RxStation™

Nursing Workflow

 

 

 

 

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 Patient Lists

Patient lists are available through integration with PowerChart. Patient list assignments from PowerChart display based on the assigned nurse, giving you quick access to your assigned patients.

 Patient Search

Search for patients by last name, first name, gender, date of birth, and Financial Identification Number (FIN), as well as by Nursing Unit location. You can also view the list of patients served by an RxStation cluster.

Note: As you type in search criteria, the RxStation display automatically moves through the search list to a spot matching the criteria that has been typed. For example, if you are searching for a patient with the last name of "Howard" and you enter "h," the display will move to the point in the patient list where patient names beginning with "h" are listed.

 Remove

Medication tasks are generated from verified physician and pharmacy orders and displayed for each patient in RxStation. Sort and view a patient’s medication tasks alphabetically or by the time the medication task is due. Remove the medication from the station for administration and, upon removal, the station automatically decrements the inventory and records the amount dispensed, the date and time, and data on the dispensing individual.

Note: Unverified orders are not displayed

 Return

Return an unused dose of a medication task by placing the un-administered dose in the return compartment. The RxStation records the return date and time, and who returned the medication. Returned medications are isolated from the remaining available inventory in the RxStation.  RxStation can also be configured to generate a patient credit that is channeled through PharmNet™.

Note: The credit reason code must be configured. The reason code selected for a returned medication is saved to the RxStation™ database.

 Waste

Perform a waste procedure for a medication that was originally dispensed through the RxStation. The waste date and time and the person wasting the medication are recorded, along with a reason for the waste.

 Override

Dispense a medication from the RxStation for a patient when there are no medication tasks for that patient’s profile. This transaction can only be performed when these two conditions are met:

1) The items are from a drug formulary set up as override medications

2) The nurse has been assigned override privileges

The dispensed override medication is recorded with the date and time and the person performing the override. The override is reflected in the patient’s eMAR.

 Witness

Remove, Return, Waste, and Override transactions for medication tasks can be set up to require a witness for each of these transactions. The medication cannot be accessed and the transaction cannot be completed without a witness. Transactions requiring witnesses are recorded with the date time and user.

 Countback

Remove and Override transactions for medication tasks can be set up to require that a countback be performed during each of these transactions. The medication transaction cannot be completed without completing a count. If a discrepancy appears with the medication count, a discrepancy is recorded in the system. The discrepancy includes the date and time and dispensing nurse information.

Discrepancy Management

Audits and resolutions can be performed on all discrepancies that are recorded in the system. Reason codes and Nurse or Pharmacy access privileges are set up to record the discrepancy resolutions.

Drug Reference List

RxStation offers quick access to medication reference information from sources such as Lexicomp.

CareMobile – POC

Access many of the RxStation Nursing Workflow functionality using the CareMobile Point of Care Wireless System.

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