Communication and documentation
DAR
Data, Action, Response
The note structure used in focus charting: each entry names a focus, then records the data, the action taken and the patient’s response.
What each letter stands for
- 1 Data — subjective and objective information about the focus.
- 2 Action — the nursing intervention.
- 3 Response — how the patient responded.
How it gets tested
Tested against SOAP and PIE as one of the named charting formats; the discriminator is the word "focus".
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