Medication administration overview

1. From the dashboard click on Medicines Administration
   
2. Click Start Round
   
   
    
3. Select the area you’re doing a round for, and the dose time. Dose times use a 24-hour clock (e.g. 14:00 = 2pm) and click Start
   
   
    
4. You can sort the resident list by room number or last name
   The legend explains the marks shown for each resident in the round
   
   An empty or partially filled box on the Administration grid means medications are still due at the current dose time. 
   
    
5. If you can’t see a resident in the current round, click Show all Residents, then check if they have regular medications scheduled for the current round. 
   If you don’t see them in the list, search for them in the dashboard, then open their chart to see if they’re:
   • Offsite (if they’re back onsite, click More > Temporary Absence > Onsite)

   • Self-administering their own meds (click Edit and see if Independently Self Administers all medications is selected)

     
     
      

6. Click the empty box for the dose time for the resident you’re administering medications to and you will be taken to the resident’s administration page. 
   
   
     
7. If a medication is charted, then the tab headings are blue. 
   The resident's administration page shows all packed and non-packed meds to administer at the current dose time. 
   
   
    

8. When you’re finished administering medications in the current dose time, click Finish Round. 
   If you don’t complete the round, click Finish Round and EXIT ROUND to finish it later. 
   
   
    

    

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