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Database
Solutions
 Staff
Assignment Tool- Patient
Acuity Grading Tool
- Medication
Information Tool
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Daily
Staffing Calculator
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QUICK START:
You can sample many of the features of this valuable nursing package immediately! A sample patient and staff database is included so you can try things out right
away following your purchase and download. (When you are ready to add your own facility's information, simply choose the DELETE ALL RECORDS menu item from the EDIT MENU of the particular file that you are viewing.)
Here are a few tasks that will introduce you to some of NPP's many features:
1. From the Main Menu, click once on CREATE STAFF ASSIGNMENT, then DAY SHIFT, then ASSIGN IN ORDER, then PRINT STAFF ASSIGNMENT. Four mouse clicks and you will have printed custom Staff Assignment Worksheets for Nurses and Aides, complete with patient care data.
2. Nurses can choose from 4 different Worksheet styles. To choose a Worksheet Style that is different from Style #1: from the Main Menu, click once on CHANGE STAFF INFORMATION, then WORKSHEET PREFERENCES, then click on a nurse's name, then choose Worksheet #1, 2, 3 or 4 (previewing each one if you would like).
3. From the Main Menu, click on CHARGE NURSE INTERSHIFT COMMUNICATION, then PRINT ALL SHEETS. This will print the communication tool that Charge Nurses use to pass on information from shift to shift. Data entered here is also automatically entered on the Nurses and Aides Worksheets.
4. From the Main Menu, click on CHANGE POPUP LIST CHOICES. Here you will see a form that allows you to customize this tool for your particular facility. Enter your own ROOM #'S, DOCTORS, TERMINOLOGY, DIAGNOSES and many other categories. Enter the information in any order that you would like, since the program will automatically alphabetize each Popup List as it is opened!
5. From the Main Menu, click on GRADING PATIENT ACUITY. You will then see the first patient record and an Acuity grading worksheet. Click on the VIEW RESULTS button and then on the GO TO DAILY STAFFING GUIDE. Some of the acuity categories and staffing formulas are user-configurable.
6. From the Main Menu, click on CREATE MEDICATION GUIDE. Click on ENTER MEDICATION DATA
7. When you are ready to enter your own facility, staff and patient data, click on the HOW DO I BEGIN? Button on the Main Menu and follow the simple instructions.
Wander around! Click on all the buttons and see what happens. You are sure to find these tools both intuitive and easy to use for the new computer user, while having many advanced database features for the accomplished. Remember that you only need one computer and a printer to utilize these nursing tools. For a very small investment, you can make significant improvements in nursing communication and reducing nursing errors.
Sincerely,
Glenn Doney
Nurse/Owner/Developer, EZRecord Systems
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Four valuable Nursing Tools have been developed: the Staff Assignment Tool, Acuity Grading Tool, the Staffing Calculator and the Medication Information Tool:
The Staff Assignment Tool is a simple but powerful solution that reduces wasteful paperwork while improving nursing communication and ensuring quality patient care. Each Nurse and CNA receive patient data on work forms that are legible, current and complete, at the beginning of each shift! This is especially important for safe and error free delivery of care by registry, floating and newly hired employees, but equally important for consistent, daily communication between shifts. With a minimum of overhead, Inter shift communication and continuity of care is improved. Staff members no longer need to copy patient information onto blank worksheets at the beginning of each shift. Report times are shortened and crucial, current information is passed on. It is also a valuable administrative tool for accurate record keeping and information management. With the patient care information in hand, nurses are freed to discuss current and emerging patient care issues. Efficiency is improved as information is entered only once but used by many staff members.
The Acuity Grading Tool is used to grade each patient by up to 16 patient care categories (2 categories are optional). The score is automatically tabulated and a user-configurable formula is applied to arrive at each patient's acuity level. This Acuity Rating appears on each nurse's and aide's Patient Care Worksheet, the Patient Admit Form and the Patient Census List.
The Acuity Rating is also used by the Staffing Calculator to compute (again via user-modifiable formulas) the number of RN's, LVN's and CNA's that are allowed for an individual shift, patient census and patient acuity. This formidable and complex task is made simple and quick with the use of this tool.
The Medication Information Tool takes an important nursing task and makes it extremely easy and quick to do. The Medication Information Tool provides information to patients and their families about the medications they are taking. The internal medication database includes many of the most commonly prescribed drugs and is ready for you to easily customize. The guide quickly compiles and prints out a custom list of medications, their purpose, the time taken, dosage, route and frequency and possible side effects. With a few clicks of the mouse, an informative resource and reminder can be sent home with your patients. What used to take hours can now be done in a few short minutes.
NPP FEATURES
- nurses may choose from 4 different worksheet styles
- easily add to the 150+ commonly prescribed medications already included
- creates staff assignments in seconds
- prints patient assignment worksheets for nurses and aides
- prints medication information for patients and families
- detailed staff and patient databases
- easily customize Room #'s, staff and patient data, pop up menu items, etc.
- reference calendar
- spell checking, with custom User-defined vocabulary
- easily exports and imports records to spreadsheets or other databases
- simple, intuitive interface
- help provided in plain English
- powerful search and sort database tools
- complex calculations performed at the touch of a button
- tools to generate reports, track trends (e.g. infection control, staff and patient issues, etc.)
REQUIREMENTS
Cross Platform: minimum, Win 98 or Macintosh OS.
ODBC import compliant: can draw data from most popular database formats.
The runtime version is designed especially to be used on individual terminals, allowing the highest level of customization per unit preference. A multiuser, password protected, network version is also available.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FILES
Files that will enable additional features, such as spell-checking and data and graphics importing, have been included with the Nursing Productivity Pak. When the application is first opened, these files will be automatically moved to the appropriate locations on your PC or Macintosh hard drive.
Also, it is important that file names are not changed or moved out of their home folders. You can save the NPP folder anywhere you would like but all the files in that folder must stay together.
CONTACT
support@ezrecord.com (email)
EZRecord Systems
2732 Cramer Lane
Chico, CA 95928
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