Health care facilities are incorporating the use of electronic health records (EHRs), and nurses are responsible for entering data on their patients. Nurses understand that there are many advantages to this new form of charting
Which of these is an advantage to the nurse when using the EHR? Select all that apply. a. Not all documentation is accessible to the nurse.
b. Documentation occurs at the patient's bedside.
c. Corrections are easily made when errors are inadvertently made.
d. Coordination of vital signs to prescribed medications is easy and quick.
e. Nurses must identify the assessment parameters to be included.
B, C, D
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Correct The EHR has many advantages for the nurse including access to computers at the bedside.
The EHR has many advantages for the nurse including easy changes to errors made to documentation.
The EHR has many advantages for the nurse including having all necessary information easily and quickly accessible for coordination of care.
Incorrect This is not true of the EHR.
This is not true of the EHR.
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