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BIMR NURSING COLLEGE
Communication & Education Technology
PROCESS RECORDING
SUBMITTED TO:
Mam Aakanksha Jain SUBMITTED BY:
Assistant Lecturer Ms. Sandra Maria
BIMR Nursing College B.Sc Nursing 2nd year
BIMR Nursing College
CONTENT
Introduction
Definition
Features
Uses
Purpose
Guidelines
Pre- requisite for Process Recording
Phases of Process Recording
Advantages
Disadvantages
INTRODUCTION
A record is a permanent written communication that
documents information relevant to a client's
healthcare management .
Recording is an important & necessary aspect of
health care.
Clinical teaching is the individualized or group
teaching of nursing students in clinical settings by
nurse educator, staff or clinical nurse manager to
enhance the students' knowledge related to patient's
problems and care.
Process recording is a method of clinical teaching.
DEFINITION
"The process recording is a
verbatim account of a visit for
purpose of bringing out the
interplay between nurse and the
patient in relation to the common
objectives."
-Walker
Q. Process recording
is ___________
A. Subjective
B. Objective
C. Both
FEATURES
Written during & immediately after the
nurse-patient interaction.
Is an excellent clinical teaching method.
Therapeutic purpose: Recorded
conversation is used to understand patient's
behaviour & problems in depth.
USES
Teaching-learning
tool
Evaluation tool
Therapeutic tool
PURPOSE
Helps gain competency in interpreting & synthesising raw
data under supervision.
Helps to consciously apply theory to practice.
Helps student develop an increased awareness of their
habitual, verbal & non-verbal communication pattern.
Helps nurse learn to identify thoughts & feelings in relation
to self & others.
Helps to increase observation skills as a conscious process is
involved in thinking, sorting and classifying the interaction
under various headings.
GOALS
Establish a therapeutic nurse-patient
relationship
To obtain data from patient
To assess insight of the patient
To give necessary health education to
patient
Q. Have you ever participated
in process recording where you
were the patient?
Give an example.
GUIDELINES
Record the conversation verbal time
Use recording device
Conclude the process recording with
a conclusion
PRE-REQUISITE FOR
PROCESS RECORDING
Confidentiality
Consent
Nurse-patient conversation
Get consent of patient should be confidential
for the possibility of
cassette recording.
Physical setting
Calm & quiet
environment
Phases of Process
Recording
1. Preparing the student for
process recording
• A teacher must help the student clearly define the
objectives to be accomplished regarding nurse-patient
interaction.
• Teacher should help the student learn how to write a
process record as well as how to use it as a teaching &
learning tool.
FILL IN THE BLANK
Process recording is a __________ tool.
2. Recording the nurse-
patient interactions
Record of:
•The exact verbatim report of the nurse-patient
interaction.
•The student's conscious feelings and the
interpretation of the patient's feelings.
•Analysis for meanings and clues to patient's
needs.
•The instructor's and student's evaluation of the
total process recording experience.
Process recording can improve
A. Interviewing skills
B. Self awareness
C. Writing skill
D. Both A & B
E. All of the above
None
3. Evaluating the nurse-patient
interactions
• Student and teacher analyze the recordings
based on the objectives
• Self evaluation by the student to get a deeper
understanding of self and effect of his/her
behaviour on others.
• Develops keener insight into the behaviour of the
patient.
True or False
Process recording has therapeutic and non-
therapeutic uses.
Advantages
1. Differentiates thoughts and feelings.
2. Clarifies the purpose of interview or
intervention.
3. Improves written expression
4. Identifies strengths and weaknesses.
5. Improves self-awareness.
6. Separates facts from judgement.
7. Explores the values operating between the
student & patient through the analysis of the
filtering process used in recording the session
Disadvantages
1. Time consuming & laborious
2. Technical problems cause frustration
3. As valuable as the effort that the
instructor & intern put into it.
Thank you for
your attention
