Order General Care—Neonatal Urinary Catheter

• The default options and settings are determined by age group. To override the age group for a neonate, see Changing a Neonate Age For Orders.

• If you haven't already:

1. Select the patient.

2. Click Write (ALT+W).

3. Click General Care (ALT+G).

4. Click Foley (ALT+F).

• Complete the order:

1. Click a checkbox (or press ALT + the underlined letter) to select one or more of the Foley options.

2. Complete the order as follows for the selections:

• Irrigate Foley (ALT+I): Click Continuous or Intermittent. Type the irrigation fluid in the Solution field and the flow in the Rate field. (The Rate increase/decrease arrows change the value to the nearest 10 cc/hr, in increments of 10.) If needed, click the Until Clear checkbox.

• Straight Cath (ALT+S): Select the frequency from the Freq drop-down list. If Other, type the frequency in the field provided.

• D/C Foley (ALT+D): Select Now, AM, or Other from the Time drop-down list.

3. Type instructions as needed for each order checked.

4. Select a Start Time (Now or Other).

5. Click OK (ALT+O).

• Depending on the order, you may be prompted to include other orders. See Overview of Consequent Orders.

• Write additional orders as needed, then sign the session.