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If a nurse has made an error in documentation, the nurse should draw a single line through the error, write the word error above it, and sign his or her name or initials. Then record the note correctly. The nurse should not erase, apply correction fluid, or scratch out errors made while re-cording because charting becomes illegible. Also, entries should only be made in ink so they cannot be erased. Using a dark color marker to cover the error is not correct. It may appear as if the nurse was attempting to hide something or deface the record. Footnotes are not used in nurs-ing documentation.
Answer to Question 2
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A telephone order involves a physician stating a prescribed therapy over the phone to a registered nurse. Saying that an order is unable to be taken and to call back in the morning is not an appro-priate response and not in the client's best interest. It is best to repeat any prescribed orders back to the physician, who can then verify if it is correct or clarify the order. This is not the appropriate response. A registered nurse needs to take the verbal order, but it does not have to be the nursing supervisor.
In the communication technique of collaborating, the nurse sends the message that the nurse and pati
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A nurse administers an intermittent bolus feeding.
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