INP402 EpicCare Inpatient Clinical Exam | 150 Practice
Questions with Answers & Rationales | Epic
Certification Prep 2026
INTRO:
*This comprehensive study guide is designed for students preparing for the INP402
EpicCare Inpatient Clinical Exam (2025/2026). The exam evaluates proficiency in EpicCare
Inpatient workflows, including Flowsheet fundamentals, cascading logic,
Lines/Drains/Airways (LDA) configuration, clinical documentation administration, custom
formula rows, and Epic build best practices . This resource includes non-multiple-choice
questions with detailed rationales to help you master Epic inpatient concepts and achieve
success on the certification exam . Answers are in bold italic * with explanations in italic at
the end of each question.
DOMAIN 1: FLOWSHEET FUNDAMENTALS & MASTER FILES
1. Where do nurses do the majority of their documentation for an inpatient?
Answer: Flowsheets activity
The Flowsheets activity is the primary location for efficient, structured data entry in Epic,
where nurses document vital signs, intake/output, and assessments. While narrative notes,
MAR, and care plans are important, flowsheets are where the bulk of routine, formatted data
is collected .
2. What is used to organize different types of documentation and appears as tabs
within the Flowsheet activity?
Answer: Templates (Flowsheet templates, Flowsheet tabs)
Flowsheet templates serve as the tabs visible to clinicians. They organize and group similar
categories of documentation together, such as a "Vitals" tab or "Neuro Assessment" tab .
3. Each flowsheet template is a record in which master file?
Answer: FLT master file
The FLT (Flowsheet Template) master file contains definitions for flowsheet templates.
Administrators build and edit template records here before assigning them to users .
4. Groups and Rows are records in which master file?
,Answer: FLO master file
The FLO (Flowsheet) master file contains the records for both Groups (organizers) and
Rows (data fields). This distinguishes it from the FLT master file, which manages
Templates .
5. What is used to organize individual documentation flowsheet rows and appears as
a darker row color/bold font in the Flowsheet activity?
Answer: Group (Flowsheet Group)
A Flowsheet Group visually segments rows in the Flowsheets activity. They act as headers
(bold/dark background) that logically group related individual data points (rows) together .
6. Where is data documented; designed to hold specific data; appears as a lighter
row color in the Flowsheet activity?
Answer: Row (Flowsheet Row)
A Flowsheet Row is the specific data field where a clinician enters a single value (e.g.,
Systolic BP, Heart Rate). Rows appear indented with a lighter background beneath the
Group header .
7. What is the administrator's home menu for building flowsheets in Hyperspace?
Answer: Doc Flowsheet Builder
The Doc Flowsheet Builder is the administrator's home menu for building flowsheets in
Hyperspace. All flowsheet records are built, edited, and accessed here .
8. What defines the purpose of a record in the Flowsheet master file?
Answer: Row type
Row type defines the purpose of a record. It determines what the record can do and how it
behaves within the flowsheet .
9. What are the nine (9) available row types?
Answer: Acuity Calculator, Charge Row, Custom Formula, Data, Flowsheet Group,
Infusion Group, Lines/Drains/Airways, Programming Point, Properties
These nine row types define the purpose and behavior of a FLO record. Each serves a
specific function in clinical documentation .
10. What defines the type of information users can document in the row and how they
should format it?
, Answer: Value type
Value type defines the type of information users can document in the row and how they
should format it. It is determined by the row type .
11. What are the twelve (12) available value types?
Answer: Blood Pressure, Category Type, Custom List, Date, Height, Numeric Type,
Patient Height, Patient Weight, String Type, Temperature, Time, Weight
These twelve value types determine how data is formatted and entered in a flowsheet row.
Each value type has specific formatting rules and validation .
12. What shows extra information about the flowsheet on the right side, including min
& max values and who documented?
Answer: Details Report
The Details Report shows extra information about the flowsheet on the right side, including
minimum and maximum values, who documented, and other metadata about the
documentation .
13. What shows the available templates/tabs to the left of the flowsheet?
Answer: Table of Contents
The Table of Contents appears to the left of the flowsheet and shows the available
templates/tabs that clinicians can access .
DOMAIN 2: FLOWSHEET CONFIGURATION & BUILD
14. Where do you link rows to a group?
Answer: Within the open group/row record (in the Doc Flowsheet Builder)
Row and Group linking is configuration work done in the Doc Flowsheet Builder.
Specifically, rows are linked to groups within the "Preferred Group" field of the row record or
by editing the "Primary Rows" in the group record .
15. Where do you link groups to a template?
Answer: Within the open template record (in the Doc Flowsheet Builder)
Within the Flowsheet Template record, builders use the "Groups" multi-select field to attach
groups to the template .
