Nurse Dashboard
Setting the Nurse Dashboard Date Ranges

The Nurse Dashboard displays items based on default or user-specified date ranges. If you want to change the dashboard's default date ranges, you can easily do so through the Preferences dialog box. However, keep in mind that the date ranges you specify can affect system response times. If you experience slow response times, decrease the start date for dashboard items. On the other hand, if the Nurse Dashboard is not displaying all of the items you want to see, increase the start date for these items.

Note: The following table lists the maximum and minimum values users can assign through the Preferences dialog box. These limitations do not exist when you specify date ranges by accessing the parameters directly.

Minimum and Maximum Date Ranges

  Desktop Minimum Desktop Maximum
Events Stop T-30 T+30
Events Start T-180 T
Results Stop T-30 T+30
Results Start T-180 T
Text Order Stop T-30 T+180
Text Order Start T-365 T
Unverified Order Stop T-30 T+30
Unverified Order Start T-180 T
Vitals Stop T-30 T
Vitals Start T-180 T

To change the default date ranges for items that appear on the Nurse Dashboard, follow these steps:

  1. Select Tools | Options.
    The Preferences dialog box appears (graphic).
  2. Select Nurse Dashboard in the left-hand pane.
  3. Select the Default tab to set a default date range for all dashboard items
    or
    select the tab for each item (Results, Events, Orders, or Vitals) to set a date range for these individual items (individual date ranges override the date range set through the Default tab)
    or
    set a date range in the Default tab and adjust this date range for one or more individual items as needed.
  4. Enter the appropriate dates in the Start and Stop fields. HealtheVet Desktop/Care Management accepts only relative dates (T+1, for example).
  5. Click OK.

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