Hospital bed

A bed comprising:

• a deck for supporting a patient;
• a plurality of side rails movable between raised and lowered positions;
• a lifting mechanism adapted to raise and lower said deck;
• a bed exit system adapted to detect a patient's exit from the bed, the bed exit system including a plurality of load cells adapted to support said deck;
• a control panel including a first control for controlling movement of said deck and a second control for arming the bed exit system;
• a lamp;
• a third control;
• and
• a controller in communication with said control panel via a controller area network (CAN), said controller adapted to monitor conditions regarding at least two of said bed exit system, said lifting mechanism, and said plurality of side rails;
• said controller adapted to begin monitoring the conditions in response to activation of said third control, said controller further adapted to illuminate said lamp in a first manner if all of the monitored conditions remain in a desired state and in a second manner if any one or more of the monitored conditions change out of the desired state.