Nurses' Perceptions concerning Patient Records in Swedish Nursing Homes

Ehrenberg, Anna

doi:10.1177/010740830102100102

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“…Most RNs in the present study believed that the nursing documentation was useful for their work. This finding agrees with Ehrenberg's (2001) results showing that the most important reason for documentation, as perceived by RNs working in nursing home care, was that the patient record should be a tool in everyday practice. Ehrenberg (2001) also found that RNs in some community nursing homes ranked patient safety as one of the most important reasons for keeping patient records.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…This finding agrees with Ehrenberg's (2001) results showing that the most important reason for documentation, as perceived by RNs working in nursing home care, was that the patient record should be a tool in everyday practice. Ehrenberg (2001) also found that RNs in some community nursing homes ranked patient safety as one of the most important reasons for keeping patient records. It was clearly stated by participants in the present study that documentation increased patient safety.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These international findings are in agreement with the results from four Swedish reports (Ehnfors, 1993; Jerlock & Segesten, 1994; Törnkvist et al ., 1997; Ehrenberg, 2001) revealing barriers such as lack of knowledge of the nursing process, negative attitude towards change, inability to see the benefits of nursing documentation, lack of consistent record systems and routines, lack of time, lack of support from supervisors and colleagues, organizational obstacles, difficulties in writing, inappropriate forms and lack of continuity. One of these studies also describes what RNs perceived as motives for documentation, namely that it should be a working tool and that it should increase both patient and staff safety (Ehrenberg, 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Prerequisites and consequences of nursing documentation in patient records as perceived by a group of Registered Nurses

Björvell

Wredling

Thorell-Ekstrand

2003

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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The issue of nursing documentation and care planning has been discussed in numerous articles, revealing barriers and few facilitators in nursing practice. Few of these articles are scientifically researched and they are often based on small samples. This study aimed to illuminate the factors that Registered Nurses (RNs) in acute care perceived as prerequisites and consequences relevant to their documentation of nursing care when using the VIPS model (VIPS is an acronym formed from the Swedish words for Well-being, Integrity, Prevention and Security). In total 377 RNs divided into two groups (Groups A and B) completed a questionnaire concerning opinions about nursing documentation. Both groups had received a 3-day course on nursing documentation based on the VIPS model. Group A had also participated in a 2-year comprehensive intervention programme. The findings showed that most participants, regardless of group, perceived nursing documentation to be beneficial to them in their daily practice and to increase patient safety, and that use of the VIPS model facilitated documentation of nursing care. The inhibitors, facilitators and consequences of nursing documentation identified here should help both RNs in practice and their leaders to be more attentive to the prerequisites needed to achieve satisfactory nursing documentation in patient records.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Prerequisites and consequences of nursing documentation in patient records as perceived by a group of Registered Nurses

Björvell

Wredling

Thorell-Ekstrand

2003

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…These statements were based on earlier studies (Bowman et al. 1983, Newton 1995, Ehrenberg 2001). This question had a five‐point rating scale, ranging from ‘Totally agree’ to ‘Do not agree at all’.…”

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Impact of primary care management on nursing documentation

2007

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“…Nursing documentation must be presented in a logical and sequential manner (Bergh et al, 2007;Ehrenberg, 2001;Ehrenberg & Birgersson, 2003) To demonstrate that the patient has received all necessary care, the nurse must document all nursing problems, indicating what interventions have been implemented and the outcomes of these interventions. If the problem remains, the nurse must demonstrate that the problem was reevaluated and further solutions were sought.…”

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Engaging clinicians in evidence based policy development: The case of nursing documentation

Jefferies¹,

Johnson²,

Griffiths³

et al. 2010

Contemporary Nurse

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A lack of consistent policy direction, revealed by a review of nursing and midwifery documentation, presented researchers with an opportunity to engage clinicians in the process of evidence based policy development. By utilising the framework informed by both practice development and the principles of evidence based practice, clinicians were taken through an education program and a series of activities to develop their skills in discerning how research evidence and other literature can inform policy development. The clinicians' involvement maximised their investment in the final policy. Clinicians synthesised all the evidence associated with nursing and midwifery documentation and produced a set of seven guiding principles that formed the basis of an area wide policy for nursing and midwifery documentation. The strength of this approach to policy development was that the clinician's experience ensured that the concerns of the clinicians were included in the policy. Difficulties in completing tasks outside meeting times were highlighted.

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Nurses' Perceptions concerning Patient Records in Swedish Nursing Homes

Cited by 19 publications

References 19 publications

Prerequisites and consequences of nursing documentation in patient records as perceived by a group of Registered Nurses

Prerequisites and consequences of nursing documentation in patient records as perceived by a group of Registered Nurses

Impact of primary care management on nursing documentation

Engaging clinicians in evidence based policy development: The case of nursing documentation

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