Documenting Weights and Vitals for Multiple Residents


PCC PDF: https://www29.pointclickcare.com/help/online/en/SNF/en/documenting-weights-and-vitals-for-multiple-residents.html

Weights and vitals are recorded regularly to evaluate a resident's progress and condition. You can record values for multiple residents using Quick Entry.

Each category shows you the previous 3 months of data to compare values entered on the resident chart.  

Procedure

  1. Clinical > Quick Entry. 
  2. In Quick Entry, select option: Weight, Blood Pressure, Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, Blood Sugar, Oxygen Saturation, or Pain Level. 
  3. On Weights and Vitals entry screen, select Date, Time (Hr:Min) and method. 

Note

You must select a scale, route, position, or method to save vital entries. Pain values can only be documented using numeric entry. 

  1. Type weight and vital entry for resident.

  1. Click Save.

Hints and tips

  • To add vitals for a previous month, change the month and year. 
  • If collecting weights and values on paper, use Printable View.