bessieb

I am in complete agreement with that. Just to be able to 'write the story' of how you patient is doing, how they are acting, what they are saying, responding.....or not....thanks.

Working in quality for state operated mental health hospitals, so much of the paperwork/forms are in compliance to the 'data driven worlds' of accreditations...Joint Commission/CMS/etc. So much has to be done to be in compliance and it grows more every year. 1:1 time with patients is so limited for RNs today and the 'doing more with less' mindsets of todays budgets have many staff doing the jobs of 2 or more positions. I can't see it getting better, sadly. For those working in the psych world, (with paper, not electronics), do you see more SOAP or PIE or narrative notes? Thanks.