Nurses Training Guide - UCSF Radiation Oncology

Lesson 2: Scheduling
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Notes Attending Displays the patient's attending MD for the active
department.
Procedure Displays the Select Procedure dialog box. You can
select an activity, if necessary.
Comment Specifies a comment in this free-text field about
the appointment you are creating.
Displays the Appointment Slip dialog box
containing the patient and procedure you entered
(if any), as well as the resource, time, and date of
the highlighted cell. Click to schedule
the appointment.
Displays the Appointment Slip dialog box for the
selected appointment cell, in which you can
modify the appointment. You can also display the
Appointment Slip by double-clicking an
appointment.
Displays the Appointment Slip dialog box for the
selected appointment; click to delete the
appointment.
Automatically reads the database and updates the
schedule.
Enables you to move forward and backward
within the schedule one day at a time. You can
position the text cursor in the field (between the
arrow buttons) by clicking in the field or pressing
CTRL+J. You can increment/ decrement the
schedule by doing the following:
Enter 28 or 28d and press Enter to increment the
schedule 28 days; Enter 1w to increment the
schedule 1 week; Enter a preceding minus sign to
decrement the schedule the specified number of
days or weeks (e.g. -28 or -28d decrements the
schedule 28 days); and Enter the letter "t" to
display the current day's schedule.