Improving nursing records with audit

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 08 Sep 1993 English Publisher:RCN Publishing Ltd.Journal:Nursing Standard, volume 7, pages 37-39 (issn: 0029-6570, eissn: 2047-9018,

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Authors: C, Roberts; R, Smith;

doi: 10.7748/ns.7.51.37.s47

pmid: 8217638

Improving nursing records with audit

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Abstract

This article describes the efforts of one unit to introduce an audit tool to measure the effectiveness of nursing documentation. After two years of use, the authors have been able to show that the quality of documentation is significantly better and patients have benefited from the improved communication that has resulted.

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Nursing Records, Nursing Audit, Humans, Nursing Care, Pilot Projects, Documentation

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