Quick Reference — MAR — To record intermittent IV medication order administration

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Medications in the MAR can be marked as administered before they are signed by a physician or verified by a pharmacist.

  1. Display the patient's MAR: In the patient chart, click the arrow in the green workflow menu (at the upper right) and select Go to MAR. (The options available in the green workflow menu depend on your user role.)
  2. Verify that the correct patient is selected. The patient ID number is located in the patient banner, below the patient's name.
    If you use a barcode scanner, click anywhere on the screen and then scan the patient's wristband ID. If the barcode matches, you can continue.
  1. Click the name of the intermittent IV medication to administer. The input form opens with Administer selected and the most current dosage due time selected.
  2. Amount administered — The amount administered is populated from the order.
  3. Site — Select the IV site from the menu and then indicate Left or Right.
  4. Administered at — This field defaults to the current date and time.
    Note: An alert appears if you enter the wrong dose or administer the dose at the wrong time. You can select the override options if needed and enter a reason for the change in the text field.
  5. Note — Enter any notes concerning this medication administration.
  6. Make sure that only the medications you want to sign are selected and that the bars for those medications have turned green. If the High alert medication message appears, select the Requires validation from another nurse option.
  7. Click Sign.
    If you use barcode scanning, scan the patient's wristband to sign the medication administration.
    For high alert medications, the medication remains on the Due tab with a *Validation Required warning. A second nurse must then confirm that they checked the preparation and administration to verify that the medication was prepared correctly.