title: Computerized care plans help nurses achieve quality patient care.
abstract: Well-conceived patient care plans are a crucial component of high quality nursing care. Writing care plans, however, can often be a difficult and time-consuming task. Computerization can significantly enhance the speed, quality, comprehensiveness, and effectiveness of creating patient-specific care plans. The benefits to nursing administrators include more efficient use of nursing resources, more effective use of nursing skills and expertise, and improved patient management.
mesh_terms: D001292:Attitude to Computers; D002140:California; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects