Do emergency nurse practitioners provide adequate documentation?

Emerg Nurse. 2014 Jul;22(4):34-40. doi: 10.7748/en.22.4.34.e1322.

Abstract

Documentation in healthcare services is important but often lacks detail. This article describes a pilot study of whether staff who have completed an emergency nurse practitioner course provide more detail in their patient assessments. Post-course audits demonstrate that standards of documentation had been maintained or had improved in some areas, but had declined in others.

Keywords: Education; documentation; emergency nurse practice.

MeSH terms

  • Documentation*
  • Humans
  • Medical Records
  • Nurse Practitioners*
  • Pilot Projects