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Charting Made Simple—By a Nurse, For Nurses

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This easy-to-read guide consists of:
✔ Different charting style examples (narrative, focused, SBAR, etc.)
✔ How to gather and chart clinical history
✔ Also, communication guidelines between healthcare providers and nurse colleagues.

There are numerous relatable nursing tips and pieces of advice throughout. References are
provided by the American Nurse Association (ANA), Joint Commission (JC), and other
credible sources.

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This easy-to-read guide consists of different charting style examples (narrative, focused, SBAR, etc.), how to gather and chart clinical history.

References are provided by the American Nurse Association (ANA), Joint Commission (JC), and other credible sources.

This resource features:

Dos and don’ts of charting
Head-to-toe assessments
Detailed review of systems
More than 900 commonly used medical abbreviations from A-Z along with Joint Commission’s Do Not Use list
Nursing note examples, medical illustrations, personal stories and much more

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Just what I was hoping to find inside!

Just what I was hoping to find inside! Intelligent, gets to the point, examples given, and happy to find the information I was hoping for. This is a well thought out book that thankfully does not ramble.

Lillian

08/10/2025

Simple and

Simple and straightforward

Amarra Richards

02/20/2026

Great

Great

Anonymous

02/05/2026

Very informative.

Satinderpal

01/12/2026

Great little guide for charting

Great little guide for charting. Came quickly from ink and needle and lower price than amazom

Anonymous

01/02/2026

Best Book For any Nurse or Graduate

Best Book For any Nurse or Graduate Nurse!

Edwin Roundtree

12/18/2025

Love it

Love it. Very informative! I think all new nurses should have this book.

Karen Joseph

12/01/2025

I think this book is so helpful for a new for a new nurse like me. It gives me a perspective on how to do my charity and also how to do a report to the next shift nurse that’s coming on the shift.

Tirona

11/20/2025

Awesome book!

Super helpful book!

SN

10/24/2025

Very informative and a great tool for a new Nurse like myself

Very informative and a great tool for a new Nurse like myself. Ive showed coworkers who are OG Nurses and they also stated its good for any one

Puddin Smith

09/30/2025

I am loving this book! It is easy for me to

I am loving this book! It is easy for me to carry aroundin my bag and utilize at any time

Anonymous

09/22/2025

Very useful!

Rena

08/26/2025

From Student to Nurse—This Book Is My Go-To

Let me start out with saying as a student nurse, I appreciate your book. Going into my new career as a nurse soon your book is preparing me for what is to come and to be expected of me. Now I can go into the charting and documentation world with more ease and understanding. I came across your book information on TikTok my name on there is Rolling Veins LLC “Maisha”. Thank you for this great book that can travel with me at all times. Cute, Small and Packed with so much needed information. I pray your sells go beyond what you anticipated.

Maisha Cheatham

08/11/2025

This is a great book

This is a great book. Especially for me as a new nurse.

Anonymous

07/29/2025

Very informative

Very informative book

Flora

07/23/2025