Flowsheet View
Create flowsheet views specific to your site to assemble
into your customized flowsheets. You can create an unlimited number of
pages flowsheet views. You build a flowsheet view by adding,
editing, and removing terms,
as well as by arranging
the display order of the terms.
Flowsheet views are set up to determine how to do the
following:
- Retrieve observations from the database
- Display observations in a view
- Enter observations on the input form
- Display reports
General
Display Name: Display Name describes the flowsheet
view with a unique name, so you can identify it in the list of flowsheet
views.
Time Interval: Time Interval sets the default
time interval for the view display when accessed through CP Flowsheets.
Choices range from one minute to 24 hours.
X-Axis: X-Axis sets the column headers along the
top of a view to Date/Time or Terminology selections. Y-axis represents
data type (rows) along the left side of a view.
Comment: Optional – You can provide additional
information regarding the flowsheet view.
Active: The flowsheet view is active and available
in CP Flowsheets.
- Select the Active check box to make the flowsheet view active and
available.
- Clear the Active check box to inactivate the flowsheet view.
Note: If the Active check box is not selected, the
view does not load and you cannot enter data. A pop-up displays to indicate
that the view is not active. The inactive view may display in the report.
In the tree view, an active view appears with a brightly colored magnifying
glass icon.
Allow Pivot: Allow Pivot switches the x-axis (column)
selection to present along the y-axis (row) of a view. You can make the
switch while using the flowsheet.
Select and clear the check box to change the default view of the flowsheet
view.
Terminology
Display Name: You assign a name to the flowsheet
view that displays in CP Flowsheets on your flowsheet.
Use the View Terminology Editor window to add terms (click
Add) and to modify existing terms (click Edit).
Term
The Term section allows you to customize the term parameters
and associated qualifiers.
Term: Term is the approved, standardized wording
used for the observed clinical procedure/activity.
Default Unit: Default Unit is the unit of measure
at which to set the default.
You must select a default unit for a numeric unit.
Example
Body temperature is always entered in degrees Fahrenheit. Select Degrees
F from the drop-down list. Then you do not need to select Degrees F every
time you enter a temperature.
Display Name: Display Name describes the selected
term with a unique name, so you can identify it in the list of terms.
Display Width: Display Width is the maximum number
of characters used in the field.
Display Columns: Display Columns is the number
of columns to display in the view.
Use Dropdown: Use Dropdown allows you to display
selections in a flowsheet in a drop-down list rather than a radio button
options.
Display Only: Display Only prevents you from manually
adding data for the observations.
Term Display Properties: You can select one or
more properties for the selected term to provide calculations automatically
for display in the view.
- Display Totals Row–provides a totals row for observations
for display in the view
- Display Average Row–provides an average row for the observations
for display in the view
- Display Count Row–provides a count row for the observations
(the number of results in a particular column) for display in the
view
- Display Min Value Row–provides a minimum value row, a row
of the lowest number of observations
- Display Max Value Row–provides a maximum value row, a row
of the highest number of observations
- Display Subtotals by Time Interval–provides subtotals by
time intervals (calculations automatically by time intervals) for
the observations for display in the view
- Display Row as Read Only–allows a row to be labeled read
only for display in the view
- Input required for this term–indicates whether the term
must have observations recorded
Qualifiers
A qualifier is an additional choice you can add to a
term, such as the examples below. Not all terms have qualifiers. A term
can have several qualifiers as specified in the terminology list. Those
that display depend on the term you select. If the term you select has
qualifiers associated with it, you make additional selections.
You identify the type of qualifier by selecting the associated
check box, such as
- Method–lift scale, monitor
- Quality–actual, estimated
- Location–L arm, right upper lobe
- Position–sitting, standing
- Product–platelets, 5 percent albumin
You indicate that a qualifier is a required field by selecting a Mandatory
check box.
Note: If a qualifier is set to Mandatory, you
cannot clear the qualifier from the input form of the flowsheet view in
CP Flowsheets. You can clear the qualifiers that are not mandatory with
the ESC key.
You select a descriptor for the type of qualifier from
the respective drop-down list.
- When you do not select a qualifier, no default appears in the qualifier
drop-down.
- When you select a qualifier, it appears in the drop-down as an
editable default.
- When you select a qualifier and select mandatory, the qualifier
appears in the drop-down and you cannot change it.
Example
Systolic Pressure has three qualifiers available: Method, Quality, and/or
Position. Define a method for reading systolic pressure by selecting one
or more of the qualifiers with associated parameters.
For information on creating a flowsheet view, refer to
Creating a Flowsheet
View.