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Change the rate of a fluid treatment

If a patient has a fluid treatment, you can identify that you changed the fluid rate on their flowsheet. As a result, other staff can see the correct fluid rate.

Make sure that you completed a treatment task of the applicable fluid treatment.
To change the rate, do this procedure.
  1. Go to the whiteboard.
  2. Select the applicable patient card.
    SmartFlow shows the patient's flowsheet.
  3. Select Edit.
    The Edit button
    SmartFlow shows options that let you make changes to the flowsheet.
  4. Select Editing mode.
    The Editing mode button
    SmartFlow lets you make many changes to the flowsheet at the same time.
  5. Select the applicable fluid treatment.
    A fluid treatment
    SmartFlow shows the settings of the treatment.
  6. Select D/C.
    The D/C button
    SmartFlow shows the Discontinue From dialog box.
  7. Use the Discontinue From box to select the date and time that you changed the dose rate of the fluid treatment.
    The Discontinue From dialog box
  8. Select Discontinue.
    SmartFlow stops the fluid treatment.
  9. Select the plus button that is adjacent to FLUID.
    SmartFlow shows your organization's fluid treatments.
  10. Select the applicable fluid treatment.
    SmartFlow shows the fluid treatment settings.
  11. In the Maintenance rate box, enter the applicable value.
  12. Make the other settings as necessary.
  13. Select Done.
    The Done button
  14. Select Exit editing mode.
    The Exit editing mode button
    SmartFlow does not let you make many changes to the flowsheet at the same time.
The flowsheet shows the change in the rate of the fluid treatment: