Build the Pre-Admission Medications List (PAML)

• See also: Building the Pre-Admission Medication List

• Signing off the PAML as Confirmed (RN)

1. If you haven't already, select the patient and click Pre-Admit Med List.

2. Click Sign (ALT+S).

3. Click to check PAML Confirmed (Nurse).

All medications in the list must have a planned action on admission for the list to be signed off as confirmed. See Building the PAML, Updating the List.

4. Type your signing key.

5. To notify the responding physician, click Pager to access online paging .

• T he PPD (Partners paging directory) opens automatically when you close the signing form. Look up the recipient. The text of the page is pre-filled with your name, the patient's medical record number and name, and the date and time, noting a change to the patient's PAML.

• You can edit the message as needed before sending a page.

6. Click Sign & exit to close PAML Builder; click Sign & Print to generate a paper copy after saving; click Sign & continue to save your work. Only Sign & exit closes the builder.

• If you update the PAML, you must sign to save the edits before you can print the list.