Once medications have been added to student profiles on a schedule, August will automatically create an administration schedule and task for your nurses. Haven't added your student medications in yet? Click the button below to complete those steps!
Administering scheduled medications is a simple process that only requires a few clicks; see the steps below.
Administering Scheduled Medication
Click on the Medications tab on the left side
Select your student from the list of scheduled medications.
Hint: If your student is not on the first page of the Administration's list, please use the filter funnel to access your student
Click on the appropriate option to administer (left) or skip (right) the medication
Doing so will open a pop-up window to enter additional information on this administration of the medication.
The information on the left is displayed for reference from corresponding student medication record on the Student Card.
The field on the right are available for you to adjust to capture changes from the ordered/scheduled details of the administration.
To adjust the time of the administration, click into the Time field and either:
select the time and click "OK" to save, or
click "Now" to choose the current time.
If you administered a different form of the medication than ordered, adjust the Administered form field.
If you administered the medication via a different route than ordered, adjust the Administered route field.
Specify the quantity of the medication you administered in the Quantity field.
Specify the unit of the quantity of the medication you administered in the Unit of quantity field.
Watch the "Remaining inventory" automatically adjust the quantity on hand based on the quantity administered that you specified in the Quantity field.
Optional: enter a note regarding this administration.
Click the Confirm button to save the medication administration
Need to administer a medication off schedule?
Need to administer a medication off schedule?
Student medications that are normally scheduled can also be administered off their normal schedule through a different workflow as shown here.
Questions or Concerns?
Please do not hesitate to reach out to the August Schools Support Team at via live chat with the "Help" icon or via email at [email protected].