Viewing Bed Assignments
As an administrator logged into the VAM Console, you can use the Staff Assignment screen to view bed assignments for a hospital unit. Depending on access rules, you may have access to multiple units.
Adding a Floater
You can designate a nurse to be a floater for a specified number of hours, starting at the beginning of the current hour.
Bed Locking
When a console user selects one or more beds and clicks Change Assignment to change their bed assignments, VAM locks these beds to ensure that another console user cannot overwrite the first user's changes.
Account Settings
Administrative users have access to general account settings and system configuration areas. To display these settings, click Accounts.
Displaying and Adding Nurses
In the Staff Management section, click Nurses to display a screen containing a list of the nurses currently defined for this hospital.
Configuration
Administrative users can control the configuration of the VAM Console. To do this, click Configuration.
Server Administration
The Server Administration section of the VAM Console enables you to perform VAM system administration tasks.
Session Management
The Session Management section shows the currently active sessions on the consoles and handheld devices.
Handheld Management
The Handheld Management section lists the device IDs currently generated for the system, whether each device ID is registered or unregistered, the last user of the device and when it was accessed, and the current online status.
Tracking
The Tracking screen provides the tools necessary to trace the history of a particular alarm.
Reports
The reports section of the server may be used to generate tracking reports for alarms. Choose the appropriate report needed and click View or Filter.
Active Directory
From the VAM Console, you can specify an Active Directory server from which to obtain user information.
