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Emergency Nurse Documentation Improvement Tool.

Gail A Wainwright¹, Christy D Stehly, Ruth A Wittmann-Price

¹St Luke's Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.

Journal of Trauma Nursing : the Official Journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses

|May 10, 2008

Summary

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A new tool, the Emergency Nurse Documentation Improvement Tool (END-IT), improved trauma resuscitation nursing documentation by 21%. This performance improvement model uses computerized feedback and peer mentoring to enhance accuracy and accountability.

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Area of Science:

Emergency Medicine
Nursing Informatics
Healthcare Quality Improvement

Background:

Effective nursing documentation is crucial for trauma resuscitation.
Previous documentation practices at the level I trauma center had room for improvement.
A need for a systematic approach to enhance documentation accuracy and completeness was identified.

Purpose of the Study:

To implement and evaluate the impact of the Emergency Nurse Documentation Improvement Tool (END-IT) on nursing documentation quality in trauma resuscitation.
To assess the effectiveness of a computerized feedback and peer mentoring system in improving documentation accuracy.
To reduce documentation omissions and errors in trauma cases.

Main Methods:

Implementation of the END-IT system, a performance improvement model utilizing existing computer software.
Provision of quick, computerized, written feedback to nurses regarding trauma case documentation.
Integration of peer mentoring to foster accountability in documentation practices.

Main Results:

Significant improvement in nursing documentation for trauma resuscitation.
A 21% decrease in documentation omissions and mistakes.
Successful integration of a performance improvement model into clinical practice.

Conclusions:

The END-IT system is an effective tool for enhancing nursing documentation in trauma resuscitation.
Computerized feedback coupled with peer mentoring improves documentation quality and accountability.
Performance improvement models can successfully leverage existing technology to achieve measurable gains in healthcare quality.