A patient incident occurred on the nursing unit. What should the nurse caring for the patient do in regard to the incident report?
1. Ask the nursing supervisor to complete the report.
2. Carefully document the completion of an incident report in the nurse's notes.
3. Include only the facts and the nurse's observations in the incident report.
4. Write a recommendation for future prevention of such incidents in the report.
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Rationale: The person discovering or directly involved in the incident must complete the report. This could be any staff member, not just the nursing supervisor. It should never be referenced or documented in the nurse's notes, which are a part of the patient record. This report is for institutional use only. Recommendations for prevention are also not part of the incident report. The report is just a documentation of the factual events of the incident, not opinions.
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