you using? - answer✔EnRol
What happens behind the scenes when you modify the frequency of a medication order? -
answer✔The original order is discontinued and a new order is entered. As a result, two rows
appear on the MAR for nurses.
What happens behind the scenes when you modify the rate of a medication? - answer✔The
original order is just modified. As a result, only one row appears on the MAR for nurses.
Dr. Asparagus would like to order an acetaminophen-codeine (TYLENOL #3) tablet for his
patient. In the search field, he types "T3" and finds the order. Why did Dr. Asparagus find the
order after typing, "T3"? - answer✔T3 is a synonym for the acetaminophen-codeine
(TYLENOL#3) tablet order.
Where should a physician go to order a patient's home medication if it wasn't originally ordered
during the admission process? - answer✔Home Meds tab of the Orders activity -> Reorder
Home Meds
What does the pushpin mean if it is next to a problem in the problem list? - answer✔The
pushpin indicates that the problem is a chronic problem (an ongoing problem for the patient).
What is the Principal problem? - answer✔The Principal problem is the main reason for the
patient's hospitalization.
