Skilled Nursing Facilities

New Other Advanced Directive Order

You can enter an Advanced Directive into a resident's chart for entry of any item that is set up in your facility as an Advanced Directive and ordered by a practitioner.

  1. Orders tab of the resident clinical chart.

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

  3. Select the Orders Category as Other.

  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 Advanced Directive into the Order Template Search to use order templates. Order Template appears after selected. Description field is auto-populated, based on the Order Template. Add additional directions as needed.

  5. Select the Advanced Directive Status based on documentation available for that Advanced Directive.

  6. Select the Order Type.

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

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

  • Advanced Directives must be entered using the Order Template Search because this is the only way that the system is able to identify the order as an advanced directive.

  • All advanced directives must be set up as Order Templates in an Active status.