When a patient crashes, deteriorates, falls, codes, becomes violent, or has an unexpected reaction… your documentation becomes the legal record of truth. And the FIRST thing lawyers, surveyors, and risk teams look for is the timeline. If your notes have gaps, missing timestamps, or unclear sequencing, it can be interpreted as: ❌ delayed care ❌ failure to monitor ❌ failure to escalate ❌ unsafe practice Even when you did everything right — gaps make it look like you didn’t. ⸻ 🕒 What absolutely MU