The Development Of The Electronic Nursing Record System (ENRS) In The Hospital Setting: An Integrative Literature Review

Abstract

In Indonesian hospitals, particularly in South Sulawesi Province, one of the activities that needs improvement by design is that of nursing records. This vital task is not completed due mainly to the fact that, incredibly, no model has been implemented to date mainly because of financial constraints and the overall lack of nurses’ computer literacy within the health services area in Indonesia. Although copious nursing recordkeeping is standard practice abroad, this vital task is not the norm in our area. Thus, the aim of this integrative literature review was to investigate the development of the electronic nursing record system (ENRS) in hospital settings across different countries and its effects on the care process and care outcomes. The results of this review showed that ENRS has been used widely in other developed countries and has benefited nurses and other healthcare providers. Hence, the findings of this review can be used by hospital policymakers in other developing countries, where the ENRS have not been implemented yet, as the evidence to consider the use of the ENRS.