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INP 100 INPATIENT FUNDAMENTALS EXAM LATEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
When a nurse goes into a flowsheet and wants to enter new
values, what should be done before documenting any information
to ensure the data is entered under the correct date and time? -
ANSWER-The nurse should click the Add Col button or the Now
hyperlink. This drops a new column with the current date and
time. If charting values taken in the past,
the Insert Col button should be used.
In the Problem List section of the navigator, how can you mark a
problem as the principal problem? What must this problem be
marked as first? - ANSWER-You select the check box in the
Principal column after indicating that the problem is a hospital
problem.
What is a SmartText and how can it be pulled in to a note? -
ANSWER-A SmartText is a template for writing a note. It can be
pulled in from the Insert SmartText field.
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Embedded within a SmartText are SmartLists. How can you start
filling out a SmartList? Make a selection? Accept your selection? -
ANSWER-To start filling out a SmartList using the keyboard,
press F2. To make a selection, use the SPACEBAR. To accept
your selection, press ENTER.
To start filling out a SmartList using the mouse, use the Next Field
option (under the All Other Tools menu). To make a selection,
left-click, and to accept your selection, right-click.
True or False? A note can be signed even if all of the SmartLists
have not been completed. - ANSWER-False. All SmartLists and
wildcards must be completed before the note can be signed.
What the purpose of a wildcard? - ANSWER-A wildcard, denoted
by ***, is intended to provide the clinician with a place to enter
free text.
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. - ANSWER-False. If you
are creating a User SmartPhrase that contains a SmartText, click
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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? - ANSWER-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? - ANSWER-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? - ANSWER-In the Reconcile Home Medications
section, you determine whether the medication should be
Ordered, Not Ordered, Replaced, or Discontinued.
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When reviewing the patient's home medications, what does the
house icon indicate? - ANSWER-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? - ANSWER-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? - ANSWER-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? - ANSWER-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 & Hold an order? - ANSWER-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.
INP 100 INPATIENT FUNDAMENTALS EXAM LATEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
When a nurse goes into a flowsheet and wants to enter new
values, what should be done before documenting any information
to ensure the data is entered under the correct date and time? -
ANSWER-The nurse should click the Add Col button or the Now
hyperlink. This drops a new column with the current date and
time. If charting values taken in the past,
the Insert Col button should be used.
In the Problem List section of the navigator, how can you mark a
problem as the principal problem? What must this problem be
marked as first? - ANSWER-You select the check box in the
Principal column after indicating that the problem is a hospital
problem.
What is a SmartText and how can it be pulled in to a note? -
ANSWER-A SmartText is a template for writing a note. It can be
pulled in from the Insert SmartText field.
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Embedded within a SmartText are SmartLists. How can you start
filling out a SmartList? Make a selection? Accept your selection? -
ANSWER-To start filling out a SmartList using the keyboard,
press F2. To make a selection, use the SPACEBAR. To accept
your selection, press ENTER.
To start filling out a SmartList using the mouse, use the Next Field
option (under the All Other Tools menu). To make a selection,
left-click, and to accept your selection, right-click.
True or False? A note can be signed even if all of the SmartLists
have not been completed. - ANSWER-False. All SmartLists and
wildcards must be completed before the note can be signed.
What the purpose of a wildcard? - ANSWER-A wildcard, denoted
by ***, is intended to provide the clinician with a place to enter
free text.
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. - ANSWER-False. If you
are creating a User SmartPhrase that contains a SmartText, click
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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? - ANSWER-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? - ANSWER-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? - ANSWER-In the Reconcile Home Medications
section, you determine whether the medication should be
Ordered, Not Ordered, Replaced, or Discontinued.
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When reviewing the patient's home medications, what does the
house icon indicate? - ANSWER-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? - ANSWER-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? - ANSWER-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? - ANSWER-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 & Hold an order? - ANSWER-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.
