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Documentation in nursing practice.

Kate Owen
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Accurate documentation is essential to maintain continuity and inform health professionals of ongoing care and treatment. It also provides legal evidence. This article highlights the advantages of accurate record keeping and the barriers to effective documentation in the community setting.

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Access to InformationBenchmarkingCommunity Health NursingConfidentialityDocumentationForms and Records ControlGuidelines as TopicHumansNurse's RoleNursing AuditNursing Evaluation ResearchNursing RecordsQuality Indicators, Health CareTime ManagementUnited KingdomWorkloadJournal ArticleReview

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Kate Owen. Documentation in nursing practice.. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns2005.04.19.32.48.c3846

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