Using Staff Assignment / Assigning Staff Members to Beds |
Follow these guidelines when working on the Assignments tab:
Navigate using the arrow keys, Tab key, or Enter key, or click a cell to select it.
Enter a staff member in one of the staff member columns by starting to enter their last name.
You must assign staff members to a bed or role from left to right, from 1st Member to 8th Member. The previous staff member columns for a bed or role must all have assignments before you can make an assignment in the current column. For example, you cannot assign a staff member to the 8th Member column until staff members have been assigned to the 1st Member through 7th Member columns.
If you delete a staff member for a bed, the staff member in the next column automatically moves one cell to the left to replace the staff member you deleted.
You cannot select duplicate staff members for a bed.
To search for a staff member, begin typing a name in one of the staff member cells. A drop-down list of up to 10 matching names appears. For example, to display all available staff members whose last name begins with "Be", type be in the cell.
To select a staff member from the drop-down list, move the mouse over the name and then press Enter or click the name.
Only valid Vocera user names can be entered or selected in the staff member cells. If you enter anything else in those cells, the value will not be saved.
To select a staff member from a list of all of the available staff for the unit, double-click the cell. The Available In Unit dialog box appears.
Use the Find Staff field to find staff members at all sites.
If you select a staff member who is already assigned to the unit, the Found In Unit dialog box appears. Click Yes to remove the staff member from the unit. Otherwise, click No.
If you select a staff member who is not yet assigned to the unit, the Add To Unit dialog box appears. Click Yes to add the staff member to the unit. Otherwise, click No.
To delete an assignment, select the cell and press the Delete key.
The Notes cell provides a place to write a brief note about the patient, for example:
DNR
Clear Liquid Diet
No visitors
Maintain Reverse Isolation
NPO
Patient had a sitter
Bilateral soft wrist restraints
To save changes to a cell, press Enter or click another cell. The staff assignment is saved to the Vocera Voice Server.
The status bar at the bottom of the Assignments tab indicates when changes are saved.