Quick Reference — MAR — To record PCA medication 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.

3. Click the name of the PCA medication to administer. The input form opens with Administer selected, and the most current dosage due time selected.
4. Click record.

In the medication form

1. Pain — Select the patient's level of pain.
2. Product — The product is populated automatically. If more than one product could fulfill the order (the same drug from different manufacturers), you can select the product.

Scanning the medication barcode populates the Products field, including the quantity.

• For orders in mg or mL, the ordered amount is populated automatically on the first scan.
• For discrete units such as pills and capsules, scan the barcode for each unit ordered. For example, to fill an order for two tablets, scan the barcode twice.

3. Dose received — Enter the dose received.
4. Time recorded — This field defaults to the current time.
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.
7. Click Sign.
   If you use barcode scanning, scan the patient's wristband to sign the medication administration.