Anna Neary asks whether attending a specialist training course affects the ability of staff to document their findings for patients at a minor injury unit
Documentation in healthcare services is important but often lacks detail. This article describes a pilot study of whether staff who have completed an emergency nurse practitioner course provide more detail in their patient assessments. Post-course audits demonstrate that standards of documentation had been maintained or had improved in some areas, but had declined in others.
Emergency Nurse. 22, 4, 34-40. doi: 10.7748/en.22.4.34.e1322
Correspondence Peer reviewThis article has been subject to double blind peer review
Conflict of interestNone declared
Received: 28 April 2014
Accepted: 10 June 2014
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