Designing paper-based records to improve the quality of nursing documentation in hospitals: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inpatient nursing documentation facilitates multi-disciplinary team care and tracking of patient progress. In both high- and low- and middle-income settings, it is largely paper-based and may be used as a template for electronic medical records. However, there is limited evidence on how they have been developed.

Objective

To synthesise evidence on how paper-based nursing records have been developed and implemented in inpatient settings to support documentation of nursing care.

Design

A scoping review guided by the Arksey and O'Malley framework and reported using PRISMA-ScR guidelines.

Eligibility criteria

We included studies that described the process of designing paper-based inpatient records and excluded those focussing on electronic records. Inclu

SUBMITTER: Muinga N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7894495 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature