Sticking together! A creative approach to documenting insulin double checks.
Patient care and family teaching are the heart of the rehabilitation staff nurse's role. Documentation of the various aspects of patient care and family teaching is a necessary but time-consuming process. In this article you will learn how the nurses of one rehabilitation center welcomed a creative time-saving method of working together to improve documentation compliance for double checking insulin administration. The development of the process, education of the staff and the outcomes are included.
Hospodar
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The Ohio Sate University Medical Center, Rehabilitation Nursing, Columbus 43210, USA. margohospodar@hotmail.com
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