So why is it some nurses feel compelled to save every piece of paper they've ever put their hand on? I've been trying to clean out my office and have found papers in there from previous directors that are 5 and 6 years old. It doesn't matter any more that Suzy Sunshine needed a lip plate in 2006.
Why keep all the old pharmacy recommendations? The recs are in the medical records so why save copies? Why save the dietary report when the dietitian has her own copy?
I am SO looking forward to EMR so we won't be buried in a sea of papers.
I save incident reports for a year, reportables to DPH with statements for the year, but other than that what is the point?
3/4s of the stuff I found in the filing cabinets (have been there a year and never had time to clean the office before) is going to Iron Mountain.