Nursing Order Acknowledgement

The nursing staff checks for new order actions that have occurred and acknowledges that these actions have been noted. When needed, the nursing staff submits requests for clarification to a qualified clinician.

• Orders are acknowledged as part of the nursing audit process.
• Orders that have been acknowledged in myAvatar eMAR display as acknowledged in myAvatar Order Entry if specified by the 'eMAR Acknowledgement To OE' registry setting.
• Orders that have been discontinued automatically upon discharge display as acknowledged in the Nursing Order Acknowledgement form.
• Validated orders are excluded from the Nursing Order Acknowledgement form unless the 'Track Acknowledgements for Validations' registry setting is enabled.
• The 'Click here to limit client selection to current Nursing Caseload' field is enabled if entries have been made in the Nursing Caseload Assignment form (Avatar CWS). When this button is clicked, only those clients in the nursing caseload can be chosen for acknowledgement.

Prerequisites:

• Optionally use the Tx Settings that Track Acknowledgements registry setting to specify treatment settings for the orders to be accessed in the Nursing Order Acknowledgement form.

1. Go to Avatar Order Entry > Order Entry Nursing Order Acknowledgement > Nursing Order Acknowledgement.
2. In the Nursing Order Acknowledgement section, select the nursing unit.
3. In the Select Client field, enter a client who is assigned to the unit.
4. Click Check For New Order Actions to view orders that have been updated since the form was opened.
5. Click Select Order Actions To Be Acknowledged to display the Nursing Order Acknowledgement Order Action List/Selection screen. Choose the orders and click Ok. Multiple orders can be selected.
6. The Details of Selected Order Action(s) field is populated with information about the selected orders. This information includes the Number of Refills Allowed and Quantity To Be Dispensed from the Client Profile / Physicians Orders form (Create Order) if values are present.
7. In the Nursing Order Acknowledgement field, select whether the order has been acknowledged or if the order requires clarification.
8. In the Clarification Requested Text field, enter the clarification text. This field becomes required if Clarification Requested is selected in the Nursing Order Acknowledgement field.
9. Click Submit.

► Additional Sections

• Client Profile

► Registry Settings

• Confine Client Lookups To Current Sub-System Code for myAvatar Order Entry
• Display Alert / Override Information
• eMAR Acknowledgement To OE
• Order Types Processed By eMAR
• Track Acknowledgements for Validations
• Tx Settings that Track Acknowledgements