title: How to implement an audit to improve records.
abstract: This article describes the introduction of a ward-based nursing documentation audit, undertaken to improve the standard of nursing records. The benefits have included a heightened awareness of professional issues and the audit itself has acted as a catalyst for a number of nursing practice developments.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Eiloart
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000592:standards*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital