Flowsheets and daylight savings time
Each flowsheet shows a 24 hour period. When daylight savings occurs, a patient's flowsheet can have a missing hour, or it can show the same hour twice.
You will most likely notice the missed hour on the following day when you have added 24 hours to the flowsheet above. The new flowsheet for the morning of the third day will begin on the hour following the last hour on the previous flowsheet. Because an hour was either added or subtracted, the flowsheet for the third day's morning will reflect this.
Changes in Spring
- Clocks go forward one hour
- After the 1:00 AM column, flowsheets show the 3:00 AM column
- SmartFlow changes the times of treatments scheduled for 2:00 AM to 3:00 AM
- If you add 24 hours to a flowsheet without 2:00 AM, the next day on the flowsheet starts one hour after it usually startsTip: If you do not want a flowsheet to start one hour after it usually starts, discharge the patient and do their admission again.
Changes in Autumn for North America
- Clocks go back one hour
- After the 1:00 AM column, flowsheets show one other 1:00 AM column
- SmartFlow changes the times of treatments scheduled for 2:00 AM to 1:00 AM
- If you add 24 hours to a flowsheet with two 1:00 AM columns, the next day on the flowsheet starts one hour before it usually startsTip: If you do not want a flowsheet to start one hour before it usually starts, discharge the patient and do their admission again.
Changes in Autumn for Australia, New Zealand, and Europe
- Clocks go back one hour
- After the 2:00 AM column, flowsheets show one other 2:00 AM column
- SmartFlow changes the times of treatments scheduled for 3:00 AM to 2:00 AM
- If you add 24 hours to a flowsheet with two 2:00 AM columns, the next day on the flowsheet starts one hour before it usually startsTip: If you do not want a flowsheet to start one hour before it usually starts, discharge the patient and do their admission again.