Nursing records are records made by nursing professionals and include nursing records, midwifery records, and various records related to the provision of designated home nursing care. It is a record of the sequence of nursing practice, showing its thoughts and actions. Basically,nursingBasic information about the target population for thenursing planIt is composed of four elements: the progress record, the nursing summary, and the nursing summary.
The purpose and significance of the nursing record are as follows (1)nursing(1) clearly state the practice of (1), (2) providenursingrationale, and (iii) among the medical team,(a) patientand a means of exchanging information between nursing professionals, (4)(a) patient(3) Information on the mental and physical condition and medical condition of the patient, the course of the provision of medical care, and the results of such care; (5)(a) patientproblems that arose and were needed in thenursingand nursing practice for,(a) patientinformation on the response of the facility; (6) certify that the facility meets its establishment and medical information requirements; (7)nursingThe data will be used to evaluate and improve the quality and development of the
Nursing records are required to be kept for two years following the 2007 revision of the "Medical Care Law" (Article 21, Paragraph 1, Item 9 of the Medical Care Law and Article 20, Paragraph 10 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Medical Care Law), and midwifery records are required to be kept for five years according to Article 42 of the Health Nurses, Midwives, and Nurses Law. Thus, records made by nursing professionals are as important evidence (documentary evidence) as medical records. In light of recent social conditions such as information disclosure, it is necessary to standardize records and terminology, clearly state the standards for description, improve the quality of records, and provide ethical education regarding the handling of information.

References
(1) Japan Nursing Association (ed.): Guidelines for Handling Nursing Records and Medical Information, Japan Nursing Association Press, 2005.
(2) Toshiko Ibe and Kiyoko Takemata (eds.): Whereabouts of Nursing Records: From "Nursing Records" to "Patient Records", Japan Nurses Association Press, 2000.
(3) Yuriko Kuroe (trans.): Mastering the nursing record: Toward qualitative improvement of practice, Igaku Shoin, 1998.
(4) Summary of Medical Law Amendment: http://www.mhlw.go.jp/shingi/2007/11/dl/s1105-2b.pdf