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Vad skrev du sa du?: Intensivvårdssjuksköterskors uppfattning om dokumentation
The Swedish Red Cross University College.
The Swedish Red Cross University College.
2013 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
What did you say you wrote? : Intensive Care Nurses' views of documentation (English)
Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: Patienter som vårdas inom intensivvården befinner sig ofta i en situation som präglas av snabba fysiologiska förändringar där patientens vitala funktioner kontinuerligt måste övervakas och registreras. I intensivvårdens komplexa miljö utgör dokumentationen en viktig del för att upprätthålla en hög patientsäkerhet. Syfte: Att undersöka intensivvårdssjuksköterskors uppfattning om dokumentation. Metod: En empirisk deskriptiv studie har genomförts. Fokusgruppintervjuer användes för att inhämta data. Materialet analyserades med en kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Intensivvårdssjuksköterskor anser att dokumentationen fyller en viktig funktion för patientsäkerhet, som informationskälla samt för den egna professionen. Förutsättningar för dokumentationen kunde härledas till tid och organisation, datasystemens för- och nackdelar samt den kulturella påverkan som fanns på arbetsplatsen. Slutsats: Dokumentationen i omvårdnadsjournalen upplevs ofta som bristfällig. Studiens resultat att visat på ett flertal orsaker till detta; avsaknaden av funktionella datasystem, oklara riktlinjer samt ett lågt engagemang hos intensivvårdssjuksköterskor. Klinisk betydelse: Resultatet kan öka intensivvårdssjuksköterskor förståelse för dokumentationens betydelse. De förbättringsförslag som framkommer i studien kan användas för att utveckla dokumentationen inom intensivvården.

Abstract [en]

Background: Patients cared for in an intensive care unit often find themselves in a situation of rapid physiological changes where the patient´s vital signs must be continuously monitored and registered. In the complex environment of the intensive care units documentation is an important part of maintaining a high level of patient safety. Objective: To examine the intensive care nurse's views of documentation. Method: A descriptive empirical study has been conducted. Focus group interviews were used to collect data and the material was analysed by a qualitative content analysis. Results: Intensive care nurses consider documentation to play an important role for patient safety, as a source of information and for their own profession. They believe that the documentation is affected by time and organization, computer systems and the culture of the workplace. Conclusion: Documentation in the nursing records is often viewed as inadequate. Result of the study revealed a number of reasons for this; lack of functional computer systems, unclear guidelines and a low engagement of the intensive care nurses. Clinical significance: The result could increase intensive care nurses understanding of the importance of documentation. The suggestions for improvement that emerge from this study can be used to develop documentation within intensive care. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2013. , p. 27
Keywords [en]
Intensive Care Nurses, Nursing documentation, Views, Patient safety, Computer systems
Keywords [sv]
Intensivvårdssjuksköterskor, Omvårdnadsdokumentation, Uppfattning, Patientsäkerhet, Datasystem
National Category
Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-658OAI: oai:DiVA.org:rkh-658DiVA, id: diva2:622082
Educational program
Postgraduate Program in Specialist Nursing
Uppsok
Medicine
Available from: 2013-05-23 Created: 2013-05-20 Last updated: 2017-07-07Bibliographically approved

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