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Write It Right · Episode 4
Never Change Yesterday
Marcus finds a wrong medication entry from last night.
In this scene
Marcus: Denise, I wrote that Walter took his eight o'clock medicine last night. He didn't. He was asleep.
Marcus: Can I just delete it and write it right?
Denise: No. Never delete or rewrite an old note.
Watch the episode to see what happens next.
Questions to think about
- You find a mistake in yesterday's note. What do you do?
- Why not simply change the old note?
- The wrong note hid a missed medication. What else?
About this series
Documentation that shows the care given: specific, factual, in the person's own words, on time, and never changed after the fact.