RECORDS IN FAMILY HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE Flashcards
shows the extent of the health problems needs and other factors that affect individuals their ability to provide care and what the family believes
RECORDS
What has been done and what needs to be done now can also be shown in here
RECORDS
Provides documentation of the services that have been rendered and supply data that are essential for program planning and evaluation
PURPOSES OF RECORDS
To provide the practitioner with data required for application of professional services for the improvement of family’s health
PURPOSES OF RECORDS
- Tools for communication
- Indicates plans for future
PURPOSES OF RECORDS
Shows the health problem in the family and other factors that affect health
PURPOSES OF RECORDS
Provides baseline data to estimate the long-term changes related to services
PURPOSES OF RECORDS
Nurses should develop their own method of expression and form in record writing
PRINCIPLES OF RECORD WRITINGS
Records should be written, appropriately and legibly
PRINCIPLES OF RECORD WRITINGS
Records should contain facts based on observation, conservation, and action
PRINCIPLES OF RECORD WRITINGS
Select relevant facts and the recording should be neat, complete and uniform
PRINCIPLES OF RECORD WRITINGS
provides basic facts for services.
- Records show health condition as it is and as the patient and family accepts it
VALUES USES OF RECORD
Provides a basis for analyzing needs in terms of what has been done, what is being done, what is to be done and the goal towards which means are to be directed
VALUES USES OF RECORD
Provides a basis for short and long-term planning
VALUES USES OF RECORD
It prevents duplication of services and helps
follow up services effectively
VALUES USES OF RECORD
Helps the nurse to evaluate the care and the teaching which she has given
VALUES USES OF RECORD
helps the nurse organize her work in an orderly way to make an effective use of time
VALUES USES OF RECORD