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	Podcast:		The Unofficial NCLEX® Prep Podcast by NRSNG
	Episode:		Ep021: Nursing Documentation
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:09:16
	Publish Date:		2016-11-04 02:12:47
	Description:		If it wasn’t documented, it wasn’t done! Nurses are responsible for documenting many things. Some of which include: Care plans Medications (many facilities use barcode scanning) Nursing notes Assessments (focused, head to toe, vascular access devices, lines, tubes, airways, pain, sedation, restraints) Patient education Pay close attention to documentation training courses; the faster and more efficient you are at charting, the less time you spend in front of the computer Have the mentality when you’re charting that you want whomever reads it in the future to have a clear picture of what was happening with the patient at any point in their stay while you’re caring for them. Write like it’s going to be read in a deposition in the future Always document the facts and things that you’ve seen or done, never assume anything For example, if you walk into your patient’s room and they are on the floor and the patient says they fell.. Do not chart: “Patient fell.” Chart: “Walked into patient’s room, noted patient lying on ground at the foot of the bed.” The post Ep021: Nursing Documentation appeared first on NRSNG.
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