Nose Sinuses

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9. Weak vs. strong documentation

Weak — does not survive

Why it fails

Strong — defensible

“Nosebleed, stopped.”

No site, volume, anticoagulation status, or hemodynamic check.

The epistaxis model note in §4: the site/volume/control, the anticoagulation status, the pressure/airway management, the vital-sign watch, and the notification.

“Cannula in place.”

No nares assessment — misses a device pressure injury.

“Cannula delivering the ordered O₂; nares intact without septal/nares breakdown; padding per plan; mucosa moist.”

“Clear drainage from nose.”

After neurosurgery, this may be a CSF leak — no escalation.

“New clear watery drainage from one nostril post-transsphenoidal — neurosurgery notified urgently; HOB per order; no nose-blowing; neuro monitored.”

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