When using electronic (or computerized) documentation, which process should the nurse use to ensure that no one alters the information the nurse has entered?
a. Charting in code
b. Logging off
c. Charting in privacy
d. Signing on with a password
ANS: B
Logging off closes the computer file that was opened with the nurse's password. Any other data entry will require that person to sign on with their password.
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