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Educator Toolkit: Documentation for Nurses

With materials in this section, you can help raise your students' awareness of documentation risks that can lead to claims of negligence and malpractice, and that by improving the quality of documentation, they can see fewer malpractice incidents.

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Educator Toolkit: Documentation for Nurses

With materials in this section, you can help raise your students' awareness of documentation risks that can lead to claims of negligence and malpractice, and that by improving the quality of documentation, they can see fewer malpractice incidents.

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Educator Material Request Form​​​

NSO has developed an Educator Program to make it easy to receive case studies, articles and claim reports to use in your classroom. Sign up to join our educator program below!

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Accurate documentation is a critical component of patient care. With materials in this section, you can help raise your students' awareness of documentation risks that can lead to claims of negligence and malpractice, and that by improving the quality of documentation, they can see fewer malpractice incidents.

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