title: Charting in record time.
abstract: Nurses working in intrapartum settings have many responsibilities to ensure a safe and satisfying birth experience for the families in their care. Paperwork, while essential, often takes time away from providing supportive care for laboring women and their families. In striking a balance between responsibilities and obligations, nurses must play an active role in designing a charting system that allows essential and important data to be recorded in the least amount of time.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sprague
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Trépanier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000451:nursing*; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000592:standards*; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D017748:Time Management