In:
British Journal of Nursing, Mark Allen Group, Vol. 16, No. 21 ( 2007-11-01), p. 1324-1327
Abstract:
Good quality record keeping is essential to safe and effective patient care. To ensure that high standards of record keeping are maintained, regular clinical audit should be undertaken. This article describes an audit and re-audit of nursing record keeping at Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The article demonstrates improving audit data in 2005 and 2006 and describes how audit and the resulting recommendations and action plans can result in real improvements in the quality of record keeping. The keys to success in this ongoing audit programme are identified as stakeholder involvement, support from the senior nurses in the organization and the use of the data for both local and trust-wide purposes.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0966-0461
,
2052-2819
DOI:
10.12968/bjon.2007.16.21.27718
Language:
English
Publisher:
Mark Allen Group
Publication Date:
2007
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