Index

• Sections
  • This guide will take you through the steps to enter and manage medications in ICANotes.
  • Entering Medications
  • To begin a new Medication
  • For Nursing Staff

This guide will take you through the steps to enter and manage medications in ICANotes.

Entering Medications

From The Prescriber Note: Access the medication entry area by clicking on the 'Enter' button from PN part 2

From the Nursing Note: Access the medication entry area by clicking on the 'Enter VO Meds' button.

Both of these notes populate the same window for Medication Entry.

To begin a new Medication

Select the verb Start.

Select the medication from the Drop Down List. (If the medication you want to use is not listed, information on how to add to use the Edit Drug List can be found further down in this Knowledge Base)

Select the Dose.

Select the Route, qty.

Select the Timing.

For Nursing Staff

The same workflow is used as above but there are a few additional steps to take.

You must indicate that the order is a Verbal Order and if it was Read Back.

Click in the check box for VO to indicate that this order was a verbal order and enter the ordering providers name by clicking on the 'Verbal Order Given By' field to populate a list of providers.

Click on the name of the provider to populate their name in the Order Given By field. You can limit the list of providers by using the check boxes next to the 'Cancel' Button.

Once the Provider's name is present, click 'Done'.

You will encounter a prompt to indicate if you read the order back to the provider. If you do not click Yes, the RB box will not be checked.

Once you have indicated that this was a Verbal Order and has been Read Back, the boxes will be checked and highl