EpicCare Inpatient (INP402) ClinDoc: Questions With
Correct Answers
Where do nurse do the majority of their documentation for a patient? Right
Ans - Flowsheets activity
Used to organize different types of documentation; seen as tabs within the
activity; used to group similar categories of documentation together. Right
Ans - Template (Flowsheet templates, Flowsheet tabs)
Each flowsheet template is a record in which master file? Right Ans - FLT
master file
Groups & Rows are records in which master file? Right Ans - FLO master
file
Used to organize individual documentation flowsheet rows; appears as a
darker row color/bold font in the flowsheet activity. Right Ans - Group
(Flowsheet Group)
Where data is documented; designed to hold specific data; appears as a lighter
row color in the flowsheet activity. Right Ans - Row (Flowsheet Row)
The administrators home menu when building flowsheets. Right Ans - Doc
Flowsheet Builder
Defines the purpose of a record. Right Ans - Row type
Row types: What are the nine (9) available row types? Right Ans - Acuity
Calculator
Charge Row
Custom Formula
Data
Flowsheet Group
Infusion Group
Lines/Drains/Airways
Programming Point
Properties
,Defines the type of information users can document in the row & how they
should format it; determined by the row type. Right Ans - Value type
Value types: What are the twelve (12) available value types? Right Ans -
Blood Pressure
Category Type
Custom List
Date; Height
Numeric Type
Patient Height
Patient Weight
String Type
Temperature
Time; Weight
Shows extra information about the flowsheet on the right side; min & max
values, who documented, etc. Right Ans - Details Report
To the left of the flowsheet; shows the available templates/tabs. Right Ans -
Table of Contents
Where do you link rows to a group? Right Ans - Within the open
group/row record (in the doc flowsheet builder).
Where do you link groups to a template? Right Ans - Within the open
template record (in the doc flowsheet builder).
Where do you specify all the rows that should normally show up in a group by
default? Right Ans - The group form in a flowsheet group record.
How do you have groups added on a template that should not appear by
default/added by clinicians as needed? Right Ans - Start Removed (mark
them as start removed).
Organizes similar groups together in the table of contents so clinicians can
easily navigate to that part of the flowsheet template. Right Ans - Topics
,In what order should you build a flowsheet? Right Ans - From the bottom
up, but with a slight variation:
-at a high level, to build most flowsheet rows:
1. Create a placeholder flowsheet group record
2. Build all the rows to appear on the flowsheet (build row records & set the
group as "preferred")
3. Attach the rows to groups created in Step 1
4. Build the flowsheet template & attach groups to it
Where are all flowsheet records built, edited, & accessed? Right Ans - In
Hyperspace (in Flowsheets FLT & FLO)
How should you distinguish between groups and rows in the FLO record?
Right Ans - Preface all group record names with "G" and preface all row record
names with "R."
When building a basic flowsheet group (aka one not used for LDAs or med
intake), what category of Row Type should you use? Right Ans - A Row
Type of Flowsheet Group.
True or False. Updating the Row Type for a record can alter what you can or
cannot do within it. Right Ans - True
Explain the difference between Maximum/Minimum fields vs. Warning
Maximum/Warning Minimum fields. Right Ans - The max/min fields
prevent impossible values from being entered; the warning max/warning min
fields help to alert clinicians of abnormal values.
A setting within a row record that indicates what group a row should be
added to if the row is added to a flowsheet on its own; does NOT add the row
to the group, just says what group is should appear in. Right Ans -
Preferred group
What happens if the preferred group is left blank? Right Ans - Drops to the
bottom of the flowsheet in the OTHER group.
How do you LINK the rows into the group? Right Ans - After all rows are
created, you list them within the group record itself.
, Because both rows & groups link out to groups, what build is most efficient?
Right Ans - Build groups first and add them as preferred groups when building
rows.
What are the three (3) main records needed to build a flowsheet? Right
Ans - Flowsheet Row
Flowsheet Group
Flowsheet Template
The nurse opens flowsheet template & Add Row; after making a selection, the
row he chooses drops to the bottom under OTHER; why? Right Ans - The
group is not listed as preferred within the row record.
Why could a user be unable to add a group using Add Row? Right Ans - The
flowsheet has Restrict Rows set within the template record.
When should flowsheet records be released? Right Ans - When they are
ready to be used in production.
Why are some fields uneditable once the row is released? Right Ans - To
preserve data integrity; altering certain fields would change the fundamental
behavior of the row.
What setting restricts the end user from entering an out of range temperature
such as 200 or 1000? Right Ans - Min/Max
What do you do if you need to edit a released version of a row? Right Ans -
Create a new version- as long as you do not need to change the row type or
value type.
What do you do if you need to change the row type or value type of a row?
Right Ans - Retire the row & create a new one.
What setting lets the administrator build "per minute" or etc. to be seen when
hovering over a value? Right Ans - Units section
When checked, indicates groups that are part of the template but only
accessible by a manual Add Rows (not provided by default). Right Ans -
Start removed
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