Patient support apparatus having alert light

A patient support apparatus comprising

• a plurality of sensors, each of the sensors measuring a different characteristic of the patient support apparatus and configured to output a signal indicative of the characteristic,
• an indicator capable of being illuminated in a plurality of different colors,
• a processor coupled to the sensors and the indicator, and
• a memory device coupled to the processor, the memory device including instructions that, when processed by the processor, cause the processor to monitor signals from the sensors, evaluate the signals from the sensors to determine if any signal from a respective sensor indicates that the respective characteristic meets a first condition, operate the indicator to illuminate a first color if the first condition is met, and illuminate a second color different from the first color if the first condition of each of the sensors is not met.