You need DD Form 2551, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Workload Management System for Nursing - General Worksheet. Its official title is DD Form 2551, Workload Management System for Nursing - General Worksheet, February 1992.
Your second step is the edition, not stated, listed as not stated. Your third is scope. Because the number carries a DD prefix, you use the same blank as every other military department and defense agency; no service-specific version exists for you to hunt down.
Once you know the form fits, find out when you file it. not stated sets the requirement, and not stated maintains the form itself. Your own command or agency adds local timing on top of that, so ask your administrative office if the deadline matters to you.
Last in this stage, choose your method: complete it on screen, or print the blank form and fill it out in pen. The sections below take each route step by step.
Now fill it in. Work from the top of the page downward, and do not jump ahead — the identifying block comes first, the substance of your entry second, the certification last. Later boxes often depend on what you put at the top.
Check the edition before you type a word. The date appears on the face of the form; it should read not stated. When it does not, discard the file and take a fresh copy from this page. Department-level revisions replace the blank across all services simultaneously, which means an old printout can be out of step everywhere.
If a particular field puzzles you, read the instructions printed on the form first, then go to not stated. When the two disagree, follow the directive.
Download the form
Step one is picking the format. You have PDF to choose from, across 2 pages, with approximately 200 fields to complete.
Download the pdf first. After it opens, test a field with your cursor. Fillable means you type, tab to the next box, and save your work inside the file. Printable means the page is a flat blank, so print it and write your answers in ink.
Go with the typed route whenever the choice is yours. Consider what happens after you submit: the copy gets scanned, forwarded and filed, and each pass costs handwriting some legibility. Block letters help if you are stuck with a pen.
What the form asks for
- Addressograph.
- Acuity code 2. Vital signs q4h or x 6. Point value (2).
- Acuity code 3. Vital signs q3h or x 8. Point value (3).
- Acuity code 4. Vital signs q3h or x 12. Point value (4).
- Acuity code 5. Vital signs q1h or x 24. Point value (8).
- Acuity code 6. Rectal or axillary temp or apical pulse qid or more. Point value (2).
- Acuity code 7. Femoral, pedal or popliteal pulses or FHT qid or more. Point value (2).
- Acuity code 8. Tilt test q4h or more. Point value (2).
- Acuity code 9. Post-op, post-partum, post delivery (newborn VS). Point value (6).
- 2. Monitoring. Acuity code 10. Intake and output q8h. Point value (2).
- Acuity code 11. Intake and output q2h. Point value (8).
- Acuity code 12. Circulation or fundus checks 12h or x12. Point value (2).
- Acuity code 13. Neuro checks q4h or x 6. Point value (3).
- Acuity code 14. Neuro checks q2h or x 12. Point value (6).
- Acuity code 15. CVP or ICP (manual) q2h or x 12. Point value (2).
- Acuity code 16. Cardiac/apnea/temp/BP monitor (not cumulative). Point value (6).
- Acuity code 17. Transcutaneous monitor/oximeter. Point value (6).
- Acuity code 18. A-line or ICP monitor or Swan Ganz set-up. Point value (4).
- Acuity code 19. A-line or ICP monitor rreading q2h or x 12. Point value (2).
- Acuity code 20. Swan Ganz PAP/PA wedge reading q4h or x 6. Point value (2).
- Acuity code 21. Swan Ganz PAP/PA wedge reading q2h or x 12. Point value (4).
- Acuity code 22. Cardiac output tid or x 3. Point value (2).
- 3. Activities of daily living. Acuity code 23. Care - age 5 or less (infant/toddler). Point value (6).
- Acuity code 24. Care - age 6 or more (self/minimal). Point value (2).
With the form finished, route it to the office named in not stated or in your organization's own instruction. Keep a copy first. People rarely regret having one and frequently regret not having one.
Should you need a related form, look it up by its number. The DD sequence is Department-wide, which makes your search simple: no service qualifier, no branch-specific variant to track down.
Be careful when a procedure pairs this form with a service form. Read the prefix, not just the digits. Service forms answer to a service proponent, while DD forms answer to not stated or an equivalent Department office, and the two sequences were never aligned. Grabbing the wrong prefix gets you a form that has nothing to do with your task.
Plan to repeat this step whenever the form comes up again. Revisions follow directive changes, changes in what data is collected, and updates to notice language. Since nobody notifies you, check not stated at download and you have covered it.
Before you go, note what is not covered here. You have the blank form and instructions for completing it; you do not have legal guidance, and no statement on this page determines what any office will do with your submission. Direct those questions to not stated, to the personnel office that serves you, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2551?
- DD Form 2551, Workload Management System for Nursing - General Worksheet, February 1992
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?