Answer to Question 1
A
If the nurse has made an error in documentation, he or she should draw a single line through the error, write the word error above it, and sign his or her name or initials. Then the nurse should record the note correctly.
The nurse should not erase, apply correction fluid to, or scratch out errors made while recording because charting then becomes illegible. Entries should be made only in ink so that they cannot be erased.
Using a dark-coloured marker to cover the error and continue immediately after that point is not the correct action. It may appear as if the nurse were attempting to hide something or deface the record.
Footnotes are not used in nursing documentation.
Answer to Question 2
C
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B, The nurse teaches the postoperative client to use an incentive spirometer to expand the lungs.
Building a Client Base Cont.
Client files are kept in alphabetical order in locked file cabinets.