Staff nurse

Run bedside care-plan checklists, sign and attest, work offline, order tests and collect ward samples.

Staff nurse

Who this is for

You are a ward, ICU or theatre nurse in a hospital company. Your role is Staff nurse. Most of your work in CareList is filling in the care-plan checklists assigned to you: vitals, shift rounds, medication checks and risk assessments. You also run audits such as the Hand Hygiene Audit, order tests, and collect samples on the ward.

What you see

Home shows My open tasks and a Patients tile with a red badge when care checks are overdue.

Your day

1. Start of shift. Open Tasks and tap Overdue, then Pending. Open Patients and look for red borders and the overdue chips.
2. Bedside rounds. At each bed, scan the bedside QR. Run every checklist that is due for that patient.
3. During the shift. Act on notifications (new tasks, reminders), collect ward samples, and report broken equipment from Scan.
4. End of shift. Check that Tasks → Overdue is empty. Submit any drafts, and tell the next shift about anything you left in progress.

Step by step

Open a care-plan checklist

• From Tasks: tap Start, or Continue for a draft.
• At the bed: tap Scan, point the camera at the bedside QR, and the patient page opens. Under Care plan – open checklists, tap Start next to your checklist. Overdue items have a red border.

The checklist header shows the patient's name, UHID, bed and doctor, with any Allergies in red.

Note: You can only open checklists that are assigned to you. If someone else's checklist needs doing, ask the nurse in charge to reassign it.

Fill in vitals in wizard mode

Some checklists, such as Vitals Chart, show one question at a time.

1. Answer the question, then tap Next. The bar shows Question 3 of 9 and a percentage.
2. Tap Back to change an earlier answer. A required question (marked *) won't let you go on until it's answered.
3. Copy answers from last time fills in the answers from this patient's last completed checklist. Change whatever is different. Photos, signatures and locations are never copied.
4. The last screen is Review and submit.

Sign, attest and submit

1. For a signature question, type your name in Full name and sign in the box (Sign with your finger or mouse; Clear starts again).
2. If the checklist has an attestation (for example Medication Administration Check or Discharge Readiness Checklist), tick the statement. It is recorded as signed electronically by you when you submit.
3. Tap Submit inspection. CareList checks for missing answers, saves the report and opens it, where you can Download PDF. If the checklist repeats, the next one is created automatically.

Attach and annotate a photo

1. On a photo question, tap the file field and take a picture.
2. Tap Annotate photo (draw on it) and Draw in red to mark the problem. Undo all clears your marks.
3. You'll see Annotated photo ready – it is saved with the checklist.

When you answer Fail on a Pass/Fail item, Describe the issue and Photo evidence questions appear. Fill them in: they turn into a deviation for the quality team (wf-failed-item-to-action).

Save a draft and work offline

Tap Save draft at any time. You'll see Draft saved with the time, and the task changes to in progress. If the Wi-Fi drops, a yellow banner says you're offline. Keep answering: your answers are kept on the phone and sync when you reconnect. Don't log out while you're offline. Photos need a connection to upload.

Order tests and collect a ward sample

1. On the patient page, tap Order lab / imaging tests. Enter the tests and set Priority, then tap Register order.
2. On the order page, tap Sample label and Print (choose 1×–4× copies) to label the tubes.
3. Run the Sample Collection Checklist if it's attached (Start).
4. After drawing the sample, tap Mark as sample collected. Your name and the time are stamped on the order.

What you can't do

Try it

Sign in as nurse@hospital.test with the password password. Open Tasks to see the care plans for Anita Rao and Joseph Mathew, then open Vitals Chart to try wizard mode. Related: Run an inspection, Signatures and attestation, wf-patient-stay.