Testing of an audit instrument for the nursing discharge note in the patient record

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 318-324

  Larson, Jenny ^a   Björvell, Catrin ^a   Billing, Ewa ^a   Wredling, Regina ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Audit instrument; Nursing discharge notes; Nursing documentation; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING; PLANNING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; STANDARD; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOCUMENTATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING RECORDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 16544378142     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2004.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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