How to put stop dates on things like steroids?

[notdeadyet]

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I have a question that I can't seem to answer using the USMLE or UWorld software.

If I have a patient I'm putting on a medication that's meant to have a stop date after the next few appointments, how do I indicate this? I don't want a patient on a steroid indefinitely, but in one of the scenarios, it said, "OK, you're done, finish your meds and give your diagnosis" (or words to that effect). I don't want to end the steroids at that point (because the pt will need them for another week or so) but I don't want them to go on ad infinitum.

Any recs? Test is tomorrow so I really appreciate it...

 

[IMdocT]

There are no stop dates for orders, or none that I've ever seen. I would cancel the orders if the in-case time reached the desired stop time. If the case ended before reaching the stop time, I left the order alone.

 

[notdeadyet]

Thanks for the tip. This is exactly what I was looking for...