This video course takes a look at the importance of proper patient documentation. It stresses the importance of completing this task according to your facility's policies and procedures and how this information serves as a legal record of the patient's care. This course is suitable for anyone that performs and records the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) or oversees or works with employees that do.

At the completion of this course the reader will be able to:

1. List 4 things that are required to provide proper documentation.
2. Provide 3 reasons why documentation is important.
3. Describe 2 situations of how your documentation can help a resident.
4. Provide 3 examples of changes in a resident's condition that should be immediately reported as well as documented.
5. Describe what can happen if documentation is not properly done.
6. Describe the actions you should take when a resident refuses care.