What Is Focus Charting

Focus Charting – is a method for organizing health information in the individual’s record. It is a systematic approach to documentation, using nursing terminology to describe individual’s health status and nursing action. Focus.

What is the primary purpose of focus charting?

Focus charting describes the patient’s perspective and focuses on documenting the patient’s current status, progress towards goals and response to interventions. Focus charting brings the focus of care back to the patient and the patients’ concerns.

What does focus stand for in nursing?

FOCUS is an acronym for the words find, organise, clarify, understand, and select. PDCA is an acronym for plan, do, act, and check results.