Nursing Documentation in Aged Care

It is important to correctly document any form of restraint, both physical and chemical. This chapter discusses the use of restraint in an aged care facility and its correct documentation.
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Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
Chapter:	10
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Clinical reasoning is the process of reaching clinical conclusions through professional judgement, knowledge and experience.This chapter instructs nurses on how to understand Clinical Reasoning, its politics and its conflicts with documentation...
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Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
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This chapter aims to convey correct pain management documentation methods and the difficulties in communication that arise in aged-care...
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Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
Chapter:	9
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This chapter discusses the use of nursing-care plans (NCPs) in residential aged-care facilities. Nurses and their professional organisations need to think strategically about nursing care and how it is planned and implemented...
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Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
Chapter:	4
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Evaluative criteria are measurement parameters that are based upon an accepted rule, standard, or principle. This chapter guides nurses on how to accurately use the parameters of evaluation, and correctly document it...
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Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
Chapter:	12
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Nursing Documentation in Aged Care: Appendix 3: Diabetes; Appendix 4: Nausea
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Prelims: Dedication, Acknowledgments,Foreword, Preface, Contents and About the Authors
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The aim of a clinical pathway is to achieve quality outcomes within a specified time frame, using the resources that best meet the patients’ needs...
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Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
Chapter:	6
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This chapter offers practical advice on the design of effective forms for nursing documentation. The suggestions in this chapter will help nurses to design forms that best suit their purposes...
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Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
Chapter:	14
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Nursing Documentation in Aged Care: Appendix 7 PEG Nutrition; Appendix 8: Wandering
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This chapter aims to instruct nurses on how to effectively communicate verbally and through documentation including the codes of professional practice...
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Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
Chapter:	3
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This chapter guides nurses in the documentation of complementary therapies in an aged care facility. This includes the planning stage where policies, procedures and protocols must be considered...
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Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
Chapter:	8
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It is essential that all aged care facilities have a clear vision of their objectives and requirements with respect to nursing documentation. This chapter instructs nurses on the basics of nursing documentation, including the legal issues involved...
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Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
Chapter:	1
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The reporting of incidents is a vitally important aspect of nursing documentation. This chapter guides nurses on how to accurately report an incidence and to ensure a higher level of safety for both staff and residents in an aged care facility...
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Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
Chapter:	11
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Nursing Documentation in Aged Care: Appendix 1: Faecal Incontinence; Appendix 2: Behavioural Management
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End Matter: Index and References
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Documentation is used to communicate details of the nursing care provided and to inform others of any significant events. This chapter aims to guide nurses on how to effectively and securely document progress notes...
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Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
Chapter:	5
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Human resources represent an organisation’s most valuable resource. This chapter explains the explicit procedural documents that must accompany each human-resources management policy...
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Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
Chapter:	13
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Nursing Documentation in Aged Care: Appendix 5: Stomal Care; Appendix 6: Leg Ulcer Management
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Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
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All nurses experience and observe the behaviour and emotion of those in their care throughout their work day. This chapter guides nurses on how to accurately assess and document emotion and behaviour...
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Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
Chapter:	7
This education is:	eligible for CPD