Why is it detrimental to make late entries in nursing documentation look contemporaneous?
A. The nurse might make a mistake in his entry
B. The accuracy of the documentation will be called into question
C. The timeline of the documentation will be altered
D. The documentation of other health care professionals will not be compatible with that of nurses
Answer: B. Ideally, all charting should be contemporaneous. In an instance where a nurse is charting several hours after an event, he should indicate that this is the case. It will explain any possible deviations in the timeline that might otherwise look like falsified records.
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