Table 1.

Types of Handwritten “Bedside” Nursing Narratives

Narrative Types (all are paper documents unless noted*)	Number of Novel ADEs (not already found in EMR-based study)
Medical floor flow sheets	20
Surgical floor flow sheets	71
All ICU flow sheets	50
	(Telemetry 12, MICU 15, SICU 23)
Recovery room	4
Bar code medication administration comment*	12
Medication administration record	5
Code Blue sheet	1
Rehab evaluation form	0
ER nursing assessment	0
RN admission assessment	5
MD admission certificate	2
Patient-controlled analgesia note	1
Combinations (two or more documents together comprise signal)	15
Total	186