title: Utility of a PDA-based advanced practice nurse student clinical log to detect possible diagnostic errors related to hypertension management.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the utility of a personal digital assistant (PDA)-based advanced practice nurse (APN) student clinical log (CL-APN) to detect possible diagnostic errors related to hypertension (HTN) management. A model was developed to detect HTN diagnostic errors and 15867 encounters were analyzed. Possible diagnostic errors included: 64% missed diagnoses, 5.3% misdiagnoses, and 6.8% incomplete diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Columbia University, USA.
authors.forename: Nam-Ju
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bakken
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration; D009518:New York; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D009737:Nursing Records; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity