Documenting diabetes care: The diabetes nurse specialists' perspective

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 763-772

  Thompson, Kathryn A ^a   Coates, Vivien E ^a   McConnell, Cassandra J ^b   Moles, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer based records; Diabetes; Diabetes Nurse Specialists; Documenting patient care; Seamless care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCUMENTATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING RECORDS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036832425     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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