Skilled Nursing Facilities

New Diet Order

You can input a Diet order into a resident's chart for entry of any dietary order for Type, Texture or Fluid Consistency by a practitioner.

  1.  Orders tab of the resident clinical chart.

  2. Enter in Order Date and Time that the order was given.

  3. Select the Order Category as Diet.

  4. Select Ordered By Use the magnifying glass to search a list of providers or click the linked name of the Last Prescribed by provider.

    Optional: Enter an Order Template Search to use an order template.

  5. Select the Diet Type ordered.

  6. Select the Diet Texture ordered.

  7. Select the Fluid Consistency ordered.

  8. Select the Order Type.

  9. Click Save to save this individual order or click Queue and New to place this order in a queue and open another Order Entry popup.

  • All fields noted with a red asterisk * are required fields.

  • If an Order Template is used, you might be required to personalize certain fields and items in this order as indicated by the warning icon. Hover over the icon to see the personalization message.