First, welcome to AC and the forums. If possible, if you could give a name in your signature and where you are from and what you do. Some like to contact those who are close or physicians checking AC out may be near you. Who knows, there may be another doctor in Bismark, ND.
OK, tutorial, albeit a short one:
http://amazingcharts.com/support/i-want-to-help-myself/how-to-guide-for-users/No, you can't have them ready for signature. Once, they are done, it's too late. In 6.0, you can have the nurse sign them under your name. A workaround would be for her/him to click on them to be ready, then prescribe, then close the writer and the scripts would be on the left hand side of the script writer, but that would be fraught with problems.
I must say, if you trust your nurse to call or fax them in, then why not ePrescribe. In 6.0, there is a good audit system. In pediatrics, our patients would never wait until 6 pm to get their scripts and their pharmacies would be closed not to mention the extra work for you.
The MA could add the patient to the message area, do a "refill" but not send it, send the message to you and you could then send it back if you approve. Probably the best method if you want to approve them. The ePrescribe won't even let you send level Vs.
Personally, life is too short. Have her send them as above and send them to you after she does them. This solves two problems. One you see what she wrote within minutes and can save it to the chart.
