MEDICATION ORDER ADDING SCHEDULES….Scenario: Received a medication order that is to be given twice a day later in the day so we don’t want to see the record showing missed on the MAR. How should we proceed:

Solution: There are two recommended options:

  1. Option one: Enter the order as normal, BID with start date current and on the eMAR mark the med pass as NA (not administered) and add a note explaining the NA status. The MAR will show NA in that time.
  2. Option two: Create two ‘Schedules’. 
    1. Create the order for BID, for the date enter tomorrows date instead of the current date. (Example: Current date is 10/12, enter the start date: 10/13. Save
    2. Open up the new order (click ‘VIEW’), click the ‘Schedule’ tab and add a new schedule (see the sample below) for the first day. In the example below it shows a schedule for QD (once a day) with the time 20:00 and the start date and end date the same as the current date.

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The MAR will show three lines, one for the one passing and the other two for the BID

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