Add a treatment to the treatment plan

List the nursing treatments a patient needs, such as a dressing or a position change, with how often and from when.

The treatment plan lists the care an admitted patient needs that is not a medicine, for example a wound dressing or a position change. Each line has a frequency, a start date and instructions for the nurse. The plan also shows the patient's medicine orders, so the whole day's care is on one page.

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Who can do this: doctors and ward staff with Ward Management rights

Where: Nursing Work Bench › Ward Management › three dots on the bed › Treatment Plan

Before you start

• The patient is admitted to a bed. See Admit a patient.

Add a treatment

1. Go to Nursing Work Bench › Ward Management and find the patient's bed. See See the patients in your ward.
2. Click the three dots on the bed card and choose Treatment Plan. Order Details opens. Click the Treatment Plan tab if it is not already open.
3. Under Treatments, type the treatment in Treatment.
4. Select the Frequency. Once daily is the default.
5. Check Start and Start Time. Set Stop if the treatment ends on a known date.
6. Type the instructions for the nurse in the box below.
7. Click Add. The treatment joins the list with Status ACTIVE.

Fields on the form

Field	What to enter	Required
Treatment	What is to be done, up to 200 characters.	Yes
Frequency	How often. Once daily if you leave it.	No
Start	The first day of the treatment.	Yes
Start Time	The time of the first round.	No
Stop	The last day, if known.	No
Instructions for the nurse	How to do it, up to 300 characters.	No

Change, hold or stop a treatment

• Edit: opens the line in the form. Change it and click Update.
• Hold: pauses the treatment. The system asks for a reason. Click Resume to restart it.
• Stop: ends the treatment. The system asks for a reason. A stopped line stays in the list.

Good to know

• The Drugs block lists the patient's medicine orders. Change them on the Pharmacy Order tab, not here.
• A new treatment shows to the ward nurse under New orders in SC Nursing, where the nurse acknowledges it.
• Pick a date and click Print day chart to print the plan for that day.
• The Treatment Plan tab of the Nursing Chart shows the same plan for reading only.

Troubleshooting

What you see	What it means	What to do
Add is greyed out	Treatment or Start is empty.	Fill both fields.
Patient is discharged. The treatment plan is read-only.	The stay is closed.	No change can be made for this stay.
The treatment line could not be saved. Check the connection and try again.	The save did not reach the server.	Click Add again.

Related

• Order medicines and tests from the ward: the other tabs of the same screen.
• Work through a patient's nursing to-do list: where the nurse sees the treatment.
• Nursing Work Bench FAQs: common questions on Ward Management.