Based on accepted standards of care for documentation, identify all the elements that nurses should include in clients' medical records
a. Blank spaces between the lines for late entries
b. Date and time on all entries
c. Opinions about the client's behaviors
d. Statements about the physician's attitude toward the nurses
e. Direct observations
f. Quotes of statements made by clients and families
B, E, F
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