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The Nursing Census report is a numerical listing of rooms by nursing station. The diagnosis description will pull to the report for the listed patients. It provides a real-time view of all patients currently assigned to inpatient beds across various nursing units.  

 

This report helps in managing patient care by providing visibility into bed occupancy, unit-specific census level, and patient distribution, supporting effective staffing decisions and source allocation.

 

The Nursing Census helps ensure accurate tracking of patient stays, supports timely charge capture, and helps validate bed assignments for billing and reimbursement purposes. It can also assist in identifying potential discrepancies between patient placement and system records to prevent revenue leakage or documentation errors.

 

 

Nursing Census

 

 

 

Listed below is an explanation of each column.

 

•Room: The number of each occupied and unoccupied room for all nursing stations will pull to this column

 

•Patient Name: The name of the patient occupying the room

 

•Visit#: Account number of the patient occupying the room

 

•Age: Pulls from the Patient tab on the Registration and ADT screen

 

•C (Care Level): Pulls from the Clinical tab on the Registration and ADT screen

 

•X (Patient’s Sex): Pulls from the Patient tab on the Registration and ADT screen

 

•F/C (Financial Class): Pulls from the Guarantor/Ins tab on the Registration and ADT screen

 

•S (Smoker): Pulls from the Patient tab on the Registration and ADT screen

 

•I (Isolation): Pulls from the Clinical tab on the Registration and ADT screen

 

•Cond (Condition Code): Pulls from the Clinical tab on the Registration and ADT screen

 

•LOS (Length of Stay): Is calculated by taking the difference between the admission date and the date the report is printed

 

•Physician: Pulls the Attending Physician from the Stay tab on the Registration and ADT screen

 

•Consulting: Pulls the Consulting Physician from the Second Physician field on the Stay tab on the Registration and ADT screen

 

•Diagnosis: Pulls from the Chief Complaint field on the Clinical tab on the Registration and ADT screen

 

NOTE: If the account has been coded with an Admitting Diagnosis in the Grouper, it will pull to this column instead of the Chief Complaint.

 

•Adv Dir (Advance Directive): Pulls from the Patient tab on the Registration and ADT screen

 

•Serv (Service Code): Pulls from the Patient tab on the Registration and ADT screen