Skilled Nursing Facilities

Completing Weights and Vitals Configuration

This screen contains configuration settings for Weights and Vitals. 

Note

You must first select Units of Measure that is appropriate for your organization in Admin > Setup > General Configuration.

  1. Facility > Clinical > Setup > Weights and Vitals Configuration. 

  • Hide ABW? - Select option.

  • Hide BMI? - Select option.

  • Hide Goal Weight? - Select option. If No, you see a text field to enter goal weight range in Baselines in the Wts/Vitals tab of the resident's clinical chart.

  • Grace period for one month exceptions - Select option. Allows a grace period for monthly weights during the first X days of the month before an exception is generated.

  • Configuration option for ABW calculation type - Recalculate ABW updates weight information for all residents if you change the ABW calculation type.

    • ABW calculation type - Select option.

      • Master, Lasser & Beckman Table for ABW.

      • BMI Based - If selected, BMI range appears and you must complete the fields for Min and Max range.

      • Estimated IBW Formula.

  • Blood Sugar   - Select option. 

  • For best practice, the recommended calculation for weight is BMI Based.