{"id":25017,"date":"2026-08-18T11:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T11:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=25017"},"modified":"2026-09-28T08:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T08:40:47","slug":"documenting-an-administered-dose-detailed-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=25017","title":{"rendered":"Documenting an administered dose detailed guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Documenting an administered dose<\/h1>\n
Scenario<\/div>\n

How to document the administration of a dose of medications in the Drug Chart. This applies to scheduled, un-scheduled or PRN.<\/p>\n

Instructions<\/div>\n
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  1. Click on\u00a0Drug Chart<\/strong>\u00a0in the left hand menu.<\/li>\n
  2. The Medications<\/strong> column shows the name of the drug<\/strong>, the dose<\/strong>, the frequency<\/strong> and other information from the prescription such as start date, stop date, special instructions.<\/li>\n
  3. Hover<\/strong> over the medication name<\/strong> to see the prescription information in a larger box.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/i> It is essential to read the full instructions.<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. A dose administration box<\/strong> displays at the time each dose is scheduled.<\/li>\n
    2. Dose amount<\/strong> and the time<\/strong> the drug was last given<\/strong> displays in this box.<\/li>\n
    3. To record<\/strong> an administration, click the box<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. The Recording <\/b>pane will open. The prescription details displays at the top.<\/li>\n
      2. The Performed date\/time<\/strong> is displayed as the current date\/time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        <\/i> If you are retrospectively documenting a medication that was given earlier, change the time to the correct administration time. <\/div>\n
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        1. The Performed by<\/strong> field will automatically populate with the logged in user.<\/li>\n
        2. If a witness<\/strong> is required, add their name into the witness field.<\/li>\n
        3. The dosage<\/strong> information displays below.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          1. Sign<\/strong>\u00a0the documentation using the green tick<\/strong> in the top left hand corner of the window\u00a0\"\".\u00a0 If the witnessed<\/strong> field is populated, the system will prompt the witness to enter their password<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            1. The dose administration box will now display Complete.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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              1. Refresh<\/strong> the drug chart. The dose given<\/strong> will now display in line with the drug name at the time<\/strong> it was given.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                Documenting an administered dose How to document the administration of a dose of medications in the Drug Chart. This applies to scheduled, un-scheduled or PRN. Click on\u00a0Drug Chart\u00a0in the left hand menu. The Medications column shows the name of the drug, the dose, the frequency and other information from the prescription such as start date, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1657,"parent":1842,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"detailed-guide.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[423,14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25017","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drug-chart","category-erecord","category-powerchart"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25017"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25600,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25017\/revisions\/25600"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}