Documentation practice and associated factors among nurses working in public hospitals in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nursing documentation documents the everyday activities of nursing care that are planned and implemented on individual patients by nurses of different educational statuses. Documentation of nursing activities is the key source of clinical information to meet professional and legal requirements. Although nursing documentation is an important part of nursing practice, it is commonly undone by nurses working with patients for different reasons.

Objective

To assess the documentation practice and their associated factors among nurses working in public hospitals in the Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia.

Methods

An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 402 nurses and a simple random sampling technique was used to select participants. Data wer

SUBMITTER: Bolado GN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10518942 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature