Nurse Documentation In Qualitative Research
“Does Nursing Documentation Reflect Actual Work Done by the Nurse?”
Using a multiple-cases method of qualitative research, Brooks (1998) conducted a pilot study to investigate nurses’ perceptions of the function and value of documentation and barriers to this process. The study consisted of interviewing seven staff nurses using open-ended questionnaire that focused on their communication about clinical care and their reasoning and decision making for a client they care of for that day. Following the interview, the nurses’ comments were compared to the actual documentation on the clients’ charts and the nurses were asked to consider the difference between the actual “nurse work” and the documented data.
The data were categorized according
Using a multiple-cases method of qualitative research, Brooks (1998) conducted a pilot study to investigate nurses’ perceptions of the function and value of documentation and barriers to this process. The study consisted of interviewing seven staff nurses using open-ended questionnaire that focused on their communication about clinical care and their reasoning and decision making for a client they care of for that day. Following the interview, the nurses’ comments were compared to the actual documentation on the clients’ charts and the nurses were asked to consider the difference between the actual “nurse work” and the documented data.
The data were categorized according