While documenting in a patient's chart, a nurse recognizes that
1. Documentation serves as a temporary part of the medical record.
2. Documentation is one of the least important tasks performed in nursing.
3. Documentation is the act of charting only abnormal information related to a patient.
4. Documentation is evidence of what transpired during an event requiring medical care.
ANS: 4
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