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. 2016 May 21;5:84. doi: 10.1186/s13643-016-0260-2

Table 3.

Example of charting

Chart 1: Staffing 1.1 Which staff, why 1.2 Staff levels 1.3 Role in preventing weekend effect 1.4 Views on safe levels of staffing 1.5 Impact of low staffing levels
Case 1 (reference) Nurses—page no. Ratios for safe care at weekends Act as key knowledge keeper—vital in handover of information on discharge Needs to be more ….
Case 2 (reference) Doctors Rotas Trainees tend to be more in evidence at weekends = lack of expertise available Patients rushed to intensive care as no one to provide review when required
Case 3 (Reference) Phlebotomists Nonexistent Delays in handover of care and discharge Rotas need adjusting to include more staff