A patient support comprising: a frame, said frame having at least one chosen from a side rail, a head board, and a foot board; a patient support surface supported at said frame; a display incorporated into said frame; a user interface incorporated into said frame; and a controller incorporated into said frame, characterised in that said controller has a plurality of prompts stored therein, said prompts comprising visual or audible indicators to remind a user of a protocol at the patient support, said user interface in communication with said controller and for selecting a prompt from said plurality of prompts stored in said controller and operable to allow the user to select, at the patient support, at least one of said protocols to be reminded about and to select or input a passage of time in which a reminder is generated for the selected protocol and, when said selected prompt is selected, said controller adapted for generating a display image or text associated with said selected prompt at said display in response to the passage of time selected to provide a visual or audible indicator to the user regarding the selected protocol or protocols; and a device associated with said patient support for sensing or controlling a parameter at said patient support, said controller being in communication with said device, and when selected said controller adapted for monitoring said device and generating a display at said display associated with said parameter, said controller being adapted to store data related to the protocol, to store and collect data from the device related to the protocol and being further adapted to compare the collected protocol data and the stored data to verify conformance. a frame, said frame having at least one chosen from a side rail, a head board, and a foot board; a patient support surface supported at said frame; a display incorporated into said frame; a user interface incorporated into said frame; and a controller incorporated into said frame, characterised in that said controller has a plurality of prompts stored therein, said prompts comprising visual or audible indicators to remind a user of a protocol at the patient support, said user interface in communication with said controller and for selecting a prompt from said plurality of prompts stored in said controller and operable to allow the user to select, at the patient support, at least one of said protocols to be reminded about and to select or input a passage of time in which a reminder is generated for the selected protocol and, when said selected prompt is selected, said controller adapted for generating a display image or text associated with said selected prompt at said display in response to the passage of time selected to provide a visual or audible indicator to the user regarding the selected protocol or protocols; and a device associated with said patient support for sensing or controlling a parameter at said patient support, said controller being in communication with said device, and when selected said controller adapted for monitoring said device and generating a display at said display associated with said parameter, said controller being adapted to store data related to the protocol, to store and collect data from the device related to the protocol and being further adapted to compare the collected protocol data and the stored data to verify conformance.