Chapter 4
Patient stations
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To place a patient station in staff follow mode:
1. Press the presence station button corresponding to your staff
level:
• If you are a registered nurse, press the red button.
• If you are an LPN, press the amber button.
• If you are a nurse‘s aide, press the green button.
The Presence status light turns on.
What happens at the patient station in staff follow mode
Registering presence in the patient room causes patient stations in
the room with active staff follow modes to do the following:
• The patient station enters its assigned staff follow mode.
• If one or more calls are active in the coverage area, the Status
light starts flashing red.
• If one or more calls are active, the station sounds, for 2 seconds,
a tone at the staff follow rate of the highest priority call.
If new nurse calls are originated in the patient station‘s coverage
area, a staff follow tone for the highest existing priority sounds at
the patient station.
Canceling staff follow mode at the patient station
Do the following to cancel staff follow mode at a patient station:
Press the presence station button for your staff level again.
• The presence station light and the Status light on the patient
station extinguish.
• Staff follow tones for new nurse calls do not sound at the
patient station.
Note: For more on staff follow, see the topic "Staff follow function"
on page 102.
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