BMI Entry

The BMI Entry program allows the nurse to enter height and weight, as well as other basic health information, on a listing of students. It will calculate a BMI based on the height/weight entered for the student.

Getting Started

1. In the left navigation panel, click Health, then Entry, then BMI Entry.

Setup Options

1. Year: Defaults to current year.
2. District: Defaults to district number associated with the login of the user.
3. School: Click to select the desired school.
4. Grade: Click to select the grade level(s) of students to be listed.
5. Ethnic: If desired, the user can select to limit the listing of students by Ethnic code. If left blank, all ethnic codes will be included.
6. Gender: Click to limit the listing to students to a selected gender. If left blank, all students, regardless of gender, will be listed on the screen.
7. Screened On: Select the date for which the BMI information will be posted to each student.
8. Nurse: The Nurse who enters the information will be displayed in this cell.
9. Roster Type: Click to display the listing of students by Homeroom, Class, or Grade.
   • If Homeroom was selected: The next active selection will be Homeroom. Click to select the desired homeroom.
   • If Class was selected: The next active selection will be Class. Click to select the desired class of students.
   • If Grade was selected, the grade level used in the Grade field on the setup box will be used to determine the listing of students.
10. Click the OK button to begin the entry of BMI information on the students.

Entering Data on the BMI Screen

1. A listing of students will be on the left side of the screen. Data fields for entering information are located to the right of each student.
2. To enter information in the green cells, click in the cell, then enter the data. Work from left to right.
3. Enter Height (in inches) and Weight (in pounds). The BMI is calculated after the Height and Weight are entered and the Save button (located at bottom of screen) is clicked.
4. Percentile is not calculated. Enter Percentile if desired.
5. Other fields can also be entered: BPS (Systolic BP), BPD (Diastolic BP), Pulse, Temp, Respiration, and Comments (Nurse Comments).
6. When data has been entered for the students on the screen, click the Save button to store the data for each student.

Buttons at the Bottom of the BMI Screen

1. Setup: Click to go back to the Setup box. This would be handy when needing to enter data for a different group of students.
2. Save: Click to save the data entered on the screen.
3. Print Table: This button allows the user to print the screen information in a variety of formats. Default is pdf format, but can be changed to xls (Excel), or csv (text).

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