Communication and documentation
PIE
Problem, Intervention, Evaluation
A charting format that organizes a note around a numbered problem rather than around the source of the information.
What each letter stands for
- 1 Problem — the identified nursing problem.
- 2 Intervention — what was done about it.
- 3 Evaluation — the response.
How it gets tested
Usually appears in a set comparing charting formats, where the answer turns on which one is problem-oriented.
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