Outcome of a quality assurance review: development of a documentation tool for chemotherapy administration.
Publication/Presentation Date
4-1-1993
Abstract
Nursing quality assurance (QA) is a systematic evaluation program to promote quality nursing practice. As part of a QA project, hospital records of 28 patients who received chemotherapy were reviewed to determine whether nursing documentation of chemotherapy administration complied with the standards of oncology nursing practice. Because the audit identified some deficiencies in documentation, a flow sheet was developed to resolve problem areas. A retrospective audit of 18 charts was conducted six months after the new flow sheet was initiated. The audit revealed 100% compliance for each key indicator that was evaluated. This article describes the QA process that led to the development and evaluation of the new flow sheet.
Volume
20
Issue
3
First Page
535
Last Page
541
ISSN
0190-535X
Published In/Presented At
Pevny V. (1993). Outcome of a quality assurance review: development of a documentation tool for chemotherapy administration. Oncology nursing forum, 20(3), 535–541.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
8497421
Department(s)
Patient Care Services / Nursing
Document Type
Article