Do nurses consistently document incontinence?

1. Urinary incontinence is inconsistently documented on medical records of nursing home residents. 2. Documentation of urinary incontinence by professional nurses may be improved by changes in organizational factors such as staffing, policy implementation, and staff education. 3. Forms that employ cue words for eliminative status show more documentation of continence status than forms that have an open format. 4. Evaluation of changes in nursing practice in the nursing home setting can benefit from nursing studies that employ an organizational perspective.