Chapter 6 Operational Reports
Chapter 7 Maintaing Nurse Assignments
Chapter 8
Getting Report Using Patient Summary
Chapter 9
Prioritizing Patients Using the Work List
Chapter 10
Administering Medications
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What is the difference between operational and analytical reports?
Operational reports are real-time reports needed by end users to do their jobs. Analytical reports are over-time reports that show long-term trends and data.
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What is a My List?
A list of patients that I am caring for from day to day. I control the columns, the default report, and I manage the list of patients.
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What activity should you use to get report at start of shift?
Patient Summary activity
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True or False? When you log out, the system remembers all filters and views that you set on the Work List.
False. The Work List only saves the last view selected by the user. The filter is not saved.
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Give two advantages of using the Work List instead of the Due Meds report to review your patients’ medications. Then give two advantages of using the Due Meds report instead of the Work List.
Work List: Can see ALL medications for ALL patients; can see other tasks at the same time; can document without opening a patient’s chart. Due Meds: Can see ALL of one patient’s medications due within the current shift; can see last administration time of all meds; can easily see administration instructions.
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A report is used to (choose the best answer): a. Retrieve data b. Organize information c. Display information d. All of the above
D) All of the above
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How do you create a My List?
Click the Create button and Copy the columns of an existing list or manually add individual columns.
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When writing a Staff Communication note, what should you include at the end?
Your name and the date you are writing the note
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How would you change the Work List to display only medication tasks organized by patient? A) Filter by Medications and Patient B) Change to Patient View and Medications C) Change to Patient View and filter on Medications D) None of the above
C) Change to Patient View and filter on Medications
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What does an “!!” icon next to a medication on the MAR mean? How is the administration workflow different for that medication?
The medication requires dual sign-off. Another nurse will need to review and verify the administration and enter his user ID & password when documenting the administration
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True or False: After running a report, a physician can hide some of the results so she can focus on a particular area of the results.
True. The physician can filter the results
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What is a system list, and how can it be used to organize patients?
A list of patients that is automatically updated by the system. You can make a shortcut to these lists in a My List.
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What icon do you click to view all Patient Summary reports available to you?
The Selection button. It looks like a magnifying glass to the right of the Reports field
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True or False? The Work List only allows a nurse to view tasks for one patient at a time.
False. If the nurse selects a list of patients and clicks Work List, tasks for all patients on that list appear in the Work List to review.
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You’re about to give a pain medication to a patient. You know the patient hasn’t received any doses of this medication, but you’d like to see the 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 MAR?
Use the MAR Report in the MAR activity.
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True or False? End users must always indicate how long they want the results of their reports saved.
False. Users only need to save the results of a report if they want to view the results after the report’s expiration time has passed
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How do you add a system list to your My List?
Single click System List (red/blue icon) and drag- and-drop it into your My List.
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On the Add or Remove Buttons from Toolbar window, what is the difference between the Reports and Display Name columns?
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 Patient Summary
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For what time frame does the Work List display tasks when first opened? A) All Shifts for a Day B) Current Shift C) Next Shift D) Previous Shift
B) Current Shift
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How do medications that are discontinued appear on the MAR?
The medication row appears with all the cells highlighted in yellow.
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Where can clinicians go to search for other reports not found under the Favorites section of their reporting home?
The Reporting Workbench Library, accessed by clicking the My Reports hyperlink from the reporting home and selecting the Library tab.
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How do you add yourself to the treatment team for a patient?
Find the patient on the Unit-based System List. Right-click on the patient’s name and select Assign Me.
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What is the wrench used for in the report toolbar?
Use the wrench to change the order of report buttons, add a new report buttons to the toolbar, remove report buttons, and change the name of report buttons.
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True or False? The Work List includes all tasks that a nurse might have to complete throughout a shift.
False. There are things a nurse is responsible for that are not listed as discrete tasks on the Work List.
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What are two reasons why a nurse might need to pull a medication from an ADS cabinet on override?
- No one has entered an order for the medication into Epic - An order has been entered in Epic, but pharmacy hasn’t verified it yet, so it does not appear on the patient’s ADS profile.