Writing nursing notes by exception:
a. reduces repetition and time-consuming charting.
b. ensures that all standards are met with a normalresponse
c. readily identifies changes.
d. all of the above.
d
Charting by exception is a method of writing nursing
notes whereby all standards are assumed to be met unless
otherwise documented. As only out-of-the-ordinary develop
ments are documented, changes in the individual's condition
are readily identified.
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