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T = Timely

• Professionals in other disciplines and nurses who provide temporary coverage need to have

up-to-date information available in the record

• Other professionals who access the record need to have up-to-date data to guide care

• Computer entries are automatically date-and-time stamped:

➢When your entry refers to earlier events, note the time to which you are referring

➢NEVER document in advance o This practice is illegal falsification of the record

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