Using Electronic Software for Nursing Documentation in Nursing Students

Kamran Ranjbar;  ; Raheleh Sabetsarvestani; Hossein Oghlaee; Parisa Sabet Sarvestani; Azizallah Dehghan; Zahra Hadian Shirazi;  ;  ;  ;  ;

doi:10.5152/fnjn.2021.20077

Opinions of High School Nursing Students on Integrating Medical IT Applications in Vocational Classes in Sisak-Moslavina County

Croatian Nursing Journal ◽

10.24141/2/3/2/2 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 133-148

Author(s):

Jelena Lučan

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Primary Healthcare ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

School Nursing ◽

Nursing Documentation ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Test Application ◽

It Applications

Aim. To examine whether high school nursing students have a positive opinion on using medical IT applications in classes of vocational subjects Nurse in Primary Healthcare and Principles of Administration and whether students’ opinions regarding integrating medical IT applications in classes were related to their knowledge on nursing documentation and attitudes towards its use in primary healthcare. Methods. The study was conducted in the form of a cross-sectional study. In total, there were 84 participants, all students of the Viktorovac High School in Sisak, who filled in a questionnaire consisting of 37 questions. The answers were defined by the Likert rating scale. Results. Sixty-six (79%) students completely agree with the claim that using the application prior to the workplace is useful. 59 (70%) completely agree that being well-trained in using the application ensures a higher quality documenting skills. 40 (48%) students ranked their knowhow in test application as very good (knowhow sufficient for serious work with the application in primary healthcare), and 21 (25%) as excellent. Those students who ranked their knowhow as higher significantly less agree with the claim that there is no need to document nurses’ work and activities. Conclusion. High school nursing students hold positive opinions towards integrating medical IT applications in vocational subjects’ classes. Students’ opinions towards integrating medical IT applications in classes are related to their knowledge on nursing documentation and attitudes towards its use in primary healthcare.

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Nurses as Technical Writers: What They Need to Know

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication ◽

10.2190/du36-hjmk-vfwr-vtly ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 401-414 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lee A. Spears

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Nurse Managers ◽

Technical Writing ◽

Healthcare Delivery ◽

Nursing Documentation ◽

Writing Courses ◽

Writing Problems ◽

Technical Writers ◽

Good Writing ◽

Predominantly Female

Acquaintance with the writing of nurses would help instructors design assignments for nursing students who enroll in basic technical writing courses. Based on secondary research, samples of nursing documentation, and interviews with seventy-six bedside nurses, thirty nurse managers, and five nurse consultants, this study discusses the importance of writing tasks for nurses and describes the most common documents nurses generate. Good writing skills for nurses improve healthcare delivery and promote empowerment in a predominantly female profession. However, most of the bedside nurses and all the nurse managers and consultants believe nurses have significant writing problems. This article suggests instruction in six communication principles and several types of assignments that would help prepare nursing students in technical writing courses for future writing activities.

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The effect of early adoption of an academic electronic health record system in nursing education: A pilot outcome study

Journal of Nursing Education and Practice ◽

10.5430/jnep.v11n5p16 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 16

Author(s):

Joohyun Chung ◽

Teresa Reynolds

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Electronic Health Record ◽

Health Information ◽

Electronic Health Record System ◽

Health Record ◽

Nursing Documentation ◽

Record System ◽

Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽

Undergraduate Nursing ◽

Early Adoption

Objective: This study aimed to explore the faculty’s and students’ perceptions of an academic electronic health record system (AEHRs) for teaching/learning electronic nursing documentation and to assess the outcomes of the AEHRs on nursing students’ competency with electronic nursing documentation.Methods: With a mixed-method pilot study, a convenience sample of 41 undergraduate nursing students and a purposive sample of 7 faculty and 9 students were used. Two groups of student participants for the quantitative data were compared for their competency with electronic nursing documentation. For the qualitative data, an in-depth, exploratory approach to data collection was taken for the nursing faculty and the intervention group.Results: For the quantitative findings, the early adoption of an AEHRs could help students to collect a patients’ health information through the system even though it may not impact their critical thinking on a patient’s care. For the qualitative findings, three key themes were shared by the faculty and students: (1) benefits and challenges, (2) impact of the AEHRs, and (3) recommendations for future adoption.Conclusions: This study revealed that the successful adoption of an AEHRs includes many steps that can be used to create positive improvements. These findings were beneficial to prepare students and nursing educators for the future of health information technology. Meaningful adoption of an AEHRs will help in building the competence of undergraduate nursing students in electronic nursing documentation and improve patient care.

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