Effects of terminology based documentation on nursing.
The aim of this literature review was to discover what the effects are of the standardized nursing documentation. The material used for conducting was drawn from CINAHL, PubMed and Cochrane databases. The search was confined to relevant electronically retrievable studies with links to full text and published in the English language in 2007-2008. These criteria yielded 19 studies. The results indicate that there are mainly positive effects when using nursing terminologies in documenting patient care.
Kinnunen
Ulla-Mari
UM
Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland. ulla-mari.kinnunen@kuh.fi
Saranto
Kaija
K
Miettinen
Merja
M
D004282:Documentation; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009626:Terminology as Topic