Quality of nursing documentation and approaches to its evaluation: A mixed-method systematic review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1858-1875

  Wang, Ning ^a   Hailey, David ^a   Yu, Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Evaluation approaches; Instruments; Nursing documentation; Quality; Quality criteria; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NURSING; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING RECORDS; NURSING RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRICS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 80051575521     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05634.x     Document Type: Review

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