Give medication on the medication round

Available to

Nurses.

The Medication Round lists the doses that are due for your patients. For each dose you scan the patient and the medicine, and record what happened. A dose can only be recorded as given when the bedside checks pass.

Give a dose

Open Nursing and select Medication Round. The list opens on the Due filter, newest first. Use Overdue, Missed or Patient to narrow it.
Select a dose to open it.
At the bedside, scan the patient's wristband into Scanned Patient ID. The value must match the patient number or a verified identifier.
Scan the medicine into Scanned Medication Barcode. If the product has no barcode, tick Product Double Checked after checking it against the order.
If the patient has an active allergy, read the allergies and tick Allergies Acknowledged.
If you gave a different dose, used a different route, or gave it outside the administration window, enter Dose Given, Route Used and a Deviation Reason.
For a controlled medication, a second person (not you) must be entered as Witness User.
Select Record Given.

A due dose with its order details on the left and the bedside checks on the right.

Record a dose that was not given

Button	Use it when	You must also
Record Given	The dose was given.	Pass the bedside checks above.
Hold	The dose is deliberately not given for now.	Enter a Reason.
Refused	The patient declined.	Enter a Reason.
Omit	The dose will not be given.	Enter a Reason.

The medication round: every due dose for your patients, oldest first.

Dose states

Dose state	Meaning
`Due`	Waiting to be given.
`Given`	Recorded as given. A given dose is a signed record: only a note can be added afterwards.
`Held`, `Refused`, `Omitted`	Recorded as not given, with the reason.
`Missed`	Not recorded by twice the administration window after its scheduled time. The system marks it for follow-up.
`Cancelled`	The schedule was stopped before the dose was due.

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