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Show the total dose of a medication that uses body surface area on a flowsheet

You cannot use the medication calculator to calculate the total dose of a medication that must use body surface area values (for example, a chemotherapy medication). But you can use the medication calculator to show the total dose after you calculated the total dose manually.

Make sure that you calculated the total dose of the applicable medication.
To show the total dosage, 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.
    SmartFlow shows the Add Medication dialog box.
  4. Use the Name box to find and select the applicable medication.
  5. Select Add.
    SmartFlow shows the settings of the treatment.
  6. In the Total volume box, enter the applicable value.
    SmartFlow automatically calculates:
    • The dosage of the medication
    • The total dose of the medication
  7. In the third Dosage box, enter the patient's species.
  8. Select Done.
    The Done button
The flowsheet shows the correct dosage.