Documenting your consultations: Record keeping is an essential part of nursing practice - not only to ensure continuity of care but also to ensure that a claim against you can be defended.

The article discusses the importance of robust documentation practices and how they can inform clinical and medicolegal decisions. Topics include careful documentation is important to implement a structured approach to documenting consultations; and assess how medicolegal principles might inform documentation practice in a consultation is an essential part of nursing and medical care.