Want to learn from scenarios of correct and incorrect nurse charting practices?
Concerned about writing nursing documentation that adheres to the nursing standard of care?

Although writing documentation is far from a literary experience, it still requires writing skills, critical thinking skills and the recording of key health care facts. Nursing documentation is a critical aspect of good patient care that prevents mistakes, helps doctors prescribe care based on accurate information, and prevents errors. Proper nursing documentation is the best evidence that a nurse has adhered to the nursing standard of care.

For only $32, you will receive three weeks of unlimited, 24-hour access to the course and receive 5.4 contact hours. Sign up and start learning new nursing documentation systems today!

Gain Knowledge About Proper Nursing Documentation in a Unique Online Format

• Browse through lesson content developed by Kathleen Laganá, RN, PCNS, PhD, a recognized expert in the field. Find key terms, “Links to Knowledge” and visual/graphical aids throughout the online text.
• Solidify your knowledge by completing fun interactive exercises including drag and drop, multiple-choice, true-false and matching.
• Reflect on what you learn in the downloadable workbook, which includes reflective short-answer and essay exercises.  Completion of the workbook may be necessary to meet board of nursing requirements.
• Evaluate your understanding of key concepts by completing the Post-Test. Score 75% or above to receive your contact hours!
• Guide yourself through the course and complete assignments at your leisure in the self-paced class format. Access the Documentation course syllabus here (PDF 200kb).

Improve Your Writing Skills by Learning From Actual Nurse Documentation

This course provides examples of various types of nursing charting and highlights scenarios of correct and incorrect documentation practices. By imitating good examples of nursing documentation, you’ll be able to fine-tune your own nurse charting skills.

Come Away With Proper Nursing Documentation Skills

Master these course objectives:

• Recognize nurse charting as a critical aspect of client care by understanding the multiple purposes for medical record documentation.
• Identify characteristics of effective nurse documentation.
• Describe the role of the nursing process in client care documentation.
• Recognize common documentation errors related to patient injury and nursing documentation errors associated with litigation.
• Understand the challenges and advantages of electronic documentation.
• Identify documentation requirements noted in the Nurse Practice Act.

Online registration is easy, and your three weeks of unlimited access to the course begins immediately after you register. Sign up for Documentation: A Critical Aspect of Client Care today!

More About the Documentation Author
Dr. Kathleen Laganá is an Assistant Professor of Nursing and the Ethics and Legal Issues Lecturer at Oregon Health Sciences University School of Nursing (Ashland). She is also a March of Dimes ethicist and author of Ethical Decision Making for Perinatal Nurses.