Veona Ward

import { Steps } from ‘@astrojs/starlight/components’;

What this is

Veona Ward runs the inpatient floor: admit a patient to a free bed, record nursing observations that produce an EWS (Early Warning Score, the NEWS2-style server-calculated aggregate), administer medication against the MAR (Medication Administration Record), run nursing rounds, transfer between beds or wards, and discharge with a summary PDF.

Who uses it: ward_consultant admits, discharges, and manages the ward (ward.admit, ward.manage). ward_nurse records observations and administers medication (ward.nurse, ward.medicate). clinician and nurse also work the ward and hold the matching admit / nurse / medicate keys.

Editions

Ward is included in Hospital and Network. It is not in Health Centre or Public Health. It depends on Chart.

Screens

The Veona Ward tabs, as the app names them:

• Ward Board
• Admit
• Bed Map
• Nursing Rounds
• Observations
• Medication Administration
• Transfer
• Discharge
• Reports
• Settings

Admit a patient to a bed

1. Open Admit.

2. Pick the patient (by UHID), the consulting consultant, the ward, and a free bed.

3. Submit the admission. The patient appears on the Ward Board and the bed state becomes Occupied.

Record observations (EWS / NEWS2)

1. Open Observations.

2. Select the admission, then Record observations.

3. Enter temperature, HR, BP, SpO₂, and RR, then select Save. The EWS is calculated server-side and auto-escalates at ≥ 5.

Administer medication (MAR)

1. Open Medication Administration (“Medication administration record”).

2. On a due dose, select Give, then complete the “Administer medication” details and Confirm administration (the dose moves to Given, signed by you).

3. Where a dose cannot be given, select Hold (and record a hold reason) or Refused.

Caution

Medication administration is signed and audited. Confirm the right patient, drug, and dose before selecting Confirm administration — a recorded administration is part of the legal record.

Transfer and discharge

1. To move a patient, open Transfer and select the destination bed or ward.

2. To discharge, open Discharge, enter the ICD-11 diagnoses and the discharge summary, then select Discharge patient and Confirm discharge.

3. The discharge summary PDF is generated and encrypted-stored, the bed is freed, and the final bill is settled. The patient can download the summary from the portal.