This document discusses nursing documentation. It begins by defining nursing documentation as a systematic method to identify clients, plan problem-solving strategies, and evaluate nursing actions. It then lists some benefits of documentation such as preventing neglect, providing organized nursing care, and encouraging patient participation. The document also discusses some purposes of documentation like improving accuracy and reducing errors. It provides some standards for documentation and lists some common models of nursing documentation that include source-oriented records and problem-oriented records. Finally, it briefly discusses some legal aspects of documentation such as common data components required by law and how documentation can be used as evidence in court cases.