Development of an audit instrument for nursing care plans in the patient record

Quality in Health Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-13

  Bjorvell C ^a   Thorell Ekstrand, I ^a   Wredling, R ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Audit instrument; Nursing care plans; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MODEL; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING AUDIT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING;

EID: 0034096010     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.9.1.6     Document Type: Article

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