History - Hgt/Wgt
The History - Hgt/Wgt tab allows the nurse to enter height and weight, as well as other basic health information, on a student.
Menu Location
Click on Health. Under Entry, select Health System, then History (bottom tab), next Hgt/Wgt (top tab).
Setup Options
Year - Defaults to the current year. A prior year may be accessed by clicking in the field and making the appropriate selection from the drop down list.
District - Default value is based on your security settings. You will be limited to your district only.
School - Default value is based on your security settings. If you are assigned to a school, the school default value will be your school site code. You will not be able to change this value. If you are a supervisor or other district office employee with access to the Student Information System, you will be able to run programs for one school, a small group of schools, or all schools in your district.
Grade - Grade level of students whose records need to be edited or whose names are to be included on a report. Leave the field blank if all grade levels are to be included. Otherwise, click in the field to the right of Grade(s) to select the desired grade level(s) to be included.
Hide SSN - Select to hide the student's social security number.
To find definitions for other standard setup values, follow this link: Standard Setup Options.
Click OK to continue.
- Data is entered in the fields from left to right.
- The blank top row is an insert row to add results of a new row of data.
- To save an insert row at the top, click the Save cell at end of row.
- Enter Date, Height (in inches) and Weight (in pounds). BMI is calculated after the Height and Weight are entered.
- Percentile is not calculated. Enter Percentile if desired.
- Click the green Save cell at the end of the row.
- Other fields can also be entered: BPS (Systolic BP), BPD (Diastolic BP), Pulse, Temp, Respiration, Comments (Nurse Comments)
- To edit an existing row, click on the cell, edit the data, then click the Save cell at the end of the row.
- To delete a row, click the red Delete cell at the start of the row to be removed.
- Additional Growth Comments are available at the bottom of screen.
- Reminder: If information is entered in the Growth Comments, use the Save button at bottom of screen.
