title: Adopting nursing health record standards.
abstract: The exploratory investigation described in this paper tried to identify and acknowledge the added value created by the adoption of nursing practice standards. It did so using a case study in a large Portuguese hospital. Following a literature review, five assumptions were proposed. Subsequently, a survey was developed and administered to a sample of nursing staff at the hospital in question. Our results confirmed all but our final assumption, leading to the conclusion that the adoption of standards is beneficial to nursing practice.
authors: LIACC, University of Porto , Rio Tinto , Portugal and.
authors: Álvaro
authors: Á
authors: Rocha
authors: Bruno
authors: B
authors: Rocha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000592:standards*; D011174:Portugal