Title : Experiential learning with simulated deposition to improve nursing documentation
Abstract:
Increasingly, research indicates that newly licensed RNs are ill prepared to make appropriate entry level clinical judgments. Also, unknown to the newly licensed nurse is the litigation process. In fact, the litigation process is not well known among nurses in general especially deposition. Deposition examines documentation that clinicians record during their care. Documentation that is untimely, unclear, or non-existent is exposed at a great cost to a clinician’s reputation. Errors in care can also be revealed in documentation. In order to rectify the knowledge deficit of deposition among newly licensed nurses, simulation is used to increase awareness about that process. A pre and post survey is used to determine knowledge before and after the mock deposition. The newly licensed nurse responds to interview questions related to their care of a fabricated patient chart.
