Documentation
Computer Format, Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths
Noted strengths of computer charting include the following:
- Charting is legible.
- Several people can have access to the same record at the same time.
- Prompting is available to remind the person charting about what to chart. <
- All changes to the record can be tracked.
- The system can be modified to meet facilities’ particular needs.
- Notes can be organized the same from author to author.
- You always know where the chart is.
- This method promotes documenting the nursing process.
- It decreases problems in maintaining adequate charting forms and supplies.
Weaknesses
Noted weaknesses of computer charting include the following:
- The facility must make a major cash investment for equipment, software, and training.
- Many people need to be trained to use a computer and to overcome their fear of computers.
- If the hardware or software crashes, you lose access to the chart.
- This method requires a major psychological change for staff. They must overcome their fear of computers and must adjust how they work and organize their time.
- Documentation may be inacc>urate if the practitioner doesn’t carefully read each phrase picked from a menu.
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