tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post5534863054777791626..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: The Electronic Nursing NoteDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-68616551060154902112014-02-20T15:17:42.171-06:002014-02-20T15:17:42.171-06:00Solution: not sure because the legal and social de...Solution: not sure because the legal and social demands place restrictions and only allow for a cookie cutter approach to healthcare instead of best individual care.Megannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-52492739428269651072014-02-20T15:15:31.344-06:002014-02-20T15:15:31.344-06:00Great post. As a new nurse I find a majority of th...Great post. As a new nurse I find a majority of the "required notes" completely useless from a patient care stand point. Charting is more like checking boxes for CEOs and protecting my rn license ILO painting a picture of whats going on with the patient. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-64075115927985157872010-01-06T17:28:06.511-06:002010-01-06T17:28:06.511-06:00I am from the software industry and I am reading m...I am from the software industry and I am reading more of these types of comments/complaints. We love to hear them but how about some solutions??? What are the expectations of EMR and how would you like to see EMR utilized? The days of trying to read illegible (and inefficient) handwriting are almost out door for many reasons. I was a clinic manager in my past life and we spent/wasted more timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-29370610456654444122008-07-31T19:23:00.000-05:002008-07-31T19:23:00.000-05:00Computerized charting for nurses is not helping us...Computerized charting for nurses is not helping us do our jobs better. Some systems for charting are better than others perhaps, but I have not seen or heard of a system that saves time or improves efficiency or do much of anything except create problems for the people who lay their hands on the patients.<BR/><BR/>And I have seen employees get disciplined and fired for being "negative" about theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-87479900283219238792008-04-23T15:24:00.000-05:002008-04-23T15:24:00.000-05:00I can just picture the memo posted on the staff ba...I can just picture the memo posted on the staff bathroom wall:<BR/><BR/>"If we don't achieve 95% compliance with the 'BED LOCKED AND IN LOW POSITION. SIDE RAILS UP X 4, CALL LIGHT WITHIN REACH' charting initiative, then we won't get our gold star certification of nursing quality."<BR/><BR/>Along with a bar graph showing the week by week compliance for each nursing unit.<BR/><BR/>"The unit with scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163296819469420123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-32297854778057276672008-04-23T00:17:00.000-05:002008-04-23T00:17:00.000-05:00You are totally right, Wes... but it extends beyon...You are totally right, Wes... but it extends beyond nursing notes. We have electronic doctor notes that function the same way. A fellow or resident reads from a template, filling in the blanks. When I go to sign it, standard language appears. All of this verbiage is designed for one purpose only: to satisfy compliance officers/quality assurance administrators/billing auditors. <BR/><BR/>Oh, Doctor Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561641468831789428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-86281526747925051502008-04-21T23:12:00.000-05:002008-04-21T23:12:00.000-05:00So the point is to get the patient to "verbalize" ...So the point is to get the patient to "verbalize" less anxiety, not actually experience less anxiety?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-21334734992198830122008-04-21T22:58:00.000-05:002008-04-21T22:58:00.000-05:00I always get a kick out of arcane "nursing diagnos...I always get a kick out of arcane "nursing diagnosis" that are only used for purposes of passing nursing school and charting something that no one will ever read.Roryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571829035126932845noreply@blogger.com