Authors: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN-13: 9781582555560, ISBN-10: 1582555567
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Date Published: May 2007
Edition: 2nd Edition
Thoroughly updated for its Second Edition, this comprehensive reference provides clear, practical guidelines on documenting patient care in all nursing practice settings, the leading clinical specialties, and current documentation systems. This edition features greatly expanded coverage of computerized charting and electronic medical records (EMRs), complete guidelines for documenting JCAHO safety goals, and new information on charting pain management.
Hundreds of filled-in sample forms show specific content and wording. Icons highlight tips and timesavers, critical case law and legal safeguards, and advice for special situations. Appendices include NANDA taxonomy, JCAHO documentation standards, and documenting outcomes and interventions for key nursing diagnoses.
Contributors and consultants | ||
Foreword | ||
1 | Nursing documentation and the medical record | 2 |
2 | Legal and ethical implications of documentation | 15 |
3 | Performance improvement and reimbursement | 41 |
4 | Documentation systems | 58 |
5 | Documentation of the nursing process | 89 |
6 | Documentation in acute care | 148 |
7 | Documentation in long-term care | 189 |
8 | Documentation in home health care | 210 |
9 | Documentation in ambulatory care | 241 |
10 | Documentation of everyday events | 256 |
11 | Documentation of selected clinical specialties | 331 |
12 | Legally perilous charting practices | 359 |
13 | Computerized patient records | 378 |
14 | The future of automated documentation | 388 |
Commonly accepted abbreviations | 394 | |
Commonly accepted symbols | 404 | |
NANDA Taxonomy II codes | 406 | |
JCAHO nursing care and documentation standards | 409 | |
Outcomes and interventions for common nursing diagnoses | 412 | |
Index | 430 |