Meditech Student Orientation Post Test --Version 2

A score of 80%(24 out of 30) is necessary for successful completion. Students will not be given access to the LIVE computer database until they have passed this written exam.

  1. If you forget your Meditech access codes, you can use the codes of another student, since your access is the same.

a. True

b. False

  1. If there is a patient who has an interesting problem or history, it’s okay to look at their

record, regardless of whether you are helping care for the patient.

  1. True
  2. False
  1. If you are leaving your computer even for just a few minutes, you should log off or

suspend your computer session.

  1. True
  2. False
  1. What are the two pieces of information you will need to log into Meditech?
  1. Name and Social Security Number
  2. Name and Password
  3. User ID and Password
  4. Student ID and Password
  1. It is possible to navigate in Meditech using only the mouse.
  1. True
  2. False
  1. The green checkmark icon on the toolbar is used to:
  1. Check multiple items on a list.
  2. Exit a screen.
  3. File documentation.
  4. Look at a list of options for a field.
  1. The F9 key and the binoculars icon perform the same function.
  1. True
  2. False
  1. Entering THOM,JOS when searching for a patient named Joseph Thompson is an

example of:

  1. a mnemonic
  2. truncating
  3. laziness
  4. all of the above
  1. The correct format for searching by name in Meditech is:
  1. FIRST MI LAST
  2. LAST, FIRST MI
  3. LAST,FIRST MI
  4. LAST,FIRST,MI
  1. The first time you log into Meditech, you must:
  1. Change the one-time (temporary) password to a new password that you create.
  2. Call the IT&S Service Desk to log in for you and create your new password.
  3. Write down your access codes so you don’t forget them.
  4. Change both your user ID and password to something only you will know.

11. The button you use to configure your list of patients on the Status Board is:

a. The “My List” button.

  1. The “Find Patient” button.
  2. The “Location” button.
  3. The “Manage List” button.
  1. A patient’s risk for falling is one piece of information displayed on the Status Board.
  1. True
  2. False
  1. How do you see additional information about a patient displayed on the Status Board?
  1. Click on the “More” button.
  2. Use the right arrow key with the patient name highlighted.
  3. Click on the patient’s name.
  4. The only way to see more patient info is in PCI.
  1. If you want to look at the H&P for your patient, what should you do?
  1. Highlight the patient name and click on “Review”.
  2. Click on the “Res” notation on the Status Board.
  3. Highlight the patient name and click on “Pt Notes”.
  4. You don’t have access to the H&P in Meditech, so look in the ‘hard’ chart.
  1. If you are admitting a new patient, the first piece of documentation you should complete is theQuick Start.
  1. True
  2. False
  1. To document fluid intake and output, what routine do you use?
  1. Patient Notes.
  2. Process Interventions (“Process Int”).
  3. Assessments.
  4. Plan of Care.
  1. When documenting an intervention, what date/time should be on the intervention?
  1. The actual date and time the intervention was performed.
  2. The actual date and time of the documentation.
  3. Whatever date and time defaults in.
  4. The date and time the intervention was scheduled, regardless of when it was performed.
  1. All interventions will have a documentation screen associated with them.
  1. True
  2. False
  1. It is possible to edit documentation once it has been filed.
  1. True
  2. False
  1. Which is the correct sequence for creating a “Pt Note”?
  1. Highlight the patient, click on “Pt Notes”, select “Enter New Note”, Select “No

Type”, select “Nurse Notes”, type a free-text note.

  1. Highlight the patient, click on “Pt Notes”, select “Nurse Notes”, type a free-text

Note.

  1. Highlight the patient, select “PCI”, select “Patient Care Notes” from the Table of

Contents, type in a free-text note.

  1. Highlight the patient, select “Process Interventions”, execute the “Notes”

Command, apply the date/time stamp and enter a free-text note.

  1. The primary reason for using electronic medication administration with bar-coding is:
  1. To improve efficiency of the med administration process.
  2. To be able to extract data from the system for tracking and trending.
  3. To prevent medication errors.
  4. It is required by the JCAHO.
  1. Medications can be opened and placed in a cup in the med room before taking them into

the patient’s room, as long as the packages are taken along to be scanned.

  1. True
  2. False

23. If a scheduled oral medication is held because the patient is vomiting, this can be documented by:

a. Entering a narrative note using the “Pt Notes” button on the Status Board.

b. Using the “Not Given” option and the Reason Codes on the documentation detail

screen.

c. Notifying the Pharmacy to remove the dose from the patient profile.

d. Holding acknowledgment of the order.

24. Before administering any medication you should always:

a. Verify that the order has been acknowledged.

b. Check for any comments or instructions from the pharmacy.

  1. Ask the patient for their name and DOB.
  2. All of the above.

25. If you’ve already documented that a med dose was held but change your mind, how do

you ‘fix’ your documentation?

a. Use the “Edit” documentation process.

b. Enter a “Pt Note” explaining what you have done.

c. Use the “Undo” documentation process.

d. Call the Pharmacy so they can put the dose back on the profile.

26. Students are not expected to enter new orders.

a. True

b. False

27. If you have mistakenly entered documentation on the wrong patient, you should:

a. Enter a Patient Note describing your error.

b. Transfer the documentation to the correct patient, using the “Move” command.

c. “Undo” the documentation and enter it on the correct record.

d. Access the intervention and edit the patient name.

28. When is it acceptable to bypass scanning procedures when administering a medication?

a. If the computer system is down when the med is due.

b. In an emergency where delaying administration for scanning puts the patient at

greater risk.

c. When the scanner won’t read the barcode.

d. Both “a” and “b” are correct.

29. What does the first character in your User ID represent?

a. My nursing school.

b. The facility issuing the computer access.

c. The type of access.

d. Nothing—it’s assigned at random.

30. In eMAR, if you chart an incorrect dose administered and file it, you can go back later

and fix the dose administered using the “Undo” process.

a. True

b. False