BMI Entry
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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
- In the left navigation panel, click Health, then Entry, then BMI Entry.
Setup Options
- Year: Defaults to current year.
- District: Defaults to district number associated with the login of the user.
- School: Click to select the desired school.
- Grade: Click to select the grade level(s) of students to be listed.
- 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.
- 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.
- Screened On: Select the date for which the BMI information will be posted to each student.
- Nurse: The Nurse who enters the information will be displayed in this cell.
- 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.
- Click the OK button to begin the entry of BMI information on the students.
Entering Data on the BMI Screen
- 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.
- To enter information in the green cells, click in the cell, then enter the data. Work from left to right.
- 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.
- Percentile is not calculated. Enter Percentile if desired.
- Other fields can also be entered: BPS (Systolic BP), BPD (Diastolic BP), Pulse, Temp, Respiration, and Comments (Nurse Comments).
- 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
- Setup: Click to go back to the Setup box. This would be handy when needing to enter data for a different group of students.
- Save: Click to save the data entered on the screen.
- Print Table: This button allows the user to print the screen information in a variety of formats. To find the print instructions, follow this link: Standard Print Options.