EPIC IMP 100 LATEST 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔True or False? When creating a User SmartPhrase that includes a SmartText, a
physician should insert the SmartText into the note before clicking the green plus sign. -
✔✔False. If you are creating a User SmartPhrase that contains a SmartText, click the
green plus sign first. Then, pull your SmartText in to your note window. This prevents
any patient-specific information from being saved in your template.
✔✔After creating a User SmartPhrase that includes a SmartText, using the green plus
sign, how can you pull the new text into a note to use it for patient documentation? -
✔✔You have created a SmartPhrase, so you can summon it into your note by typing a
'dot' and the SmartPhrase name or by clicking the List My Phrases (.my?) button.
✔✔After filing a note to the patient's chart, where in Hyperspace can that note be read?
- ✔✔The note can be viewed from the Notes activity or an encounter report in Chart
Review.
✔✔In which section of the medication reconciliation navigator do you decide whether a
home med should be ordered for this admission? - ✔✔In the Reconcile Home
Medications section, you determine whether the medication should be Ordered, Not
Ordered, Replaced, or Discontinued.
✔✔When reviewing ht patient's home medication, what does the house icon indicate? -
✔✔The house icon indicates that the medication was entered in Epic as an outpatient
prescription.
✔✔When reviewing the patient's home medications, what does the person icon
indicate? - ✔✔The person icon indicates that the patient reported taking that
medication.
✔✔How can you quickly indicate the patient's last dose of all of home medications was
today? - ✔✔Click MARK UNRECONCILED TODAY in the Review Home Medications
section of the navigator.
✔✔Why might an Order Set be suggested in the New Orders section? - ✔✔Based on a
diagnosis listed in the patient's Problem List, based on a BestPractice Advisory, or
based on the type of navigator.
✔✔What does it mean to Sign and Hold an order? - ✔✔It means that the order has
been authorized, but it is not released or active until the patient arrives to another
location or stage of care.
, ✔✔Why are orders signed and held when written for a patient being admitted from the
ED? - ✔✔Orders are held so they are not sent to the ED. They need to be held until the
patient arrives in the inpatient unit.
✔✔What can you type in the search field if the patient tells you they are taking a
medication but they do not know the medication name? - ✔✔Type "Help" in the search
field to add Unknown to Patient to the med list. (You can also just type "Unknown.") You
might need to click the Database Lookup tab to find it.
✔✔Before a nurse releases signed and held order for a new patient who just arrived on
the floor from the ED, what other step needs to be done first? What will happen if this
step is not done? - ✔✔Before releasing signed and held orders, the patient's arrival on
the unit must be confirmed in Epic using the Unit Manager activity. If this is not done,
the system will think the patient is still in their original unit and orders might be affected
(medication might be dispensed to the wrong place, etc).
✔✔What does it mean to release signed and held orders? - ✔✔Releasing orders means
you are making them active. Other clinicians will be notified of the orders and can start
acting on them.
✔✔True or False? Documenting the patient's vitals in the navigator will also populate
the Vital Signs flowsheet template int he Flowsheets activity. - ✔✔True. All
documentation that you complete in a navigator will automatically populate the
appropriate places throughout the patient's chart.
✔✔True or False? BestPractice Advisories (BPAs) notify clinicians of tasks that they
must perform for the patient. - ✔✔False. BPAs present clinicians with suggestions to do
things like add to the patient's care plan or place orders. If clinicians don't agree with the
BPA suggestion, they can clear the check box in the BPA before clicking Accept.
✔✔What are two ways templates can be added to the Care Plan activity? - ✔✔Care
Plan templates can be added automatically by accepting a recommendation in a
BestPractice Advisory or they can be added manually by clicking APPLY TEMPLATE.
✔✔What are two ways Education titles can be added to the Education activity? -
✔✔Education titles can be added automatically if a Care Plan goal or intervention
requires teaching, or they can be added manually by clicking ADD TITLE.
✔✔True or False? Teaching points are always attached to a teaching topic. - ✔✔False.
A teaching point can be added to a topic or directly to a title. The topic just serves as an
organizer for multiple points.
✔✔On which tab can you document progress of education provided to the patient? -
✔✔The Education tab.
