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MAR Summary - Overview
The MAR Summary provides an overview of the patient’s medication administration. This is a view only page showing medications across encounters (visits).
NOTE: If a medication is visible on the…
MAR - Overview
The MAR is the Patients Electronic Medication Administration Record (Medication Chart).
NOTE: If a medication is visible on the MAR summary but not the MAR it means that the medication has been…
MAR - Modifying Administered Medications
Open the MAR from the Patient’s Chart Menu
Right click on the administered dose to be modified
Click Modify
The Administration window displays
Modify required fields. The witness…
MAR - Administering Continuous Infusions
All Continuous Infusions need to be administered on the MAR. The volume for the hour can be pulled into the Fluid Balance Chart.
Medical staff need to cancel a fluid order once it is no longer…
MAR - Additional Dose of Scheduled Medication
Additional medication doses can be added on the MAR.
Caution: this is a prescribing action, use within your scope of practice.
Click on MAR in the Menu of the Patient Chart
Right click on the…
MAR - Rescheduling a Single Dose
Select the MAR from the Patient Chart menu
The MAR screen opens
Right click on the task for the single medication that needs to be rescheduled
Select Reschedule This Dose
The Reschedule…
MAR - Documenting Medications Not Given
Select the MAR in the Patient Chart menu
The MAR screen opens
To document a medication not given, click on the task
The Administration window opens
Tick Not Given
Select the Reason why the…
MAR - Documenting Gate Pass/ Leave Medication (Chart Not Done) (CHW)
Gate pass medications are treated like discharge medications. The patient is not under the care of a nurse during their absence, and the nurse does not administer the medications during that time.…
MAR - Administering S4D & S8 Medications
Administering S4D & S8 Medications require additional checks to be done in the system prior to actually administering the dose. This includes Checking the Prescriber and Checking the Formulation…
MAR - Administering Medications
Click on the MAR in the Patient Chart menu
The MAR screen opens
Click on the task for the medication that is due
The Charting for: Patient Name window opens
Enter all relevant fields.…
MAR - Administering Early/Late Medications
For a medication to be considered late or early it has to be an hour off the scheduled administration time. The task will turn red for late doses. The task for early doses is still blue however…
iView - Managing Entries
Data entry
One cell at a time
Double click into a cell
To enter data, select options from the drop down menu or type free text/numeric values
Double click into subsequent cells to add another…
iView - Introduction
Interactive View and I&O (iView) is used to document and view a variety of patient data in one place.
Click on Interactive View and I&O in the Menu
Navigation
iView consists of different…
iView - Fluid Balance Chart
Overview
From the Interactive View I&O page, click on the Fluid Balance Chart band to access the Fluid Balance Chart
Yesterday, today and tomorrow is displayed in the Fluid Balance Chart. (See…
iView - Dynamic Group
Dynamic Groups can be created in some sections. Dynamic Groups can document and display multiple instances of the same data group in iView (i.e. multiple cannulas).
Creating a Dynamic Group
Click…
MAR - Intermittent Infusions
When administering an intermittent infusion, further information can be entered. This information populates the Fluid Balance Chart.
Medication Administration
Click on the administration task box…
Insulin Pump Documentation - MAR and iView (CHW)
Documenting Insulin pump on the MAR
There will be two insulin pump orders on the MAR. One (reservoir refill) is for signing when the insulin pump is refilled and the set is changed. The other (…
How to fix a Hot Key error
Backdating errors can be caused in a few ways. Hot keys and accidental date errors with doses scheduled for midnight are the two most common scenarios.
The letters that trigger Hot Key errors and…
Future Orders – Activate and Modify Medication orders
Medical staff can order medications for future encounters (visits). They have to be activated by clinical staff before the medications can be administered. Ensure the medication is activated on an…
Cytotoxic Timeout
For some cytotoxic medications, a cytotoxic timeout is required as part of the administration process. This is performed in Interactive View and I&O.
Adding the cytotoxic group in Quick View
If…