Designing, Implementing and Evaluating an In-service Training Program about Electronic Nursing Notes

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1 Lecturer of Nursing Administration Department, Assiut University.

2 Assistant professor, critical care and Emergency Nursing Department, Badr in Assiut University

3 Lecturer of Nursing Administration Department, Assiut University

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Background: Electronic or written nursing notes aimed to assess proper nursing care to discover and correct malpractice. Aims: Designing, implementing, and evaluating an in-service training program about electronic nursing notes. Study design: Quasi-experimental designs with pre-post assessment were used. Study subjects: All ICU available nurses working at Al-Rajhy Liver Hospital (n=30). Study tools: I- Pre, post and follow up test was used to assess study participants information and skills about electronic nursing notes, including two parts; the 1st part regarding to personal and occupational data, the 2nd part consists of (53) items regarding to (importance, objectives, good criteria, ethical consideration of narrative description) of electronic nursing notes, II- Second tool: opinionnaire sheet about program evaluation sheet. Results: Improved nurses' knowledge and practice about electronic nursing notes immediately after program implementation and retained through follow up. There were a highly statistical significant relations between the program phases (P=0.000). Conclusion: Electronic nursing notes provides a clear and accurate patient data for all healthcare team, nurses should follow legal and ethical guidelines when recording their notes to ensure that the action was reasonable and prudent. Recommendation: Apply the developed structured program (nursing notes) as updated handout data source at Al-Rajhy Liver Hospital and for all other Assiut University Hospitals

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International Egyptian Journal of Nursing Sciences and Research
Volume 3, Issue 2
January 2023
Pages 72-87

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