If you haven't already:
Click Write (ALT+W).
Click Food and Nutrition (ALT+N).
Click Tube Feeding (ALT+T).
Complete the form
Select a product from the Product list.
Indications for use and primary characteristics of the selected product appear to the right.
Click an option to select the feeding type.
Complete the feeding type:
Type instructions as needed.
Select a Start Time (Now or Other ).
To order a Free Water Bolus, click its checkbox.
Select a volume when prompted. For Other volume, press TAB, then type the quantity (mls).
Select a frequency. For Other Frequency, press TAB, then type a detailed description.
Click OK (ALT+O).
If the patient has no other active orders for tube feeding, you are prompted to order a consult with a Registered Dietician from the Department of Nutrition and Food Services. See Responding to the Prompt for Consequent Orders.
To order banana flakes, glutamine, or Beneprotein additives, see Ordering Medications. When these additives are ordered, consequent orders for consults will be used to communicate the orders to the Department of Nutrition and Food Services.
Write additional orders as needed, then sign the session.