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Recording&Reporting
Words to know from Ch 9 of Fundamentals
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Auditors | inspectors who examine client records. |
| Beneficial disclosures | an exemption whereby an agency can release private health info without a client's prior authorization. |
| Change-of-shift report | is a discussion between a nursing spokesperson from the shift that is ending and the arriving personnel. |
| Chart | a binder or folder that promotes the orderly collection, storage and safekeeping of a person's medical record. |
| Charting | the process of entering information. |
| Charting by exception | documentation method in which only abnormal assessment findings or care that deviates from the standard is charted. |
| Checklist | a form of documentation in which the nurse indicates the performance of routine care with a check mark or initials. |
| Continuous quality improvement | process of promoting care that reflects established agency standards. |
| Documenting | the process of entering information. |
| Double charting | repetitious entry of the same info in the medical record. |
| Electronic charting | documenting client info with a computer. |
| Flow sheet | a form of documentation with sections for recording frequently repeated assessment data. |
| Focus charting | modified form of SOAP charting. |
| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA ) | legislation that sets national standards for the security of health info, ensures that an individual's electronic, paper, or oral health info is protected. |
| Informatics | collection, storage, retrieval, and sharing of recorded data. |
| Kardex | a quick reference for current info about the client and his or her care. |
| Medical record | a collection of info about a person's health. |
| Military time | time based on a 24 hour clock. |
| Minimum disclosure | information necessary for the immediate purpose only. |
| Narrative charting | the style of documentation generally used in source-oriented records. |
| Nursing care plan | a written or printed list of the client's problems, goals, and nursing orders for client care. |
| PIE charting | a method of recording the client's progress under the headings of problem, intervention, and evaluation. |
| Problem-oriented record | records organized according to the client's health problems. |
| Quality assurance | process of promoting care that reflects established agency standards. |
| Recording | the process of entering information. |
| Rounds | visits to the bedside of clients on an individual basis or as a group. |
| SBAR format | model for effective communication identifying Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation. |
| SOAP charting | the documentation style more likely to be used in a problem-oriented record. (S- subjective data, O- objective data, A- analysis of the data, P- plan for care) |
| Source-oriented record | records organized according to the source of documented info. |
| Total quality improvement | process of promoting care that reflects established agency standards. |
| Traditional time | time based on two 12 hour revolutions on a clock. |