Nurses constantly complain that they have insufficient time for proper documentation. In many ways this is understandable. Nursing is essentially about caring, and many aged-care facilities today are understaffed and under-resourced. In these circumstances it is hardly surprising that many nurses feel that caring comes first and documentation comes second—that they have time to care or time to write, but do not have time for both. Documentation can be perceived as being primarily an administrative and legal requirement that takes up valuable time—time that might have been otherwise spent on resident care
