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Physician Assistants · Templates
PA inpatient progress note template
A problem-oriented inpatient progress note for PAs on hospitalist, surgical, and specialty services—interval overnight events, data, assessment, and disposition planning in one place.
Template content
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Physician Assistant Inpatient Progress Note Hospital Context - Hospital day, service, and level of care. - Attending / collaborating physician for the service as applicable. Interval Events - Overnight events, new symptoms, rapid responses, falls, procedures, and response to interventions. - Consultant recommendations and care-coordination updates. Subjective - Patient-reported status: pain, dyspnea, appetite, sleep, mobility, and concerns. Objective - Vital trends, I/O, oxygen requirement, drains/lines, weight if relevant. - Focused exam findings. - Key labs/imaging/microbiology reviewed today with interpretation. Assessment & Plan - Problem-based list with status and next steps for each active problem. - VTE prophylaxis, lines/catheters, glycemic control, and other safety items as relevant. - Code status / goals-of-care updates if discussed. - Disposition barriers, pending items with owners, and anticipated discharge needs. - Note discussion with attending/collaborating physician if required.
When to use this template
What makes the structure useful, and which visits it fits best.
Why this template works
Structural advantages for real documentation
Best for
Visit types and clinicians who use this format
- Matches hospital team workflows where PAs own daily progress documentation.
- Keeps overnight events, consultant input, and pending items visible.
- Supports problem-based planning across medicine and surgical co-management.
- Documents collaborating physician involvement when required by site policy.
- 1PA hospital medicine daily notes
- 2Surgical PA inpatient progress notes
- 3Inpatient co-management documentation
Example output shape
Illustrative excerpt of how a visit can land in this structure. Not a real patient record—review and edit every note before signing.
Hospital Context Hospital day 2; medicine floor. Collaborating hospitalist Dr. Nguyen. Interval Events Overnight: one episode of nausea after dinner, improved with ondansetron. No fever or hypoxia. ID agrees with oral step-down today if afebrile through AM. Subjective Feels better; pain 2/10 at IV site. Ambulating with nursing. Asking about discharge. Objective Afebrile; BP 118–130/70–78; HR 70s; SpO2 97% RA. Lungs clear; abdomen soft; wound clean if applicable. WBC trending down; blood cultures NGTD to date. CXR improved. Assessment & Plan 1) Community-acquired pneumonia — improving; switch to oral amoxicillin-clavulanate today if lunch tolerated; complete 5-day total course. 2) Dehydration — resolved; saline lock IV; encourage PO. 3) Disposition — likely discharge tomorrow if afebrile and saturating on RA; PCP follow-up 3–5 days; return precautions reviewed tentatively with patient.
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