Visit log

[mc3, ASN, RN]

My current visit log is on paper. I want to create some kind of electronic record, so I can easily keep track of visits. Has anyone done this, and if so what did you use? I still will have to keep a paper log, though, so I may not be able to easily do it without having to do double entries..thanks!

[SnowyJ, RN]

I use a paper log, but also log all visits into our system. I also can log immunizations, physicals, contact with parents as well. We use Infinite Campus. Is your school doing electronic documentation? If not, they should consider it.

Infinite Campus

[mc3, ASN, RN]

I use a paper log, but also log all visits into our system. I also can log immunizations, physicals, contact with parents as well. We use Infinite Campus. Is your school doing electronic documentation? If not, they should consider it.

Infinite Campus

We have something different but does have the ability to put in visits. However, those entries will stay on the student's record indefinitely, which is of course not practical. Do you keep a paper log, then go and enter the info on the student record? I'm afraid it would be duplicating entries which is naturally very time consuming. It may be my only option, though. I really want to get a handle on the # of visits a student makes, and the reason.

[joseyjo]

I really want to get a handle on the # of visits a student makes, and the reason.

Could you just make it a simple spreadsheet on Excel? You could log visits by making a daily log, then if you wanted to see how many times a student came in during a specific time period you could just "ctrl F" search for that name throughout the spreadsheet and count it up.

If you (or someone you know) knows a little more than basic Excel you can even format the spreadsheet to be sort-able by patient name, visit reason, date, etc... all at the click of a key.

[SnowyJ, RN]

If I am really busy, I chart on a paper log then catch up online later. Otherwise, I try to chart visits in real time.

[Lesliecottman]

I shadowed a nurse and they had an old laptop they used that the kids would put in their information and why they were visiting the nurse. They had the IT department create an account on the system they used that was generic and the kids could just log in that way. The nurse still had a notepad by her to keep her notes. That way the nurse would just have to go back into the program and update what they did and their assessment and what time the child left. I plan on using that system if I can this year.