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What is "narrative charting"?


January 6th, 2025

Painting a picture of the patient .

Charting involving patient data to include care, condition and responses of the patient. Direct and to the point.

September 9th, 2022

When we were in paper charts, narrative charting for us was literally writing a summary or narrative of events that occurred. When I worked child psych, they wanted us to describe the details so they could understand the context of the incident. Many employers seem to frown on this type of record keeping, but I believe it's better to have a complete narrative of what happened because there is no guarantee that you will be able to remember the details years later. Be objective, not subjective.