Different Pen colors

[cajrio]

Ok I just started working in another facility and I have never heard about the use of a red pen or green or blue to mark off orders or write up notes. I have always been taught you always use black ink because of legal purposes, does anyone else use numerous colors on their charts??

Thanks:balloons:

[sweetielin]

black on days. red on nights. for writing orders, we use black. some of the docs use blue, though.

[VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN]

At the hospital in which I work part-time, the nurses chart/ sign off MARS in blue ink. The providers also write orders in blue ink.