To better understand your client's condition, you read the notes of the physician, the respiratory therapist, and the last shift's nurse, all of which are in different divisions of the client's chart
What type of medical record is your facility using?
1. narrative charting
2. source-oriented medical records
3. problem-oriented medical records
4. clinical pathways
ANS: 2
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