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Administering Medications within an Encounter
Administering Medications within an Encounter
Updated over a year ago

While giving care to a student you may need to administer a medication, which can be recorded directly within the encounter in a few easy steps.

Administering Medications within an Encounter

  1. Open your clinic encounter for your student.

  2. Enter your Chief complaint and Summary as normal.

  3. For Treatment, type "Medication."

  4. Select either Student or Clinic medication accordingly.

  5. Hover over the Add medication administration link.

  6. Click on the Subject's name.

  7. Click in the Medication field and select from the available medications.

  8. Select a dosage event to administer.

  9. Enter the time administered and click OK to save or select "Now."

  10. Enter the quantity administered.

  11. Optional: add a note (i.e. observed the student swallow the medication).

  12. Click Add administration.

  13. Close your Encounter as normal.
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