Patient record-keeping: How to avoid making serious mistakes or leaving gaps
Record-keeping errors can have serious consequences for patient safety and many result in fitness to practise proceedings. Read advice on maintaining accurate and timely documentation
Record-keeping is a core part of nursing, yet poor practice in this area consistently features in the top concerns raised with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Nursing Standard.
39, 10, 47-49.
doi: 10.7748/ns.39.10.47.s17
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