Medication Requirements Page
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Use this page to add or view medications or treatments that a student may receive. Medications and treatments are divided into two groups:
- Scheduled Medications - for medications and treatments that are given on a set schedule, such as prescription medicines or a scheduled diabetic sugar check. Enter the start and end dates, number of doses, and optionally, time. Doses with times display in the Day Sheet by default. Doses with no time display if you check the Show Entries without Times box. If a student may sometimes require an additional dose, for example, for an inhaler, include all possible doses, but leave the time blank for the additional doses.
- PRN Medications - for medications and treatments that are given when necessary. For example, your district might allow certain common non-prescription medications to be given if a parent has signed a general permission slip.
View a student's medication requirements
- Select Medical > All > Student > Medication Requirements.
- If the Student Search Page displays, search for the appropriate student, then click the student's name link.
Add a scheduled medication dose
- Select Medical > All > Student > Medication Requirements.
- If the Student Search Page displays, search for the appropriate student, then click the student's name link.
- Enter the required medication in the bottom row of the Scheduled Medications panel.
- If the student requires multiple doses within a day, click Add in the Add Dose column. Then enter the additional dose information.
- Click Save.
Add allowed PRN medications
- Select Medical > All > Student > Medication Requirements.
- If the Student Search Page displays, search for the appropriate student, then click the student's name link.
- Enter the medication in the bottom row of the PRN Medications panel.
- Click Save.
Tip
You can mass add PRN medications for students using the Medical > All > Utilities > Mass Add Medication Doses option.
Change medication requirements
You can edit the student's information for a medicine before a dose has been issued. After it has been issued, you cannot change the record.
- Select Medical > All > Student > Medication Requirements.
- If the Student Search Page displays, search for the appropriate student, then click the student's name link.
- Make changes as needed.
To add a dose for a medication where the start and end date should be the same as an existing dose, click Add in the Add Dose column. Then enter the additional dose information.
To add a new date range for a medication, refer to the Add a scheduled medication dose or Add allowed PRN medications procedures above. - Click Save.
Delete required medications
You can edit the student's information for a medicine before a dose has been issued. After it has been issued, you cannot delete the record.
- Select Medical > All > Student > Medication Requirements.
- If the Student Search Page displays, search for the appropriate student, then click the student's name link.
- Select the (Delete) checkbox for each record to delete.
- Click Save.
Fields
Student Information Bar
The bar, which displays on all student pages just below the Home icon and Menu button, includes options to view the student's alerts, attachments, and notes and to email the student's teachers and guardians.
Alerts & Disabilities Panel
This information displays only if medical alerts or disabilities have been entered on the student's Emergency page.
Field | Description |
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Medical Alerts | The Medical Alert Code, Description, and Comments, if any, entered on the Medical Alerts panel of the student's Emergency page. |
Disabilities | The Disability Code and Description, if any, entered on the Disabilities panel of the Emergency page. |
Scheduled Medications Panel
Field | Description |
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Rx/Tx | Select medication or treatment to be given to the student. |
Start Date | The first date that the medication or treatment can be given. |
End Date | The last date that the medication or treatment can be given. |
Add Dose | To add multiple times for giving a medicine on a single date, click Add in the Add Dose column, then enter the time in the Time column. If a dose is optional, but may sometimes be required, add an additional line, but do not enter a time. |
Time | The time the medication or treatment should be given. Enter the time in the format HH:MM or click the clock button to enter the current system time. Medications with a time indicated are automatically displayed in the Medication Day Sheet. To add another dose for a medicine, click Add in the Add Dose column. If a dose is optional, but may sometimes be required, add an additional line, but do not enter a time. |
Comment | Text about the medicine given or the dosage. Character/255 |
Physician | The physician prescribing the medicine. Character/255 |
(Delete) | To delete a record, select the row's Delete checkbox, then click Save. The checkbox only displays for records that are not in use. |
PRN Medications Panel
Field | Description |
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Rx/Tx | The medicine to be given to the student on an as-needed basis. Tip You can mass add PRN medications for students using the Medical > All > Utilities > Mass Add Medication Doses option. |
Start Date | The first date that the medicine can be given. For PRN medicines, the date defaults to the first day in the school year. |
End Date | The last date that the medicine can be given. For PRN medicines, the date defaults to July 1st of the school year. For example, for the 2014 - 2015 school year, the end date will default to 07/01/2015. We recommend using a date after the last day of the school year to allow for a possible extension of the school year to make up days that the school was closed. |
Comment | Text about the medicine given or the dosage, for example, if only a partial dosage can be given. Character/255 The Day Sheet page displays this text as the default comment to record when the medication is issued. |
Physician | The physician prescribing the medicine. Character/255 |
(Delete) | To delete a record, select the row's Delete checkbox, then click Save. The checkbox only displays for records that are not in use. |