Abstract
Object: The research conducted from March to September, 2015. The combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods was used in this study. The researcher randomly selected and reviewed 170 medical recordsto describe the current status of nurses’ notes. In addition, we selected 9 nurses at General Medicine. The setting was Nam Dinh province General Hospital, Nam Dinh town General Hospital, and My Loc General Hospital.
Results: The results show that the current status of nurses’ notes had many limitations: only 7.1% good; comparied with 29.4% well and 52.9% medium at nurses’ notes with medical records. Nurses had good awareness of the importance of recording; There was a correlation between level of nurse, hospital type, duration of treatment, and status of nurses’ notes (p < 0.05). C
onclusion: Enhancing nursing awareness of importants nurses’ notes with medical records. Conducting research to developt new medical record to support convenienting note and management.
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