Deleted Encounter notes can be recovered from the Messages window... This should contain all of the items that were deleted or uncompleted by the user since signing on.
John, I have never found notes in the message window, just messages. How would you delete a note and have it get there?
If she enters data in an Encounter note, but wants to save the uncompleted note to open another patient's record, send the uncompleted Encounter to herself as a Message. Then it will be saved in her Messages Inbox. To do this, when the note to be saved is open, click on the "Forward Chart" button at the lower right, and choose the her name from the list.
I agree, just remember that ctrl-s does this more efficiently.