Table 3.

Alternative names for eight emergent themes.

	Alternative theme name
Original theme name	Participant 1	Participant 2	Participant 3
“Status at a Glance” patient overview	Snapshot	Patient snapshot/overview	Patient at a glance
Prospective memory aid	What I would do today	Checklist
Lightweight	Portable, pocket notes	The brain	Pocket, portable
Updating	Accuracy		Out of date
Managing activities in time	To do list	Schedule	Task list
Supporting a verbal handover		Preparing for report
Narrative charting		Whole person care	Loss of nurse-patient connection
Sharing sensitive information in a nonpermanent manner	Need to know but not to write	Confidential nurse-to-nurse communication