Epic Beginnings
Order Time
Blood Tasks
Documentation Demands
Miscellaneous
100

Can you customize the columns in your My List?

Yes - you can add new columns, remove columns, and rearrange the order of the columns.

100

What activity do I use to place new orders, cancel an order, or modify an order?

Manage Orders
100
Where do you go to begin the blood transfusion process?
Blood Admin flowsheet.
100
Where is most documentation completed?
Flowsheets
100

What activity do you use to add a new LDA?

LDA Avatar

200

Where can I go to view a snapshot of my patient information and their tasks that need to be completed. 

From the Brain

200

What do I click on to release Signed and Held Orders?

Select the orders and then select Release.

200

What are the three main components of specimen collection?

1. Print Label

2. Collect in Epic

3. Bedside verification

200
If a patient is discharged, can you no longer complete documentation?
No - you can access the patient from the Recently Discharged system list.
200

What is the first step to medication administration in Epic?

Scan the patient.

300

What activity allows you to view records from previous Epic encounters?

Chart Review.

300
To change the frequency of an order, what do you need to do?
You can modify the order from Manage Orders.
300
Specimen collection status can be changed from which location(s)?

1. Admission navigator

2. Transfer navigator

3. Shift Assessment navigator

4. IV Assessment flowsheet

300

An abnormal assessment is documented by what?

X for exception.

300

How do you customize in Epic?

The wrench.

400

Does a system list need to be updated by you (manually).

No - system lists are updated automatically by the system.

400

Where can you release signed and held orders from?

1. Admission navigator

2. Transfer navigator

3. Manage Orders

4. The Brain

400
How do I document stopping a transfusion?
Type in 0 in the rate row, hit enter, double check your volume total, then select Use Volume and Complete.
400

How do you add a new education topic?

Click on Add Title

400

Should Education and Care Plans be customized for your patient?

Yes - Education and Care Plans should always be customized to meet the unique needs of every individual patient.

500

How do I enter or Edit my shift time, phone number, or patient assignment?

From Sign In

500
What is the acronym used to know when you cannot modify an order?
DAR - Discontinue And Reorder - Diet, Activity, and Route
500

Where should specimen collection ideally be completed from?

The Brain

500

What do you click on to add a new Care Plan for your patient?

Add New Care Plan

500

What is it called when education needs to be given to a patient about a new medication?

First Dose Medication Education