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Department of Defense form 2551. Official designation: DD Form 2551, Workload Management System for Nursing - General Worksheet, February 1992. Purpose: Workload Management System for Nursing - General Worksheet. Current edition not stated, status not stated.
Prescribing authority: not stated. Proponent: not stated. Unlike service-specific publications, DD forms carry Department-level authority and apply across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and Coast Guard when operating under Defense jurisdiction.
Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.
Timing of submission is fixed by not stated and by the implementing guidance of the submitting organization. What follows describes the blank document, not agency procedure.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 2 pages with about 200 entry fields.
Pdf serves as the base format. In the fillable variant, each box is an interactive field that holds typed text inside the document. In the flat printable variant, no fields exist — the page prints as a blank to be completed by hand. Typed entries survive transmission; handwriting does not always survive scanning.
Xfdl is present in the set. The format belongs to IBM Lotus Forms — long the Defense standard for electronic forms — and needs the matching viewer; pdf applications will report the file as unreadable.
All formats download free of charge. Pdf files open in any modern reader; interactive fields behave most predictably in a desktop application, less so in browser viewers.
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).
The document is filled from the top down. Identification precedes substance, substance precedes certification. Fields lower on the page are commonly keyed to entries made above them.
Verify the edition date against not stated before entry. Department-level revisions replace the blank across every service simultaneously, so an old copy in a desk drawer may no longer correspond to current field numbering.
Certification requires a signature in the designated block — ink on paper, or a digital signature where the receiving office supports one. Typing a name into the field does not constitute execution. CAC-based signing is the usual digital method for Defense forms.
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Recurring errors: entry on a superseded edition, blanks left in mandatory fields, illegible handwriting on scanned copies, dates in a format other than the one the form specifies, missing signature or missing date beside the signature.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2551 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
A DD number and a DA number may appear in the same instruction without being related. DA forms belong to the Army alone; DD forms belong to the Department and are administered at Department level. The sequences are independent.
Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.
Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, 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?