While documenting in a patient's chart, a nurse realizes that it is the wrong patient's chart. The nurse should
1. Write over the incorrect letters.
2. Use correction fluid to blank out the mistaken entry.
3. Use correction tape to blank out the mistaken entry.
4. Write "mistaken entry" and his or her initials just above incorrect entry.
ANS: 4
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