# Early / Late Tray Diet Order

Early/Late Tray orders must be associated with an existing diet order. Once these orders have been placed, they are separate from the order with which they are associated. These orders do not discontinue automatically if the existing order is discontinued.

To place an early / late tray diet order, follow these steps:

1. Select the Orders tab.

2. Select the active orders view from the View Orders pane.

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select View | Active Orders (includes pending, recent activity) .

3. Select Diet in the Write Orders list box.

The Diet Order dialog will appear.

Note : The diet order may be labeled differently or may not be available from your Write Orders field.

Note : The encounter information dialog may appear before the Diet Order dialog if you have not entered encounter information. If the encounter information dialog appears, enter the necessary information and click OK .

4. Select the Early / Late Tray tab.

5. Select Breakfast , Lunch , or Evening from the Meal option group.

The appropriate meal times will appear in the Meal Times option group.

6. Select a meal time.

7. Select a start and end date by doing one of the following:

o entering a date (e.g. 6/21/01 or June 21, 2001).

o entering a date formula (e.g. t-200).

o pressing the button to bring up a calendar.

8. Select which days the order will be effective from the Days of Week option group.

9. Select Accept Order .

Related Topics

Regular Diet Orders

Tubefeeding Orders

Early/Late Tray Order

Isolation/Precaution

Additional Diet Order

How to Write Orders (overview)