'Paper care not patient care': Nurse and patient experiences of comprehensive risk assessment and care plan documentation in hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Aims and objectives

To explore organisation-wide experiences of person-centred care and risk assessment practices using existing healthcare organisation documentation.

Background

There is increasing emphasis on multidimensional risk assessments during hospital admission. However, little is known about how nurses use multidimensional assessment documentation in clinical practice to address preventable harms and optimise person-centred care.

Design

A qualitative descriptive study reported according to COREQ.

Methods

Metropolitan tertiary hospital and rehabilitation hospital servicing a population of 550,000. A sample of 111 participants (12 patients, 4 family members/carers, 94 nurses and 1 allied health professional) from a range of wards/clinical locations. Sem

SUBMITTER: Paterson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084263 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature