When I was a student I always preferred it when a text was easy rather than difficult. Peppermint Patty displays that logic in the cartoon shown above. I love her last comment, “I hate it when you have to know what you’re writing about …”

It is entirely too frequent a happening these days when people write on a topic and don’t have the correct facts. Sure writing “off the cuff” may take less time and appear to be less effort. The downfall in this logic is that we end up confusing or misleading those who read what we write and have no idea the negative consequences that are caused when others act upon what we write.

As a Hospital Chaplain, I have make written entries in the medical record of every patient I visit. When I am making the entry I never know ahead of time who will read that entry, when they will read it, or what they are looking to find as they read it. My response it to make sure the entry is correct and concise. Most patients don’t ever see the charting in their medical record. Their healthcare is enhanced when the record is correct and that is why I strive to 100% accuracy in what I write.