documentation

1. Documentation and reporting in nursing are used for communication, continuity of care, and quality management. Documentation is the proof that nursing interventions were performed, and this is how nurses communicate with other nurses and the rest of the healthcare team.

Reflect on your past experiences and the information that you learned in this module. Think about the different methods of charting along with use of the electronic health record (EHR). If you have had previous charting experience, which of the formats of charting do you feel most comfortable with, and why? Has this module changed your ideas on documentation at all? If so, how so? 300 words.

2 (A)The ethical and legal considerations in health care and, specifically, nursing are numerous. Reflect on one of the ethical principles (beneficence, non-maleficence, justice, veracity, and fidelity) or legal considerations described (laws, torts, criminal actions, etc).What makes this area of nursing so difficult or challenging?

(B). How will you provide quality patient care even when dealing with an ethical or legal

dilemma? Describe strategies nurses can use.