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DOCUMENTATION
Written communication serves as a permanent record of client information & care.
- client record, info abt current visit or admission for educational, research, & legal purposes
REPORTING
2 or more ppl share info abt client care
CLIENT RECORD
Clear, accurate & up-to-date
- contain all assessments, planning, interventions & evaluations for that client
Purpose of the
Client Record
* Communication with other healthcare prof
* Assessment - comparison
* Care Planning
* Quality Assurance - also reimbursement
* Legal documentation - may be used in court
* Research - clinical & statistical data
* Education
Pinciples of Data Entry & Management
* Accuracy
* Completeness
* Conciseness
* Objectivity
Universal Computer-Based Patient Record
Centralizatoin of client record to increase acessiblity beyond primary institution
- allowing clients to ahre complete health info w/ any practioner
Point of Care
Documentation
Documentation that takes place as care occurs.
- ↑ efficiency, accuracy, timeliness`
Standardized Vocabulary
Describing practice of nursing, supporting research, identifying cost & effectivenss of nursing interventions
Nursing Informatics
Combination of computer science, information science, and nursing science designed to assist in the mgt & processing og nursing data, info & knowledge to support the practice of nursing & delivery of nursing care
Advantages of Computerized Documentation
* Stores & retrieves client data fast & easily
* Uses stdized care plans
* Charting eligible
* Facilitates trasnsmission of info from 1 care setting to another
* Improves comm thru' use of std terminology
Plan of Care
Generated at admission & revised to reflect changes in the client's condition
Client Care Summary
or
Kardex
Document that provides current client information
- patient's demographic info
- code status
-safety precautions for infections, falls, skin breakdown
- basic care needs
- treatments & procedures
- IV theraphy & blood transfusions
- diagnosis & lab tests
Nursing Progress Notes
Recorded for all clients but vary in format depending on setting
- Narrative notes
- SOAP note
- DAR notes
- PIE notes
Narrative Notes
Info written in sentences or phrases; time-sequenced

Adv: Easy to learn, explain in detail

Disadv.: Time consuming, difficult to retirieve, unfocused & disorganized
SOAP
S ubjective
O bjective
A ssessment
P lan

Adv.: focuses on identified client problems; interdisciplinary

Disadv.: Difficult to master, lengthy
SOAPIE
Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan,
Implementation, Evaluation
PIE Notes
Problem, Implementaion, Evaluation
PIE charting simplifies by incorporating plan of care into the progress notes
FOCUS DAR Notes
Data, Action, Response

An entry made on significant event, positive growth, or learning during a teaching session.
Flowsheets
Designed to doc routine nursing procedures and free nurses from writng out continuing procedures repeatedly.
Charting by Exception
(CBE)
CBE permits nurse to doc only findings that fall outside the std of care & norms that have been developed by the instituition.
Critical Pathway
Used for the care of clients who have specific & generally predictable conditions

Serve as multidisciplinary tool, identifying the expected progression toward discharge.
- provide direction abt major interventions to be performed
Variance in
Critical Pathway
Unexpected occurrences that affect the planned care.
Nursing Discharge Summary
A nursing discharge plan started at the initiation of care, indicating potential discharge needs & client teaching that will take place.
- notes client's condition @ discharge
- provides info about care after discharge
Resident Assessment Instrument
(RAI)
4 Basic Components of RAI
1) Minimum Data Set
2) Triggers
3) Resident Assessment Protocols
4) Utilization guidelines
Incident Report
Any unusual happening, such as fall, medication error, malfunction in equip, or injury to a client, visitor or EE occurs during the performace of healthcare activities.
S B A R
Situation
Background
Asessment
Recommendation
What is Confidential?
All info abt patients written on paper, spoke, saved on computer
- name, address, fax, SS
- reason the person is sick
- treatments
- info abt past health onditions
HIPAA
Health
Insurance
Portability and
Accountability
Act

protect patients personal medical info by regulating & dictating processes by which their info is shared.