NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
HEALTH EDUCATION
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Question
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When making a mistake on a Patient Health Chart how should you fix it?
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Erasing or obliterate
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Scribbling it out
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Cross out with one line, intial it, with time and date
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Crossing out with a line and intials
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Error corrections are made by drawing a single line through the incorrect entry, initial and date. Never obliterate entries that require correction. Subject records need to be secure but accessible. Do not alter past-dated notes by writing alongside or adding to prior entries.
Detailed explanation-2: -When electronic medical records are corrected, the record must be entered (through the log-on process) and then an addendum can be made to correct the information in the record. The addendum is initialed by the person who makes the correction.
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