PA 614 Week 7 Shift Documentation Audit Example

Course	PA 614 Clinical Clerkship - Emergency Medicine
Week	7
Paper type	Documentation audit
Length	About 530 words, 5 pages
Format	APA 7 student paper
School	Chamberlain University
Program	Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS)
Updated	October 2026

Free sample paper for PA 614 Week 7

Shift Documentation Audit of Twelve Charts From One Night: Scope and Selection Stated First, an Inventory of Eight Fields, a Row per Chart, Late Repairs Marked as Late and One Change Carried Into the Next Shift

Student Name

Chamberlain University

PA 614: Clinical Clerkship - Emergency Medicine

Instructor Name

Month Day, Year

What this page is doingThe title promises a defined scope, a field inventory and marked late repairs, which are what make a self-audit credible.

Scope, Stated First

Charts examined: all twelve patients I saw as primary student on the night of April 18 to 19, 2026, 19:00 to 07:00. Not a sample; every chart. Audited April 20 against the department's note template.

What this page is doingSaying that every chart was examined, not a chosen sample, tells the reader the results cannot have been selected to look good.

The Inventory of Fields

For each chart: (1) chief complaint in the patient's words; (2) time of first clinician contact; (3) medical decision making paragraph present; (4) each pending test with a named owner at sign-out; (5) reassessment documented before disposition; (6) discharge instructions with return precautions; (7) medication reconciliation; (8) attending attestation.

What this page is doingListing the fields before the results tells the reader exactly what was checked, so a missing item cannot be explained away later.

Rows, Not Paragraphs

Table 1

Field Completion by Chart

Chart	Complaint	Contact time	Decision paragraph	Pending owner	Reassessed	Instructions	Reconciled	Attested
R.S., chest pain	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
M.A., fall	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Not applicable	Yes	Yes
T.K., abdominal pain	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Not applicable	Yes	Yes
J.D., laceration	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not applicable	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
H.G., cough	Yes	Yes	Yes, by attending	Yes	Yes	Not applicable	No	Yes
J.L., abscess	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Six other charts	All yes	All yes	5 of 6	All yes	All yes	All yes	5 of 6	All yes

Note. Note. "Not applicable" where the patient was admitted or still in the department at the end of the shift.

What the Rows Show

Three fields were missed more than once: the decision making paragraph (2 of 12 missing), medication reconciliation (2 of 12) and reassessment before disposition (1 of 12). All misses were on charts opened after 01:00.

Two charts had more than one gap, both opened between 03:00 and 05:00, the stretch when the department had the most patients and the fewest staff.

Repairs, Marked as Late

On April 20, I added a decision making paragraph to T.K.'s chart as a late entry, labeled "Late entry, written April 20 at 14:10, reflecting reasoning at 05:30 on April 19." I did not edit the original note. Medication reconciliation for H.G. was completed by the admitting team and is not repaired by me.

What this page is doingLabeling a late addition as late, with both times, keeps the record honest about when the reasoning was written.

One Change, Carried Forward

For my next shift: write the decision making paragraph before placing the disposition order, not after, so it cannot be skipped at 05:00. Structured handoff and documentation practices reduce errors when they are built into the workflow rather than added at the end (Starmer et al., 2014).

On my next shift, April 25, I applied the change and re-audited the first six charts the following day: all six had a decision making paragraph signed before the disposition order. One shift is not proof, so the audit will be repeated after four shifts.

References

Starmer, A. J., Spector, N. D., Srivastava, R., West, D. C., Rosenbluth, G., Allen, A. D., Noble, E. L., Tse, L. L., Dalal, A. K., Keohane, C. A., Lipsitz, S. R., Rothschild, J. M., Wien, M. F., Yoon, C. S., Zigmont, K. R., Wilson, K. M., O'Toole, J. K., Solan, L. G., Aylor, M., . . . Landrigan, C. P. (2014). Changes in medical errors after implementation of a handoff program. New England Journal of Medicine, 371(19), 1803-1812. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsa1405556

Reading the PA 614 Week 7 instructions

The seventh week asks for a short audit report with a table inside it. State the scope first: which charts, over what stretch and how they were chosen, so a reader knows whether this is everything or a sample. Then list the fields you checked, from your site's template or your own if none is published. Present results as rows, one per chart, rather than paragraphs. Say what the rows show. Any repair made after the fact must be marked as late, with the time written and the time it refers to; original notes are not edited. Close with one change you will carry into the next shift. An audit is not required to find problems, but it must report honestly what it found. Cite evidence behind the change where useful.

How this PA 614 Week 7 example is built

The scope section names all twelve charts from the night of April 18 to 19, audited April 20 against the template. Eight fields are listed: chief complaint, first contact time, decision making paragraph, pending tests with owners, reassessment, discharge instructions, medication reconciliation and attestation. The table gives a row for each of six named charts and a summary row for six more. A section reports two missing decision making paragraphs, two missing reconciliations and one missing reassessment, all after 01:00. The repair section adds a labeled late entry to one chart on April 20 at 14:10 and leaves another to the admitting team. The change section moves the decision making paragraph before the disposition order, citing Starmer et al. (2014).

PA 614 Week 7 rubric: what full points look like

Audits lose the most when the scope is unstated, since a reader cannot tell whether the results cover everything or a convenient sample. Next comes a report in paragraphs that hides the pattern a table would show. Graders deduct heavily for repairs that edit original notes or are not marked as late. Faculty reward a field inventory listed before results, rows per chart and a pattern named, such as misses clustering after 01:00. One change carried forward, specific enough to check on the next shift, earns credit. Honest reporting is graded above a clean result. Citation of any supporting evidence completes the rubric.

Common PA 614 Week 7 mistakes, and how to avoid them

Documentation audits most often fall short by checking a few charts chosen because they went well. Another common problem is fixing notes by editing them rather than adding labeled late entries. Some audits also end with a general resolution to be more careful. If your shift had different charts, send a list of the patients and the fields your site uses; an audit prepared for you would state the scope, list the fields, give one row per chart, name the pattern, mark any repairs as late and carry one specific change forward. If your site has no published template, the audit would propose fields and say so.

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PA 614 Week 7 questions, answered

How many charts does an audit example cover?

Whatever the week sets, and the number is less important than saying it. Sections commonly ask for a single shift or for a fixed count of entries, and the sample is made to whichever your assignment names. Where nothing is specified, the sample uses a stated stretch and says so in its first paragraph, which is what the scope row is looking for.

What goes in the inventory if my site never published one?

Then the assignment usually supplies it, and where it does not the example builds the list from the template fields the week describes and says openly that it did. Marking follows the list being explicit rather than the list being official, so a stated set with a sentence explaining where it came from scores better than an unstated one.

Is the audit supposed to find problems?

It is supposed to be honest, which usually amounts to the same thing. A report finding nothing generally means the inventory was too short, and graders read a clean sweep as a sign the writer chose fields nobody misses. The example finds a small number of real gaps, names them plainly, and attaches a repair to each rather than an apology.

Where can I find a free PA 614 Week 7 sample paper?

A complete PA 614 Week 7 shift documentation audit of twelve charts against eight template fields is on this page.

What pattern does the PA 614 Week 7 audit find?

All of the missed fields came from charts opened after 01:00, which leads to writing the decision paragraph before placing the disposition order.