Information and Data Visualization Needs among Direct Care Nurses in the Intensive Care Unit.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

 Intensive care unit (ICU) direct care nurses spend 22% of their shift completing tasks within the electronic health record (EHR). Miscommunications and inefficiencies occur, particularly during patient hand-off, placing patient safety at risk. Redesigning how direct care nurses visualize and interact with patient information during hand-off is one opportunity to improve EHR use. A web-based survey was deployed to better understand the information and visualization needs at patient hand-off to inform redesign.

Methods

 A multicenter anonymous web-based survey of direct care ICU nurses was conducted (9-12/2021). Semi-structured interviews with stakeholders informed survey development. The primary outcome was identifying primary EHR data needs at patient hand-off fo

SUBMITTER: Lindroth HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9797346 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature