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Glucose Management - BGL Monitoring Task on Nursing Care Compass
Overview
Blood Glucose Monitoring is ordered by the clinician and generates a task on the Nursing Care Compass.
Nurses need to document the task from Care Compass to clear the task.
The BGL…
Glucose Management - Glucose Management Alerts
Blood Glucose Monitoring Order Alerts
When signing an order for insulin and non-insulin diabetes medication orders, a Discern Alert for ordering Blood Glucose Monitoring will be triggered if the BGL…
SCH-Criteria Led Discharge - Asthma/Viral Induced Wheeze and Bronchiolitis
Introduction
Sydney Children's Hospital has two types of Criteria Led Discharge (CLD):
Asthma/Viral Induced Wheeze
Bronchiolitis
1. The nurse orders Criteria Led Discharge
Click + Add next to…
Orthopaedics eMR Resources
The below QuickStarts aim for Orthopaedics Documents to be easily accessed:
eMR Customisation for Orthopaedics
Quickstart to locate Orthopaedics Documents
Quickstart to locate Orthopaedics Documents
As a prerequisite, please customise your Powerchart using the quickstart: eMR Customisation for Orthopaedics
PowerChart - Results - Quick View - Orthopaedic View
Flowsheet select Orthopaedic View…
Staging Documentation
Open patient chart. Will default open to the Oncology in the Menu Bar and Oncology View Tab
2. Click the Staging tab and add disease (will be present for subsequent documentation)
3. Add the…
Document and View BTF Vital Signs during a BTF Mpage Downtime
During a BTF Mpage downtime BTF vital signs can still be entered on the eMR and viewed in the Results flowsheet/page.
Documenting BTF Vital Signs - Adhoc BTF Downtime Folder
Click on Adhoc from the…
BTF - Increasing the frequency of observations for nurses
BTF Observations must routinely be performed every 4 hours as a minimum for paediatric patients. In the event where observations are being performed more frequently, nurses are to document this…
BTF – Changing Chart Type
Only the Authourising Medical Officer (or his delegate) can change the BTF Chart Type, in the event where the default age-based chart type is physiologically inappropriate.
Navigate to BTF…
Child Protection Unit (CPU) - Useful Resources
Below are useful Quickstarts for the Child Protection Unit and JCPRP.
FAQs - CPU Secure eMR
Important information
Quickstart: Patient List - Creating based on location e.g. Ward
CPU Specifics…
Multi-Patient Task List (MPTL) - Chart Not Done
The Chat Not Done function can be used in PowerChart's Multi-Patient Task List and Task List, to remove unwanted tasks.
It is to be used if; a task has already been completed on the eMR, if it is a…
PowerNote - Operation Report
Locate Operation Report PowerNote
Click on Documentation from the Menu
Next to the +Add button, click the drop down arrow and select PowerNote
A New Note tab opens, click the Catalog tab
Click…
Glucose Management View (GMV) M-Page
Introduction
Glucose Management View (GMV) is an interactive, easy-to-read display of the relationships between blood glucose and ketone levels with glucose-related medications. Information will…
CPU - Modifying a Secure Registration Encounter
Log into PowerChart
Click on PM Conversation from the top toolbar
Click on Secure Registration
A Person Search window opens
Search using multiple positive patient identifiers e.g. full name,…
Absconder documentation (ED)
An alert is used to highlight patients that are a risk for absconding.
Adding an absconder alert
Click on the diagnosis, problems and alerts page by either:
Use the star icon on the tracking…
Overriding the Clobazam Dose Cap
When prescribing clobazam in the electronic Medication Management (eMM) system using an equation containing Order Sentence (e.g. 0.1mg/kg, Oral, ONCE, Epilepsy: initiation dose) the dose will cap at…
Downtime Ward Procedures For Specimen Collection
Pre-print of labels before downtime period
To pre-print labels for collections that will potentially occur during downtime, do the following:
Open PowerChart, and click the button from the top…
MAR Medication Administration using an Anaesthetist Witness Account
All anaesthetists using the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (SCHN) Paediatric eMR have a second witness account. This enables anaesthetists to witness/co-sign medications they administer in the…
Post-Operative Inpatient Orders PowerPlan- Adjusting Durations for Recovery Pain Protocol Orders (SCH Only)
The Post-Operative Inpatient Orders PowerPlan contains the SCH Recovery Pain Protocol Orders. These orders have a duration of 4 hours.
The duration time commences at the point of signing. …
Pain Management Workflow - Emergency Naloxone and Intrathecal Morphine (SCH Nursing Only)
Emergency Naloxone
Emergency naloxone for use along side epidural infusions is now prescribed and documented in the electronic Medication Management (eMM) system.
Naloxone orders have been built…