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631 to 875manual flowsheet entries per 12-hour shift
On acute care units at one academic center in 2017, nurses made between 631 and 875 manual flowsheet data entries per 12-hour shift, excluding device data.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“631-875 manual flowsheet data entries per 12-hour shift in acute care”
Quantifying and Visualizing Nursing Flowsheet Documentation Burden in Acute and Critical Care, Sarah A. Collins et al., AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, 2018, Results.
Open the original- What it measures
- Counted from the EHR for 4 acute care general medicine units over 12 months at one academic center. Each entry is one data point such as a vital sign, an assessment or an intervention.
- What it does not show
- A count of entries, not minutes. Some entries take a second and others take much longer, so the count does not give the time spent charting.