Nursing Documentation in New Normal Era

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Aree Cheevakasemsook

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            Since the beginning of 2020 the world has shifted into new normal era due to COVID-19 pandemic. It leads to changes in every organizational operation and lifestyles different from the past which humans are unfamiliar and become their new lifestyles. Nursing profession also requires to adapt to nursing service system for patients and modify nursing documentation which accounts for nursing care planning and healthcare team communication. However, the present nurses’ documentation remains to have issues that require reformation and alteration relevant to the new normal age in response to social distancing, disease prevention and control, more digital technology application, and multidisciplinary work.

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