Lanks

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1. Intraop Record

   Lanks posted a topic in Operating Room

   When filling out the nursing record if a given area ie cautery or tourniquet is not used, what do other facilities do. Do you leave it blank, rationalizing if it wasn't charted, it wasn't done. Or do you put a line through it to show its not applicab...

2. documentation

   Lanks posted a topic in Operating Room

   The current controversy around my dept is regarding the intra op record. One RN states that for instance if a procedure doesn't require the cautery machine the area for that should just be left blank his rationale is if it is left blank it is conside...