Putting care on the record. Documenting nursing care in outpatient departments

Middleton, J.M.

Professional Nurse 9(4): 240-243

1994


ISSN/ISBN: 0266-8130
PMID: 8108477
Document Number: 435559
1. The role of outpatient nurses will need to change from facilitators to care givers. 2. Outpatient nursing documentation must be easy to complete and guided by the primary need of each patient group. 3. Outpatients must take responsibility for self-care. 4. Care plans have a dual role--as nursing documentation and as patient information or reference for care.

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