Study goals
Objective to improve the communication of nursing notes, through an action research. In the assistance of human actions under the patient, requiring notes in a formal and chronological way in the medical record, which predisposes to errors in the absence of actions taken, such as incorrect terminologies, difficult to understand handwriting, words of multiple meanings and others.
Relevance / originality
This type of problem ends up generating a failure in communication between multidisciplinary teams. In the hospital environment, nursing annotation is essential, as it has direct action in patient care, considered an ethical / legal document, which effectively establishes communication with the entire multidisciplinary team involved in patient care, in addition to providing information for research.
Methodology / approach
In this technical report, the elaboration and application of a checklist for nursing annotation was used, resulting from an audit of the medical records, according to nursing annotations, elaboration arising from the nurses' expertise, clinical experience, training and cooperation of the whole team for improvements in the form, application of pilot tests, as a specialized hospital needs unique characteristics in the reduction of communication failures occurred in the patient's surgical process
Main results
It was possible to see a significant improvement, for example, in the reduction of the time taken to record the checklist and the failure to register the actions involving the patient, in the entire preoperative, intraoperative and immediate postoperative process.
Theoretical / methodological contributions
Provide a humanized service to the client and the institution, corroborating an effective communication of the care provided to patients during the surgical period and the feasibility of safe surgery, which is required by WHO, reducing the risk of adverse events.
Social / management contributions
The importance of formal communication of direct care provided to the patient with the entire multidisciplinary team, within the hospital, is decisive for the quality and safety in the provision of care.