A nurse working in a care area that uses paper charting notices an error when recording a patient's vital signs in the patient record. Which option adheres to The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines for making corrections to documentation?

D The nurse should cross out the error with a single line so the original documentation can be seen and sign and date the correction. B The nurse should use a permanent marker to eliminate all incorrect documentation from view and initial the mistake. A The nurse may use white out to remove the incorrect documentation and write the correct information over the white out. C The nurse should cross out the error with a double line so the original documentation may be seen and date the new entry.