Author : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN 13 : 9781582554129
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (541 download)
Book Synopsis Documentation in Action by : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Download or read book Documentation in Action written by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2006 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for rapid on-the-job reference, Documentation in Action offers comprehensive, authoritative, practice-oriented, up-to-the-minute guidelines for documenting every situation in every nursing practice setting and important nursing specialties. Need-to-know information is presented in bulleted lists, charts, flow sheets, sidebars, and boxes, with icons and illustrative filled-in samples. Coverage includes documentation for care of patients with various diseases, complications, emergencies, complex procedures, and difficulties involving patients, families, and other health care professionals. Suggestions are given for avoiding legal pitfalls involving telephone orders, medication reactions, patients who refuse care, and much more. A section addresses computerized documentation, HIPAA confidentiality rules, use of PDAs, nursing informatics, and electronic innovations that will soon be universal.