Which of the following is required when needing to make a correction to an error recorded in a patient's written medical chart?
do nothing, report it to the charge nurse
use white-out and then rewrite it
erase it and rewrite it
strike through the error and rewrite the information
strike through the error and rewrite the information
Rationale: Proper follow up to an error written in a patient's medical chart is to strike through it and clearly rewrite the information.
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