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Identify a medication that you must dispense less than once a day

If you must give a patient a medication less than once a day, you can use the Notes box to tell staff when they must dispense the medication. When you make another flowsheet, you can add the same information to the next flowsheet.

To identify a medication that you must dispense less than once a day, do this procedure.
  1. Go to the whiteboard.
  2. Select the applicable patient card.
    SmartFlow shows the patient's flowsheet.
  3. Select the plus button that is adjacent to MEDICATION.
    The plus button that is adjacent to the MEDICATION treatment type
    SmartFlow shows the Add Medication dialog box.
  4. Use the Name box to select the applicable medication.
  5. Select Add.
    The Add button
  6. In the Start at (o'clock) box, select the applicable time that you staff must give the medication to the patient.
    The Start at (o'clock) box
  7. In the Instructions box, enter the applicable information.
    The Instructions box
    Note: For example, if you must give the patient the medication every other day. enter Give every other day.
  8. Make the other settings as necessary.
  9. Select Done.
    The Done button
The flowsheet has the medication. The instructions box tells staff when they must dispense the medication.