16. Where do you specify all the rows that should normally show up in a group by
default?
Questions with Answers & Rationales | Epic
Certification Prep 2026
INTRO:
*This comprehensive study guide is designed for students preparing for the INP402
EpicCare Inpatient Clinical Exam (2025/2026). The exam evaluates proficiency in EpicCare
Inpatient workflows, including Flowsheet fundamentals, cascading logic,
Lines/Drains/Airways (LDA) configuration, clinical documentation administration, custom
formula rows, and Epic build best practices . This resource includes non-multiple-choice
questions with detailed rationales to help you master Epic inpatient concepts and achieve
success on the certification exam . Answers are in bold italic * with explanations in italic at
the end of each question.
DOMAIN 1: FLOWSHEET FUNDAMENTALS & MASTER FILES
1. Where do nurses do the majority of their documentation for an inpatient?
Answer: Flowsheets activity
The Flowsheets activity is the primary location for efficient, structured data entry in Epic,
where nurses document vital signs, intake/output, and assessments. While narrative notes,
MAR, and care plans are important, flowsheets are where the bulk of routine, formatted data
is collected .
2. What is used to organize different types of documentation and appears as tabs
within the Flowsheet activity?
Answer: Templates (Flowsheet templates, Flowsheet tabs)
Flowsheet templates serve as the tabs visible to clinicians. They organize and group similar
categories of documentation together, such as a "Vitals" tab or "Neuro Assessment" tab .
3. Each flowsheet template is a record in which master file?
Answer: FLT master file
The FLT (Flowsheet Template) master file contains definitions for flowsheet templates.
Administrators build and edit template records here before assigning them to users .
4. Groups and Rows are records in which master file?
,Answer: FLO master file
The FLO (Flowsheet) master file contains the records for both Groups (organizers) and
Rows (data fields). This distinguishes it from the FLT master file, which manages
Templates .
5. What is used to organize individual documentation flowsheet rows and appears as
a darker row color/bold font in the Flowsheet activity?
Answer: Group (Flowsheet Group)
A Flowsheet Group visually segments rows in the Flowsheets activity. They act as headers
(bold/dark background) that logically group related individual data points (rows) together .
6. Where is data documented; designed to hold specific data; appears as a lighter
row color in the Flowsheet activity?
Answer: Row (Flowsheet Row)
A Flowsheet Row is the specific data field where a clinician enters a single value (e.g.,
Systolic BP, Heart Rate). Rows appear indented with a lighter background beneath the
Group header .
7. What is the administrator's home menu for building flowsheets in Hyperspace?
Answer: Doc Flowsheet Builder
The Doc Flowsheet Builder is the administrator's home menu for building flowsheets in
Hyperspace. All flowsheet records are built, edited, and accessed here .
8. What defines the purpose of a record in the Flowsheet master file?
Answer: Row type
Row type defines the purpose of a record. It determines what the record can do and how it
behaves within the flowsheet .
9. What are the nine (9) available row types?
Answer: Acuity Calculator, Charge Row, Custom Formula, Data, Flowsheet Group,
Infusion Group, Lines/Drains/Airways, Programming Point, Properties
These nine row types define the purpose and behavior of a FLO record. Each serves a
specific function in clinical documentation .
10. What defines the type of information users can document in the row and how they
should format it?
, Answer: Value type
Value type defines the type of information users can document in the row and how they
should format it. It is determined by the row type .
11. What are the twelve (12) available value types?
Answer: Blood Pressure, Category Type, Custom List, Date, Height, Numeric Type,
Patient Height, Patient Weight, String Type, Temperature, Time, Weight
These twelve value types determine how data is formatted and entered in a flowsheet row.
Each value type has specific formatting rules and validation .
12. What shows extra information about the flowsheet on the right side, including min
& max values and who documented?
Answer: Details Report
The Details Report shows extra information about the flowsheet on the right side, including
minimum and maximum values, who documented, and other metadata about the
documentation .
13. What shows the available templates/tabs to the left of the flowsheet?
Answer: Table of Contents
The Table of Contents appears to the left of the flowsheet and shows the available
templates/tabs that clinicians can access .
DOMAIN 2: FLOWSHEET CONFIGURATION & BUILD
14. Where do you link rows to a group?
Answer: Within the open group/row record (in the Doc Flowsheet Builder)
Row and Group linking is configuration work done in the Doc Flowsheet Builder.
Specifically, rows are linked to groups within the "Preferred Group" field of the row record or
by editing the "Primary Rows" in the group record .
15. Where do you link groups to a template?
Answer: Within the open template record (in the Doc Flowsheet Builder)
Within the Flowsheet Template record, builders use the "Groups" multi-select field to attach
groups to the template .
16. Where do you specify all the rows that should normally show up in a group by
default?
