Open disclosure, complaints and medical error practice

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A registered nurse on night shift realises she has written a progress note about one patient in a different patient's paper medical record. The entry is factually accurate but relates to the wrong person, and she notices the mistake 20 minutes later, before handover. Which one of the following is the most appropriate way to manage the incorrect entry?