The Validation of AORN Recommended Practices in Finnish Perioperative Nursing Documentation

In Finland, there are no common guidelines or recommended practices for perioperative documentation. Thus, perioperative nursing documentation varies from one operating department to another. To create minimum criteria for nursing documentation in Finland, we conducted an investigation in a universi...

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Published in:AORN journal 2010-02, Vol.91 (2), p.236-247
Main Authors: Tiusanen, Teija Susanna, Junttila, Kristiina, Leinonen, Tuija, Salanterä, Sanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
Best practice
Criteria
Data Collection
Delphi Technique
documentation
Documentation - standards
Electronic Health Records
Female
Finland
Forms and Records Control
Humans
Medical records
Middle Aged
Nurse's Role
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing Evaluation Research
Nursing Process
Nursing Records - standards
Operating Room Nursing - education
Operating Room Nursing - standards
Perianesthesia
perioperative nursing
Perioperative Nursing Data Set
Practice Guidelines as Topic - standards
recommended practices
Societies, Nursing - organization & administration
Surgery
United States
Vocabulary, Controlled
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Summary:In Finland, there are no common guidelines or recommended practices for perioperative documentation. Thus, perioperative nursing documentation varies from one operating department to another. To create minimum criteria for nursing documentation in Finland, we conducted an investigation in a university hospital district in 2006. Purposive sampling was used to invite experts in perioperative nursing documentation (N = 42) to serve as a Delphi panel. The final criteria are 120 items, 71% of which are based on the AORN standards and recommended practices. These criteria may be used to educate students and new perioperative personnel and to enhance the quality of nursing practice. To ensure relevance and usability, the criteria should be tested in various perioperative settings with a variety of surgical patients.
ISSN:0001-2092
1878-0369
DOI:10.1016/j.aorn.2009.06.027