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November 29th, 2017

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Charting, when, why, and how

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...aka, "you finished your report to the next shift an hour ago, what are you still doing here?!" "...charting..."
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Here you are, [livejournal.com profile] acelightning and [livejournal.com profile] browngirl

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A condensed version of the discussion we have in class:

Why do we document?
-To communicate with other members of healthcare team
-To communicate with subsequent shifts
-Legal purposes

Documentation should be:
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Two videos below.
Can share other stories and videos about medical errors, btw, if anybody's interested, let me know...
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