Charting Continuous Infusions - Bear Cottage Training Guide

Maintenance Fluid 

Commence administration of the Maintenance Fluid

• Click Continuous Infusions in the Time View menu

• Continuous infusions float with the yellow current time column as Pending.
• Click the pending tile for Glucose 5% and Sodium Chloride .9% Infusion

• All IVs require a witness (Witness, Nurse)
• Note how many bags are ordered (1)
• Site is mandatory. Select a site (CVC Brown Lumen)
• Rate is auto populated based on order 
• Notice the  is greyed out and cannot be signed
• Click    then enter the witness password (train)

• Notice the bag has started

• Sign. Refresh
• Review the MAR for this administration

• To commence the next bag, click the administration tile and repeat

Complex Infusions - PN

• The prescription for this PN order is on paper
• The volume of the PN is prescribed on the MAR to remind staff the patient is on PN and to allow transfer of the volume to the Fluid Balance Chart

• Commence the PN administration. Click on the administration tile.
  • Witnessed by: Witness, Nurse
  • Site: CVC Grey Lumen (notice the tick to sign is not green yet)
  • Click Apply

• Enter Witness password (train)
• Notice the first bag has commenced in the Charting window

• Sign (train)
• Review the MAR

PN Order with Parenteral Nutrition PowerForm

• There is another PN order available that accompanies the Paediatric Inpatient Parenteral Nutrition Powerform instead of the paper prescription.

• The completed form would be viewed in Form Browser. (This patient does not have one). 
• Select Form Browser in the menu

• RIght click on the PowerForm and select View

Blood Products

• Blood products are on paper
• The volume is recorded in iView

See

Add an Extra Bag of IV Fluid and remove old Fluid Orders

Administering Continuous Infusions

Changing Continuous Infusion Rates (Nurses)

PN PowerForm and eMR Orders

Intermittent Infusions

Fentanyl Patch ON and Patch OFF (Nursing)

eMM Nursing FAQ