Charting

[Tweety]

Anyone have any good sources for a "how to chart" book for an oldtimer? My charting could use a little dusting up. I see they make a "Charting Made Incredibly Easy". I'd like a reference that I can refer to at work and keep in my locker perhaps. Thanks to anyone that can help.

[leslie :-D]

Here's an interesting one-

The nurse noted in the patient’s chart that she had removed the catheter, but did not record the time of day. Later that day, the patient was unable to void her urine. According to the court record, because the nurse who removed the catheter did not record the time of day, there was a delay in reinserting another catheter to enable the patient to void. The Court of Appeals of Georgia faulted the nurse who removed the catheter. The court ruled it was negligent nursing practice for the nurse not to have made note of the time of day when the catheter was removed.

actually, charting the time of removal is pertinent since one needs to know when pt is dtv.