Pediatric Dosing Allowance

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Adult Dosing Allowance

If the dosing prescribed exceeds the maximum dosing allowance, a warning message appears when you select Accept to save the medication. Dose Range The SIG and the dosage warning appear in red. SIG and the Dosage warning Parent topic: View Medication Dosage Information

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Recalculate Dosing Range

For pediatric patients, you can recalculate the dosing range. Select a medication. Select Dose Range. The Dosing Range window opens. Dosing Range Select the Patient Weight value. Dosing Range Enter a new value for the patient's weight. Select KGs or LBs based on the metric system the weight is measured. Dosing Range Dosing Range value is recalculated for a pediatric patient. Select Done. Parent topic: View Medication Dosage Information

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View Medication Dosage Information

You can view and calculate dosing range for a medication. Select a medication. Select Dose Range. Dose Range The Dosing Range window displays the dosage information. Dosing Range Select Done. Recalculate Dosing Range Adult Dosing Allowance Pediatric Dosing Allowance Parent topic: Medications Module

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Select a SIG

After you enter the required medication information, you must select a SIG. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR and access the Medications module. Select a medication. Enter all required medication information. Select or build a SIG. The selected SIG is automatically assigned to the medication. If the SIG contains more characters than the display allows, the text is truncated. If you hover the cursor over the truncated text, a tooltip displays the complete SIG. If the SIG exceeds the 140-character maximum for electronic prescriptions, an alert appears next to the SIG text. Select a SIG You can change the quantity and the interval of the medication by either typing the values or using the arrows to select the appropriate values. Change the quantity and the interval of the medication If you made any changes to the SIG, you must select Accept. The Dose Range window opens displaying the message that the dosage resulting from the SIG built exceeds the maximum daily dose. Select OK. The SIG and the

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Manually Build a Pediatric SIG Code

The pediatric calculator is unavailable for multi-ingredient medications being prescribed to a pediatric patient. In cases where no Pediatric IG code is available for the selected medication, you can manually build a SIG code. From the list of pediatric SIG codes, select Calculator. Calculator button The Pediatric Dosing Calculator window opens. Pediatric Dosing Calculator window In the Dose field, enter the dose. Select a unit of measure from the list. For Frequency, select a frequency from the list. The system calculates the SIG based on the patient's age and weight. Pediatric Dosing Calculator SIGs To display dosing range information, select . Dosing Range Information Note: By default, the display includes only the age range applicable to the selected patient. Select the Display All Ranges link to display all available ranges. Select OK. The Pediatric SIG you have built is assigned to the selected medication. Parent topic: Select a SIG Related concepts Pediatric SIG

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Pediatric SIG

For patients who are eighteen (18) years old or younger, you can add a Pediatric Sig code. The Medications module, by default, displays Pediatric Sigs for all patients under the age of 19. The pediatric sigs for the selected medication display in a list based on the following order: Unit of measure in alphabetical order. Dose for each unit of measure in ascending order. Frequency for each unit of measure/dose and then alphabetical order. Duration in alphabetical order for a specific frequency and dose. Use of Pediatric Sigs and Dosing in the Medications module requires the following: The user must be licensed for pediatric sigs. The Universal Preference Use Pediatric Sigs from FDB must be set to TRUE. A weight must be entered for the patient and display in the Medications module. Parent topic: Select a SIG

Pediatric Dosing Allowance

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Adult Dosing Allowance

Recalculate Dosing Range

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Manually Build a Pediatric SIG Code

Pediatric SIG

Adult Dosing Allowance

Recalculate Dosing Range

View Medication Dosage Information

Select a SIG

Manually Build a Pediatric SIG Code

Pediatric SIG