Dispensing Medications

Medications can be dispensed from two screens:

• The "Daily Medications" screen which, by default, lists all Medications to be dispensed on a given day
• The "Modify Nurse Visit" screen which lists all Medications the student is currently prescribed.

Dispensing a Medication

When a Medication is to be dispensed, a "Dispense Chart" is displayed.  This chart lists all scheduled times for the dispensing of the medication, and, if the Medication is marked as able to be dispensed on an "As Needed" basis, there will be a chart entry with no specified time:

The chart lists all scheduled times to dispense this medication on the selected date, plus, if the Medication is marked as "As Needed" there will be a field without a time:

Until you click the "Add" button for a Medication, no "Dispense Medication" record exists for it.

Recording the Dispensing of a Medication

Fill in as much of the vital signs chart for a Medication as you wish, select "Yes" or "No" from the "Disp" drop down, optionally select a Reason code, and click the Add button.  

Only clicking the "Add" button records the actual dispensation of the Medication.

A "Dispense Medication" record can record the dispensing of a Medication, or it can record the failure to dispense a scheduled Medication.

To indicate that a student received a scheduled Medication, do the following:

• Locate the Medication record on the Nurse->Medications->Daily Medications screen
• Click the  "Dispense Medication" icon for it.
• Fill in the Dosage field if it is not automatically filled from the Medication record.
• Fill in as many of the vitals as available:
  
• Leave the "Disp" drop down set to "Yes".
• Optionally select a Reason Code indicating why the student did not receive the medication.
• Click the "Add" button

Once the Add button is clicked, the Dispense popup is dismissed and the Medication time is shown in green font on the Daily Medications screen:

Recording 'Failure to Dispense a Scheduled Medication'

To indicate that a student did not receive a scheduled Medication, do the following:

• Locate the Medication record on the Nurse->Medications->Daily Medications screen
• Click the  "Dispense Medication" icon for it.
• Select "No" from the 'Disp' drop down
• Optionally select a Reason Code indicating why the student did not receive the medication.
• Click the "Add" button

Medications where the "Disp" drop down was set to "No" appear in red font on the Daily Medications screen: