Flagging and reviewing medications

You can flag medications for review if you have the right permissions. There are two types of review, hard and soft:

  • If a medication is flagged for a hard review, no dose can be administered in Nervecentre until it has been reviewed.

  • If a medication is flagged for a soft review, a dose can be administered, and the review will move on to the next dose. The review remains on the medication until it has been reviewed or cancelled.

Flagging and reviewing medications on a mobile

The processes for flagging, cancelling, and completing are the same for both hard and soft reviews.

You can see medication for review on the patient list.

Read about viewing medication information on the patient list and meds review

  1. From Patient list > (select a patient) > Chart, select a prescription.

  2. Select a dose to be reviewed. This can be a current or future dose.

  3. Select Require hard review or Require soft review and enter a comment.

  1. From Patient list > (select a patient) > Chart, select a prescription.

  2. Select Review > Cancel review-required and enter a comment.

  1. From Patient list > (select a patient) > Chart, select a prescription.

  2. Select Review > Confirm reviewed and enter a comment.

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Flagging and reviewing medications on a desktop

You can flag a medication for a hard review or a soft review on the MAR Medicines Administration Record, also called drug chart: a list of all medications prescribed and administered..

Medications flagged for a hard review remain on the MAR but cannot be administered until the medication has been reviewed.

Medications flagged for a soft review remain on the MAR but can still be administered.

  1. To flag a medication for review, find the medication from Meds > .

  2. Select the dose for review. This can be a due, overdue, or upcoming dose cell, marked +.

  3. Select a review option: Require hard review or Require soft review.

  4. Enter a reason for the review and save.

  5. Medication flagged for hard review shows on the MAR as Review. This dose cannot be administered.

  6. Medication flagged for soft review shows on the MAR as Due/Review. This dose can be administered. The review flag moves to the next dose until the medication is reviewed.

Medications are reviewed on the MAR. Doctors and pharmacists can review medications. Nurses can cancel reviews but not confirm reviews.

  1. From Meds > , find the dose flagged for review.

  2. Select the dose cell and select an option: confirm or cancel the review.

  3. Enter notes as free text and save.

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