title: Managerial decisions for computerized patient care planning.
abstract: Computerized care plans can save nurses time and generate consistent, readable documents. However, this does not ensure that they will be used effectively. The nurse manager must make informed decisions about content and amount of data to be collected if care plans are to be both individualized and consistent. A key consideration is whether they should be based on nursing diagnosis or on patient population type. Decisions about storage and use can influence efficiency, cost and continuity of care.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mathews
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zadak
mesh_terms: D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012984:Software