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔True or False? When creating a User SmartPhrase that includes a SmartText, a
physician should insert the SmartText into the note before clicking the green plus sign. -
✔✔False. If you are creating a User SmartPhrase that contains a SmartText, click the
green plus sign first. Then, pull your SmartText in to your note window. This prevents
any patient-specific information from being saved in your template.
✔✔After creating a User SmartPhrase that includes a SmartText, using the green plus
sign, how can you pull the new text into a note to use it for patient documentation? -
✔✔You have created a SmartPhrase, so you can summon it into your note by typing a
'dot' and the SmartPhrase name or by clicking the List My Phrases (.my?) button.
✔✔After filing a note to the patient's chart, where in Hyperspace can that note be read?
- ✔✔The note can be viewed from the Notes activity or an encounter report in Chart
Review.
✔✔In which section of the medication reconciliation navigator do you decide whether a
home med should be ordered for this admission? - ✔✔In the Reconcile Home
Medications section, you determine whether the medication should be Ordered, Not
Ordered, Replaced, or Discontinued.
✔✔When reviewing ht patient's home medication, what does the house icon indicate? -
✔✔The house icon indicates that the medication was entered in Epic as an outpatient
prescription.
✔✔When reviewing the patient's home medications, what does the person icon
indicate? - ✔✔The person icon indicates that the patient reported taking that
medication.
✔✔How can you quickly indicate the patient's last dose of all of home medications was
today? - ✔✔Click MARK UNRECONCILED TODAY in the Review Home Medications
section of the navigator.
✔✔Why might an Order Set be suggested in the New Orders section? - ✔✔Based on a
diagnosis listed in the patient's Problem List, based on a BestPractice Advisory, or
based on the type of navigator.
✔✔What does it mean to Sign and Hold an order? - ✔✔It means that the order has
been authorized, but it is not released or active until the patient arrives to another
location or stage of care.
, ✔✔Why are orders signed and held when written for a patient being admitted from the
ED? - ✔✔Orders are held so they are not sent to the ED. They need to be held until the
patient arrives in the inpatient unit.
✔✔What can you type in the search field if the patient tells you they are taking a
medication but they do not know the medication name? - ✔✔Type "Help" in the search
field to add Unknown to Patient to the med list. (You can also just type "Unknown.") You
might need to click the Database Lookup tab to find it.
✔✔Before a nurse releases signed and held order for a new patient who just arrived on
the floor from the ED, what other step needs to be done first? What will happen if this
step is not done? - ✔✔Before releasing signed and held orders, the patient's arrival on
the unit must be confirmed in Epic using the Unit Manager activity. If this is not done,
the system will think the patient is still in their original unit and orders might be affected
(medication might be dispensed to the wrong place, etc).
✔✔What does it mean to release signed and held orders? - ✔✔Releasing orders means
you are making them active. Other clinicians will be notified of the orders and can start
acting on them.
✔✔True or False? Documenting the patient's vitals in the navigator will also populate
the Vital Signs flowsheet template int he Flowsheets activity. - ✔✔True. All
documentation that you complete in a navigator will automatically populate the
appropriate places throughout the patient's chart.
✔✔True or False? BestPractice Advisories (BPAs) notify clinicians of tasks that they
must perform for the patient. - ✔✔False. BPAs present clinicians with suggestions to do
things like add to the patient's care plan or place orders. If clinicians don't agree with the
BPA suggestion, they can clear the check box in the BPA before clicking Accept.
✔✔What are two ways templates can be added to the Care Plan activity? - ✔✔Care
Plan templates can be added automatically by accepting a recommendation in a
BestPractice Advisory or they can be added manually by clicking APPLY TEMPLATE.
✔✔What are two ways Education titles can be added to the Education activity? -
✔✔Education titles can be added automatically if a Care Plan goal or intervention
requires teaching, or they can be added manually by clicking ADD TITLE.
✔✔True or False? Teaching points are always attached to a teaching topic. - ✔✔False.
A teaching point can be added to a topic or directly to a title. The topic just serves as an
organizer for multiple points.
✔✔On which tab can you document progress of education provided to the patient? -
✔✔The Education tab.
