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Exploring nurses' documentation prioritization strategies to alleviate EHR documentation burden: a phenomenological

Rosemary Mugoya^1,2, Jennifer Thate³, Fan Hao²

¹Goldfarb School of Nursing, Barnes-Jewish College, BJC HealthCare, St. Louis, MO, 63110, United States.

|April 30, 2026

Summary

Nurses prioritize patient care over excessive electronic health record documentation, facing frustration from redundant tasks. Reducing non-value-added documentation can improve patient care and reduce nurse burnout.

Keywords:

Electronic health records (EHRs)documentation prioritization excessive documentation burden nursing documentation patient-centered care phenomenology

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Published on: July 12, 2024

Area of Science:

Nursing
Health Informatics
Patient Care

Background:

The Excessive Documentation Burden (ExDocBurden) in Electronic Health Records (EHRs) significantly impacts inpatient nurses.
Understanding nurses' prioritization of documentation is crucial for optimizing EHR usability and workflow.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore inpatient nurses' lived experiences in determining and prioritizing necessary documentation within the context of EHR ExDocBurden.
To identify factors influencing nurses' documentation prioritization and its impact on patient care.

Main Methods:

A qualitative phenomenological approach using interpretive phenomenology.
Purposive sampling of 14 registered nurses from acute and critical care settings.
Data collection via semi-structured interviews, analyzed using Colaizzi's 7-step and Smith's Interpretive Phenomenology Analysis.

Main Results:

Nurses prioritize patient care needs above EHR documentation requirements.
Identified themes include advocating for patient needs, real-time vs. delayed documentation, EHR-driven autonomy erosion, unnecessary/redundant documentation, and fear/pressure in charting.
Nurses encountered significant unnecessary and redundant documentation, leading to emotional strain and defensive charting.

Conclusions:

Minimizing non-value-added documentation and empowering nurses' clinical judgment is essential.
Streamlining EHR documentation can alleviate nurse strain and foster a more patient-centered care approach.
Supporting nurse-driven documentation practices enhances patient care quality and meets organizational needs.