PRE-PAIN MED DROP DOWN BOX WITH PAIN LEVELS

When administering pain medications in the ER, a drop down box with the pain scale right on the administration screen would address fallouts that occur when medications are given to patients in settings where they are ordered as X1 STAT. Since the EDIS module recognizes a specific stay type as an ER patient and automatically changes the frequency to X1 STAT, the MAR doesn't offer the same options for documenting a pre-assessment on PRN pain meds. There needs to be an option for facilities to make the Reason drop down field available to ER nurses. Whether it's a checkbox added to the PRN Admin Reason table to include X1 STAT or the ER Stay Type, or a checkbox on one of the Pharmacy Information screens in the Item master that would control it, it needs to happen. Our facility was dinged on a DNV visit because of this. It would also make chart audits easier.