effects of problem, intervention, evaluation (pie) training on the quality of nursing documentation among students of hamadan university of medical sciences, hamadan, iran

Background: documentation of nursing care is one of the most important professional responsibilities of nurses and one of the major components of medical care and patient record documentation. objectives: the present study was performed to determine the effect of problem, intervention, evaluation (pie) training on the quality of nursing students’ documentation. methods: in this semi-experimental single-group study with a pretest-posttest design, a total of 28 nursing students were selected by simple random sampling. the data collection tools included a demographic questionnaire, pie documentation form, and docu- mentation quality checklist. first, the students were asked to write two reports using the traditional or narrative method. then, a training workshop was organized about pie documentation, and the students were asked to use this method and write two more reports about the same patient on two consecutive days; overall, each student presented four reports. a total of 112 reports were analyzed using descriptive statistics and paired t test in spss. results: based on the results of paired t test, there was a significant difference in the mean score of documentation quality between the pretest and posttest (p < 0.001). also, there was a significant difference in the mean score of documentation quality between the pretest and posttest in terms of both report structure and content (p < 0.001). conclusions: use of pie reporting system improves the quality of nursing documentation. therefore, it can be a suitable alternative for the current narrative or traditional method.