DAR charting focuses nursing documentation on one patient concern at a time. Data captures the problem, Action documents what you did, and Response shows how the patient reacted. In a pain example, a patient rated 8/10 pain, received 2 mg IV morphine and repositioning, then reported 3/10 pain 30 minutes later.
The third format you've got to know is dar DAR this is called focus charting. This focuses on a specific concern or event for the patient. So think DAR like a dart hitting the target. It's very, very focused. So D is data subjective and objective info about the focus that you're focusing on. A is for action which is your nursing intervention and R is for the patient's response to those actions that you took. Now let me show you how this works with that pain management example. So D for that could be like the patient grimacing and guarding their abdominal incision and they rate their pain as an 8 out of 10. They're requesting pain medication and then A for action that could be administer a medication, administer morphine 2mg IV as ordered and then reposition the patient for comfort and then R. The response could be something like 30 minutes. Post intervention the patient reports the pain is now a 3 out of 10 and appears more visibly relaxed. The.
