The pre-operative and post-operative inpatient orders PowerPlans are designed for anaesthetists to order pre and/ or post-operative medications without having to search for each medication one by one.
The powerplans comprise a list of commonly prescribed post-operative Analgesia, Pain Protocols, anti-emetics, PCAs/NCA/CADD, IV Fluids and antibiotics.
- From Orders, select + Add
- Search Post-Op and Select the Post-Operative Inpatient Orders PowerPlan (or Pre-op). Note: searching for postop or preop will not return any results.
- Select Done to close the search page
- The PowerPlan is divided into sections
- Analgesics (post op analgesia and pain protocol)
- Anti-emetics
- PCA/NCAs
- Fluids
- Antibiotics
- Using the tick boxes, select medications required
- Orders which display 'select an order sentence' require you to select an appropriate order sentence. Using the drop down box, select an appropriate order sentence.
For Recovery Pain Protocol see site specific details in separate QuickStarts:
For PCA/NCA
- Select Pain Management Plan.
- Once the Pain Management Plan opens, select the appropriate PCA/NCA Drug order sentence.
- Once selected, select Return to Post-Operative Inpatient Orders
Ordering a medication not in the PowerPlan
- Select Add to Phase and select Add an Order and search for the medication like normal and make any changes to the order sentence as required
- Once appropriate orders have been selected, select Orders for Signature (this will filter your orders to selected)
- Once the order have appeared, review each order, enter any missing information and ensure the first dose date/time is updated. E.g. If ordering a post-op medication that was administered intra-op, update the first dose date/time to when the next dose is due.
- Sign the order
- Return to either MAR or MAR Summary to check the orders
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