Alright, we've been through all of the tabs.
Good job!
I want to show you a few items that may be useful to
you before we say goodbye.
Let's go back to the Cover Sheet.
Sometimes you'll find that the windows here
are too small or too big.
You can resize all fields in CPRS by hovering your mouse over
the border between two boxes
until it looks like a line with two arrows.
Then click and drag to change the box to the
size that you'd like.
You can do this in pretty much any tab in CPRS.
Similarly, if we go to the Orders tab
and somehow your orders have shrunk or the
columns have become hard to read, we need
to resize everything.
Like this, for example, over here.
I have no idea what this is saying.
We can hover our mouse over the line between the Write Orders
box and the orders screen.
Click once and the computer will automatically resize your
orders to fit your screen.
The next you'll want to create a signature code to sign the
notes you write on your patient.
We'll go back to the Cover Sheet.
Go to Tools and hover over Administrative tools.
Select eSig Sig Block.
And then a new box will pop up where we can create our
six-digit signature code.
This code can be made up of letters, numbers, or
a combination of the two.
Just make sure it's a combination that
you'll remember.
You can also change the tag line of your signature
in the title block.
The Title Block will appear at the end of all your notes,
as your name, position, and current service.
I suggest using the title Nursing Student.
Now we'll end with the VA Intranet.
To access the Intranet, click on the internet explorer image,
which automatically opens to the
VA Intranet homepage.
From this page, you can find information about the
Portland VA and surrounding facilities.
I like to use the Nursing Portal and
Nursing Policies and Procedures.
Both items are listed on the right side of the homepage.
Click on Nursing to open the Nursing Homepage,
which provides several helpful resources
such as this Clinical Resources section where you can find
tools to help you look up skills
videos, evidenced-based information, patient education resources
and technological manuals.
Now we go back to the Home page
we can find on Nursing Policies and Procedures
on the right side.
Before you perform any skill or administer a unique medication
or drip, it's good practice to
review the policy and procedure first.
So this is where we can find all the policies
and procedures for the Portland VA.
And again, these policies are all related to nursing.
We can go back to the home page.
Another helpful link is the Printers link on the bottom
right side of the screen.
Under Information Technology.
We can select this box and click to Add a Printer.
And usually it's going to be in the vhaporapp15.
And you'll have to do this every time you go on to a new computer
to set your default printer.
You'll also need to know your unit's printer number to know
the printer name you'll be
looking for.
Now you have a basic knowledge of CPRS from this video, however
if you have questions or need
reference material, go back to the intranet homepage.
Go down and find the CPRS Instructions link.
This link will send you to a written tool of CPRS
instructions where you can
search for information about specific topics or questions.
Thank you for watching this video.
I hope you're able to use some these concepts to ease the
burden of navigating CPRS here
at the Portland VA.
If you have any more questions or desire more information,
please utilize the CPRS
Instructions link.
Your preceptor, clinical instructor, or leadership staff
will also help you in your journey.
Don't hesitate to ask!