The Nurse Physical Exam encounter section is an optional section that can be applied to the encounter outline. This can be used to help document a Nurse’s physical exam regarding the visit within an encounter.
Add a Nurse Physical Exam - Flowsheet
The Nurse Physical Exam encounter section points to a specific flowsheet configured in the system. This flowsheet can be customized for your needs. A configured flowsheet named Nurse Physical Exam in the flowsheet editor will display the data capture fields in the encounter Nurse Physical Exam section. Using the Nurse Physical Exam flowsheet allows your system to capture unique or custom information for your practice to document in an encounter within the Nurse Physical Exam encounter section.
To utilize a flowsheet method in Nurse Physical Exam, a flowsheet named Nurse Physical Exam must exist with contents.
Macros
If utilizing a Nurse Physical Exam flowsheet, library macros offered in the Nurse physical exam encounter section are a way to quickly insert predefined text with minimal user input depending on what library your encounter is set to or the Nurse physical exam section library that is set to.
For additional information on configuring and utilizing macros that can be utilized within the Nurse physical exam encounter section, please see separate guide Macros and/or Libraries.
Encounter Stored Document
The Nurse physical exam encounter section does become part of the encounter visit note document once closed and archived.
