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    Record Keeping for Nurses and Midwives: An essential guide
    Record Keeping for Nurses and Midwives: An essential guide
    Record Keeping for Nurses and Midwives: An essential guide
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    Record Keeping for Nurses and Midwives: An essential guide

    By Amanda Andrews and Bernie St Aubyn

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    For too long, record-keeping has been considered an ‘add-on’ to nursing care and records are often hurriedly completed at the end of a shift, almost as an afterthought. Yet, as this helpful guide demonstrates, good record-keeping is a professional obligation and a vital part of nursing care. Records provide a channel of communication between healthcare professionals and evidence of what care was given, and when and how it was given. This evidence can help protect both nurses and patients, especially if complaints are made and an issue goes to court.

    The authors have over ten years’ experience of training nurses on the principles of record-keeping and encouraging them to reflect and think critically and professionally about their records. They begin by introducing the general principles of record-keeping, and then explain how to ensure that records are well documented and court-proof (in other words, accepted by the legal profession). They also discuss record-keeping in practice and the increasing use of electronic patient record systems. Finally, there is a quiz to test your record-keeping knowledge.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherM&K Update Ltd
    Release dateSep 7, 2020
    ISBN9781907830259
    Record Keeping for Nurses and Midwives: An essential guide

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      Preface

      For too long, record keeping has been considered an ‘add-on’ to nursing care. Often regarded as less important than the care itself, it may only be given a nominal amount of time at the end of a shift. Yet the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Code (2018) clearly states that record keeping is a professional obligation and an integral part of nursing care. Furthermore, Standard 10 within the professional standard ‘Practice effectively’ includes six key statements on the keeping of clear and accurate records related to practice. This guide takes a three-pronged approach to record keeping, looking at the clinical aspects, the professional obligations and the legal

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