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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

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Published on: February 16, 2011

Patient-focused nursing documentation expressed by nurses.

Heleena Laitinen¹, Marja Kaunonen, Päivi Astedt-Kurki

¹Department of Nursing Science, University of Tampere and Science Centre, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland. heleena.laitinen@uta.fi

Journal of Clinical Nursing

|May 27, 2010

Summary

Nurses

Area of Science:

Nursing Informatics
Qualitative Research
Patient-Centered Care

Background:

Nursing documentation has historically focused on tasks rather than the patient's perspective.
Electronic patient record (EPR) systems present challenges and opportunities for nursing documentation.
Effective EPR documentation is crucial for patient-centered care.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the expressions nurses use in patient-focused nursing care documentation within EPRs.
To analyze the extent to which current documentation reflects a patient-centered approach.

Main Methods:

Grounded theory approach.
Qualitative analysis of 40 electronic patient records.
Inductive method with constant comparative analysis and axial coding.

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Published on: February 16, 2011

Main Results:

Three emergent categories: Patient's voice, Nurse's view, and Mutual view in patient-nurse relationship.
Documentation partially reflected a patient-focused approach.
Identified categories highlight different facets of patient-nurse interaction in documentation.

Conclusions:

Nursing documentation in EPRs can be patient-focused, though improvements are possible.
Emphasizing the 'patient's voice' in documentation can enhance care and efficiency.
Findings inform the development of better nursing documentation practices in EPRs.