This guide outlines how to chart Alberta prenatal record in a step by step process.

There will be one prenatal record for each pregnancy of the patient.


Before starting, make sure you have done the following

You have added the Alberta Prenatal Record to your flowsheets. You can do this under 

. Find the Alberta Prenatal Record and click the black plus icon it to add it to your collection.

Follow these steps if it is the first time you are opening a prenatal record for a patient’s pregnancy. If you are adding a note to an existing prenatal record, please see the steps further below under the header 

 On the patient’s chart click the plus icon on the 

Clinical Notes section with 'Plus' button labeled with a large red arrow

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2. Ensure the Alberta Prenatal Record is selected in the dropdown. Then click 

Select Note / Flowsheet Template section with 'Flowsheet' and 'Most Commonly Used' sections labeled with large red arrows

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If the patient has had a prenatal flowsheet on their chart from another pregnancy, you will need to Click on "New" icon the create a new flowsheet.

3. Enter in the date of the last menstrual period (LMP), select the most responsible physician/employee, and select the correct clinic

Tip: Click in the Last Menstrual Period box to trigger a calendar popup. Use this calendar to easily chose the last menstrual period date.

Alberta Prenatal Record form with Last Menstrual Period, MRP/Employee, Clinic fields labeled with large red arrows

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4. Set the Note Date, Employee, Clinic, and Appointment in the 

This section of the prenatal flowsheet will be specific to each visit. For example, if the patient see’s the physician on one visit, the employee will be set to the physician. The second time the patient comes in, they may see the nurse. In that case, the employee will be set to the nurse.

Current Note fields with four string fields labeled by large red arrows

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 button at the bottom of the flowsheet to activate the autosaving feature

6. Fill out the rest of the note as needed and press 

Click on each section header to reveal the section details.

Pregnancy Details section with fields labeled 'LMP', 'EDB by LMP', 'ED8 by US' and toggles below

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The text entered into the Extra Notes box will not show up on the printed/faxed version of the prenatal record. If you need to send more information, we recommend using a simple note template to record the extra text and print/fax it.

7. To print the prenatal record, click the printer icon beside the note in the 

Clinical Notes section with print button labeled by a large red arrow

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If your clinic has started a prenatal record for a patient’s pregnancy, you will want to add on to this record for all visits that relate to that pregnancy.

The first two steps are the same as the first two steps of starting a flowsheet for the first time.

3. Select the flowsheet that corresponds with the patient’s current pregnancy by clicking on the Last Menstrual Period

This will open up a new note to which you can add new information.

4. Follow steps 4-7 from the Starting a Record section of this article.

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