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. 2017 Oct 25;9(10):5439-5445.
doi: 10.19082/5439. eCollection 2017 Oct.

Effect of electronic report writing on the quality of nursing report recording

Khadijeh Heidarizadeh  1 , Maryam Rassouli  2 , Houman Manoochehri  2 , Mansoureh Zagheri Tafreshi  2 , Reza Kashef Ghorbanpour  3
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Effect of electronic report writing on the quality of nursing report recording

Khadijeh Heidarizadeh et al. Electron Physician. .

Abstract

Background and aim: Recording performed nursery actions is one of the main chores of nurses. The findings have shown that recorded reports are not qualitatively valid. Since electronic reports can be regarded as a base to write reports, this study aims at determining the effect of utilizing electronic nursing reports on the quality of the records.

Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted with the aim of applying an electronic system of nursing recording in the heart department of Shahid Rahimi Medical Center, Lorestan University of Medical Science. The samples were nursing reports on the hospitalized patients in the heart department, the basis of complete enumeration (census) during the fall of 2014. The subjects were sixteen employed nurses. To do the study, the software of nursing records was set based on the Clinical Care Classification system (CCC). The research's tool was the checklist of the Standards of Nursing Documentation.

Results: The findings indicated that before and after the intervention, the amount of reports' adaption with the written standards, respectively, was (21.8%) and (71.3%), and the most complete recording was medicine status (58%) and (100%). The worst complete recording before the intervention, acute changes was (99.1%) and nursing processes was (78%) and after, the medicine status, intake and output status and patient's education (100%); while the nursing report structure was regarded in all cases (100%). The results showed that there is a significant difference in the quality of reporting before and after using CCC (p<0.001).

Conclusions: Since the necessary parameters for recording a standard report do exist in electronic reporting (CCC), from one point, nurses are reminded to record the necessary parts and from the other point, the system does not allow the user to shut it down unless the necessary parameters are recorded. For this reason, the quality of recorded reports with electronic reporting improves.

Keywords: Electronic health record; Electronic medical records; Hospital information system; Nursing process; Nursing records.

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Conflict of Interest: There is no conflict of interest to be declared.

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