• Nursing times · May 2014

    How extra nursing notes point to deterioration.

    • Sarah Collins.
    • Nurs Times. 2014 May 28;110(22):19-20.

    AbstractOptional nursing documentation in electronic health records may serve as a marker of a nurse's concern and could be predictive of a patient's risk of a poor outcome. A US study has found a statistically significant association between nurses recording more optional comments and vital signs, and patient death and cardiac arrest. Nurses should be aware of increased documentation as a possible predictor of patient deterioration.

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