title: Problem-oriented recording as a teaching-learning tool.
abstract: The assumption that problem-oriented records help teach critical thinking was tested by co-paring clinical recordings and case study data for a group of beginning nursing students who were taught problem-oriented charting with a group who were taught traditional charting. No differences were found between the groups in the mean number of patient problems identified from a case situation. However, in clinical charting, the problem-oriented group identified significantly more patient problems and had significantly higher quality-of-organization scores. Assuming the case situation and clinical situation were equivalent in presentation of identifiable problems, these findings suggested that the problem-oriented format was superior in allowing students to demonstrate their ability to identify and solve patient problems.
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006801:Humans; D009737:Nursing Records; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011340:Problem Solving; D013663:Teaching; D014481:United States