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Opinion poll: Guess what readers think is the #1 trait of a good nurse?

5. Documentation prowess
Be the best nurse you can be and find peace of mind in that (easier said than done, I know). And when being your best isn’t enough for the borderline personality disordered clipboard-toting types, document, document, document—on your interactions with them, and anyone else you think may have a stick up their nether regions and is out to cause headaches for you. A key word with a date and time on your report sheet and a saved draft in a (non-work) email account that can be appended to are priceless when the time comes.

—Acey on Take that! How I (kind of) defeated the nurse who is out to get me

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