IN SIMPLE WORD RECORD MEANS DOCUMENTATION ,OR SOME OTHER PERMANENT FORM FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
REPORTS IS WRITTEN OR ORAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CAREGIVERS TO SHARING INFORMATION.
2. Introduction
Records in an account of something , written to
perpetuate knowledge of events . Records and reports and
indispensable aids to all who are responsible for giving
best possible service to individuals, families and
community.
3. Definition
According to Potter and Perry,
A record is permanent written communication that
documents information relevant to a clients heatlh care
management, Eg: A client chart is a continuing account of
clients health care status and need .
4. OR
A record is a permanent written communication that
documents information relevant to a clients health care
management.
5. Objectives of records
To review patient care , make clinical decisions and
prepare treatment plans .
To provide a legally acceptable record .
To provide a source of information for health managers.
To carry out the things in the right possible manner
6. Purposes
Purposes of medical records:
To patient :-
To improve patient care.
To serve to document the clinical history .
To provide evidence in medicolegal cases.
7. To health organization/hospital:-
To record all activities of the health care providers.
To furnish proof of kind and quality care.
To protect hospital in legal staff.
To help in future program planning.
8. Others are :-
The purposes of records –
Communication
planning client care
auditing health organisation
education
reimbursement
lawful purposes
healthcare analysis and evaluation
9. Value of nurses clinical records:
It provides baseline data For further plan of action and to evaluate
the care given.
Nursing records , example temperature chart, blood pressure record
intake /output records etc are useful for diagnostic and treatment
purposes .
To assess the workload of nurses and to evaluate the quality of care.
Records are beneficial for education, teaching and research
proposes.
10. Functions of Records:-
To help in improving the responsibility and accountability
of healthcare providers .
To reflect the level of healthcare services and clinical
judgement and decisions .
to provide a source of patient care and communications .
to promote better discussion and coordination among
team members
11. Principles of Good record keeping:-
Handwriting should be legible
All recorded entries should be signed . put the date and time on all documents
record should be readable
record should be factual
record should be accurate and in such a way that the meaning is clear
do not alter or destroy in a record without being authorized
maintain confidentially of the documents ,follow rules governing confidentiality
in respect of the supply and use data for secondary purposes
Knows how to use available information systems and tools .
Assess the standard of record keeping and communication
12. Types of records use in clinical practice
A list of records /documents maintained in the ward is given below-
Day and night report book
Temperature, pulse and respiratory recording book
Treatment book /injection book
Sponge book
Duty roster for the staff
Instruction book which the head nurse carries with her when she accompanies the
medical officer on his daily ward rounds
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Controlled and local purchase drugs accounting book, a separate register is maintained for
dangerous drugs .
Stock Indent ledger and dispatch index ledger registers
Despatch book
Inventories of various stores items held in charge of the nurse
Breakage book
Memo book or medical officer call book specially for the CMO in case his attention is required
in the ward outside normal working hours
Telephone message book specially meant for receiving laboratory results of serious patients
urgently.
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Intake and output chart record
Demand books for various stores example medical stores, dry and wet
dispensary ,quarter master stores and Red cross stores .
Out pass book for male wards
Urine test report and weight records specially for medical cases
ESR and weight record register for tuberculosis patients
Complaint book for maintenance and repairs
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Suggestion books for officers and officers family ward only
Admission and discharge book
Scale of hospital diets and extras
Standing orders for patients
Fire officers
Instructions for special radiological examination like intervenous pyelogram ,
barium meal ,barium enema, cholecystography and so on.
16. Characteristics of Good Recording
The objectives of the records should be clear and should be able to recognise the
pertinent factors like what to record ,when to log,why record, how to file, who
will record.
The records should be specific and concise to the purpose. there should not be
any duplicity
There should be enough space to record
Record information immediately, the information should be accurate
The language used should be legible, simple and understood by the team
members
17. General guidelines for recording
Data and time
Timing
legibility
Permanency
correct spelling
Signature
Accuracy
Use specific descriptions
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Do not erase or use corrective fluid
Sequence
Appropriateness
Completeness
Conciseness
Standard terminology
legal cautions
20. Records available in nursing units
Various types of documents maintained in nursing units
can be classified under nursing administrative records,
personal records, clinical records and miscellaneous
record.
21. Records available in the nursing office
Nursing administrative:-hospital policy manual ,nursing policies, organisation
chart nursing procedure manual ,etc
Personal:-
general: cumulative records ,performance, personal files etc
Personnel duty: related records: duty roster, duty list roll call registers, allocation
and leave forms etc.
Patients: hospital report, census book ,etc.
22. Reports
Introduction:
A report is a system of communication aimed at
transferring essential information necessary for safe and
holistic patient care.
A report consists of oral or written exchanges of
information shared between members in the health team in
a number of ways .
23. Definition
According to petters and Perry ,
report are oral or written exchanges of information shared between care giver in
number of ways.
According to Barbara Cozier,
Reports in an oral or written account by one number to others ,in the health
team ,for instances nurse always reports on clients at the end of a hospital work
shift.
24. Objective of reports
It presents factual information to the management and there by search as a
means of communication
it provides valuable clinical information of patients that can be used for further
reference
it provides necessary information to the department ,clients and general public
at large.
25. Purposes of reports
To communicate progress of the patient’s health status to all nurses in different
shifts
to prepare staff members for their days work
to provide quality and continuity of care from one shift to the next
to show the kind and amount of service rendered over a specific period
to act as an aid in studying health conditions
To act as an aid in planning
26. Types of reporting
The types of reporting are as follows-
Change of shift report
It is a report by the nurses on one shift to nurses of the next shift change. It
provides continuity of care of the patient to the nurses by providing a quick
description of patient health status and details of care .the point that should be
kept in mind while reporting are-
The information should be accurate, factual and organised
avoid negativism and subjectivity while reporting
Focus on abnormal findings and variations from routine or the norm
27. Types of change of shift report
Written report
Verbal report
Bed side report
Telephone report
Telephone orders
Transfer report
Incident reports or occurrence reports
Conferring
28. Intradivisional report
Among nursing staff
Between nursing sisters and staff members
Between nursing sister and matron
Between nursing sister and doctors
29. Intra departmental report
It is a communication between two departments the reports are sent from one
department to another or vice versa for example in the hospital the head of the
nursing department send patients report and the staff report of the medical
superintendent. such report include report book indicating reports of the
patients, VIP and acute patients ,any event or disaster mishappening ,
accidents ,complaints, staff performance reports etc
30. Advantage of maintenance of records and
reports
Guides sound decision making
Acts as effective channel of communication
Serves as a tool for performance evaluation
promotes accountability and efficiency
serves as legal documents
Provides data for research and vital statistics.