The nurse misspells a word on the client's progress note. Which method should the nurse use to correct the misspelled word?
1. Discard the progress note.
2. Cover with correction fluid.
3. Scratch out the misspelling.
4. Draw a line through the word.
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4. Draw a single line through an error such as a misspelling on client documentation; the line indicates the word is irrelevant but allows the reader to view the word, im-plying that the nurse has nothing to hide. The remaining options, when viewed in le-gal proceedings, often raise suspicion about the writer or the contents of the entry.
1. Once agency forms contain client documentation, the paper becomes a legal doc-ument and cannot be destroyed or discarded.
2 and 3. The nurse does not use correction fluid or scratch out an error in the medical record because both methods hide the error and raise suspicion about the error.
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