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Defining and Incorporating Basic Nursing Care Actions Into the Electronic Health Record

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Purpose: To develop a definition of basic nursing care for the hospitalized adult patient and drive uptake of that definition through the implementation of an electronic health record.
Design and Methods: A team of direct care nurses, assisted by subject matter experts, analyzed nursing theory and regulatory requirements related to basic nursing care. The resulting list of activities was coded using the Clinical Care Classification (CCC) system and incorporated into the electronic health record system of a 170-bed community hospital.
Results: Nine basic nursing care activities were identified as a result of analyzing nursing theory and regulatory requirements in the framework of a hypothetical “well” patient. One additional basic nursing care activity was identified following the pilot implementation in the electronic health record. The pilot hospital has successfully passed a post-implementation regulatory review with no recommendations related to the documentation of basic patient care.
Conclusions: This project demonstrated that it is possible to define the concept of basic nursing care and to distinguish it from the interdisciplinary, problem-focused plan of care. The use of the electronic health record can help clarify, document, and communicate basic care elements and improve uptake among nurses.
Clinical Relevance: This project to define basic nursing care activities and incorporate into the electronic health record represents a first step in capturing meaningful data elements. When fully implemented, these data could be translated into knowledge for improving care outcomes and collaborative processes.

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Series Title

Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Volume 46, Number 1 January 2014

Call Number

(05) 610.5 WIL j

Publisher

Malden : Wiley-Blackwell., 2014

Collation

Hlm. 50-57

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

1527-6546

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(05) 610.5 WIL j

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Edition

Volume 46, Number 1

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basic nursing care
electronic health record
documentation

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