A local celebrity is admitted to hospital following rupture of the appendix. The charge nurse submits an incident report if which individual accesses the patient’s chart?

No incident report is necessary. No incident report is necessary because the nurse caring for the patient, the UAP assigned to all patients on the floor, and the quality improvement nurse performing chart audits are all legally allowed to access the patient’s chart.

A local celebrity is admitted to hospital following rupture of th...

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