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Incident Report Writer

ChatGPT beginner Clinical Documentation

The Prompt

Write a professional nursing incident report for the following event:

Incident details:
- Date and time: [date/time]
- Location: [unit/room]
- Patient: [age/gender — no identifying info]
- Type of incident: [fall/medication error/pressure injury/other]
- Witnesses: [names/roles]

Report must include:
1. Objective description of what happened
2. Patient condition before incident
3. Immediate actions taken
4. Patient assessment after incident
5. Physician notification: [time/name/orders received]
6. Family notification: [Yes/No/time]
7. Follow up care provided
8. Equipment involved if applicable
9. Contributing factors (without blame)
10. Recommendations to prevent recurrence

Tone: Objective, factual and non-judgmental
Avoid: Opinions, blame, or subjective statements
Length: 300-400 words
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How to Use This Prompt

  1. Click Copy Prompt above
  2. Open ChatGPT or Claude
  3. Paste the prompt and replace anything in [brackets] with your own details
  4. Press Enter and get your result instantly

Pro Tip

The more specific you are when replacing the [brackets], the better your result. For example instead of writing [Job Title] write "Senior Software Engineer with 5 years experience" — specificity is what separates a good AI response from a great one.

This prompt works best with ChatGPT . If you are not happy with the first result, try adding "make it more concise" or "give me 3 alternative versions" as a follow-up message.