title: Putting care on the record. Documenting nursing care in outpatient departments.
abstract: 1. The role of outpatient nurses will need to change from facilitators to care givers. 2. Outpatient nursing documentation must be easy to complete and guided by the primary need of each patient group. 3. Outpatients must take responsibility for self-care. 4. Care plans have a dual role--as nursing documentation and as patient information or reference for care.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Middleton
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D009737:Nursing Records