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A daily flowsheet for an outpatient bone marrow transplant treatment center
1Stanford Health Services Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Stanford, CA, USA.
Purpose/Objectives:
To develop a flowsheet for an outpatient bone marrow transplant treatment center that would decrease the time required to complete documentation and facilitate verbal reports.
Data Sources:
Oncology nursing standards of care, clinical experience, and published books and articles.
Data Synthesis:
A comprehensive daily flowsheet was developed to provide consistency in assessments and documentation of a complex outpatient population.
Conclusions:
The implementation of the new flowsheet decreased the amount of nursing time spent on written documentation and verbal reports. Patients' daily assessments are tracked more easily using this form.
Implications For Nursing Practice:
Staff satisfaction can be increased by reducing the amount of time spent on patient documentation.