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Improving Emergency Department Belongings Inventory Electronic Medical Record Documentation Rates, Stefanie Lai
Improving Emergency Department Belongings Inventory Electronic Medical Record Documentation Rates, Stefanie Lai
Providence Nursing Research Conference 2023 – Present
Background: Electronic Medical Record (EMR) education and training for RNs should be multifaceted and targeted to the RN clinical workflow. Input from direct care RNs is essential to ensure EMR education is relevant and effective. Shared Governance at a community hospital identified quality and safety concerns among inpatient RNs. RNs reported that belongings inventories were not consistently documented in the EMR for Emergency Department (ED) admissions. Hospital policy requires belongings inventory EMR documentation for all admitted patients. An audit of charts for ED admissions over three months revealed only 5% compliance with this policy.
Purpose: The purpose of this project …