After documenting in the client's medical record, the nurse realizes it was the wrong medical record, and the charting was for another client. The nurse's priority action is to do which of the following?
1. Use a permanent marker to black out the entry so that it cannot be read.
2. Pull out the page and discard it, and reenter the information in the other client's record.
3. Draw an X through the entry and write "error, wrong chart," and sign and date.
4. Cover the entry with brush-on correction fluid.
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Rationale: Draw an X through the entry and write "error, wrong chart," and sign and date. Pulling out the page would also delete other entries that are legal parts of the record. Using white-out or a marker is not acceptable because it obliterates the information.
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