Configuration
What you can change in Nurse Charting Pro, where to change it, and what each setting does.
Nurse Charting Pro is a single-device, single-nurse app. There is no sign-in, no admin console, no team or facility configuration, and no role-based access — every setting below lives on this one device and applies to the nurse using it. The full list mirrors the in-app Settings tab; for the per-shift care setting and care programs picker, see the Safety Check note further down.
Where settings live
Open the Settings tab from the bottom navigation bar. Everything documented on this page is visible there, in the order listed below.
One thing that is not in Settings: the per-shift care setting and care programs for clinical charts. Those are picked on the Safety Check screen of each clinical chart, because they describe the patient's context for that chart, not a global preference. See “Per-shift configuration” below.
Charting categories are not configurable
The eight psychiatric and eight clinical charting categories are hardcoded screens, not customizable templates. There is no “Manage Categories” UI, no facility template picker, and no way to add a ninth category through Settings.
The categories themselves are listed in the user guide under “Charting — psychiatric” and “Charting — clinical.”
Profile
Your name and unit. This is a local label only — it appears at the top of the AI-generated narrative as the signing nurse and is included in the prompt header sent to the model. It is not an account, there is no sign-in, and it is not transmitted anywhere except as part of the narrative-generation request.
- Profile
Tap to edit your nurse name and unit on the Nurse Profile screen.
Narrative preferences
Two settings that change the language the AI uses when it generates narratives. Both are saved locally and apply to every new chart until you change them.
- Patient Reference Label
How patients are referred to in narratives. Defaults to "Patient". Common alternatives: Veteran, Resident, Client. Capitalization is automatic; the field is capped at 20 characters of letters and spaces.
- Saved Custom Closing
A reusable closing line that auto-fills when you start a new chart. You save it from the Summary & Monitoring screen on a chart, and it then lives in Settings until you clear it.
Data and privacy
Two manual controls over data on the device. Reset EHR Consent re-prompts the Send-to-EHR disclosure on next use. Clear All Data is the manual crypto-shred trigger — the same end-of-shift wipe described in the user guide, available on demand.
- Reset EHR Consent
After you have acknowledged the Send-to-EHR disclosure once, this control re-arms it so the disclosure modal appears again the next time you tap Send to Epic or Send to Oracle Health. Disabled until the disclosure has been acknowledged at least once.
- Clear All Data
Wipes every chart, narrative, room assignment, nurse profile field, and saved setting from the device. Equivalent to ending a shift — the encryption key is destroyed and the encrypted blobs become unrecoverable. There is no undo.
Subscription and help
Manage your subscription in-app and open the FAQ / user guide bundled with the app. Subscription management opens the in-app Customer Center for active subscribers, or the Subscription screen for free users — see the user guide for plan details.
- Subscription
Shows your current status (Free, Trial, Pro, or Pro Plus). Tap to manage — switch plans, cancel, or restore purchases. The actual billing is handled by Apple or Google through your store account.
- How to Use This App
Opens the in-app FAQ and user guide.
Feedback and support
Three shortcuts for getting in touch or rating the app. Send Feedback and Report a Bug open a pre-addressed email; Rate on App Store opens the in-app review prompt.
- Send Feedback
Opens an email pre-addressed to the support inbox so you can share suggestions or ideas.
- Report a Bug
Opens an email pre-addressed to the support inbox with a bug-report template.
- Rate on App Store
Triggers the in-app App Store review prompt so you can leave a review without leaving the app.
Legal and about
Read-only entries for the policy text bundled with the app and the build version you are running.
- Privacy Policy
Opens the Privacy Policy text bundled with the app. The version number next to the title is incremented when the policy text changes.
- Terms & Conditions
Opens the Terms & Conditions text bundled with the app, with the same versioning behavior as the Privacy Policy.
- Accepted On
The date you accepted the current policy and terms. Read-only.
- Version
The app build version you are running. Useful when filing a bug report.
Per-shift configuration (clinical Safety Check)
Two pieces of per-chart context are configured on the Safety Check screen of each clinical chart, not in Settings:
- Care setting
What kind of unit you are working in for this chart — for example, med-surg, home health, long-term care, or skilled nursing. The choice tunes the assessments presented and the language the AI uses in the narrative.
- Care programs
Active care programs that apply to this chart — for example, Chronic Care, Rehab, or Hospice. Multi-select. These add program-specific items to the chart and shape the narrative.
Because care setting and care programs are per-chart, you can chart a med-surg patient and a home-health patient on the same shift without changing any global preference.
What is intentionally not here
A few things you might expect from a typical SaaS app are deliberately absent — they would not match how Nurse Charting Pro is built:
- No user accounts, roles, or permissions. There is no sign-in, no Administrator/Manager/Nurse role split, no user-management screen. The app is single-device, single-nurse.
- No notification or reminder configuration. The app does not schedule rounding reminders, quiet hours, or shift-handoff push notifications.
- No facility-wide settings. No facility name, no time zone configuration, no organizational branding.
- No data-retention policy or archival schedule. Charts are crypto-shredded at end of shift (or when you tap Clear All Data). There is no retention window to configure because nothing is retained beyond the shift.
- No EMR/EHR or SSO configuration screens. Send to EHR (Epic, Oracle Health) authenticates the nurse interactively in the system browser using SMART on FHIR — there is nothing to pre-configure in Settings.