Create a medication schedule
Available to
Nurses.A medication schedule turns a verified prescription line into timed doses on the medication round. The prescription must already be verified by the pharmacy.
Create a schedule
- Open Nursing → Medication Schedules and select New.
- Choose the Prescription Line, then the patient's active inpatient Encounter.
- Enter Start At and End At for the course.
- Enter Interval Hours between doses (at least a quarter of an hour), or
0for an as-needed medication. An as-needed schedule also needs PRN Maximum / 24 h. - Set Window Minutes: how long before and after the scheduled time a dose counts as on time.
- Save. The doses appear on the Doses tab and on the medication round.
Manage a schedule
| Button | Effect |
|---|---|
| Give As-needed Dose | Creates a dose due now on an as-needed schedule, unless the 24-hour maximum has been reached. |
| Pause | Stops new doses being created. Resume restarts them. |
| Stop | Ends the schedule and cancels future doses. Enter the Stop Reason first. |
A schedule is stopped automatically when its prescription is cancelled or expires, or when the encounter is discharged or cancelled.
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