If highlighting isn’t important to you and you don’t mind slightly slower drying times, the Uni-ball Signo RT1 offers wonderfully smooth, waterproof ink in 10 lovely colors. It’s only available in three colors, but it was waterproof in testing and is specifically formulated not to smear when highlighted. If waterproof ink and fast highlighting are more important to you than color selection, try the Zebra Sarasa Mark On. It is also vulnerable to smearing if highlighted too quickly. This means that your writing may smudge if it gets wet but should remain legible. The one drawback to the EnerGel-X is that although its ink is water resistant, it is not waterproof. Smaller tip sizes dried even faster, with the 0.3 mm size being smudge-free at one second. In testing, the 0.7 mm size dried within five seconds on copy paper. Its super-smooth ink is a joy to write with and comes in eight brilliant hues for color-coding to your heart’s content. The choice of the best gel pen for nurses was a tricky one, but in the end we settled on the Pentel EnerGel-X. For those who’d like to to venture beyond the standard ink colors, keep reading to see our other picks. Although each pen only comes with black ink, its refills are available in four colors.
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It boasts the same pressurized ink benefits as the Power Tank plus a sturdy, spring-loaded wire clip and lanyard hole.
If you’re a lanyard pen kind of nurse and don’t mind a thicker barrel, consider the Tombow AirPress. There are two drawbacks to this pen: it has only a standard clip with no lanyard hole, and it only comes in black, blue, and red. The grip is slightly thicker than most single-color pens, but it’s still thin enough to switch between multiple colors held in the same hand. The Uni Power Tank’s firm, lightly textured rubber grip is easy to clean and comfortably anti-slip. And since pressurized ink will write on paper that is already wet in addition to being waterproof, there’s no need to worry about the effect any mishaps will have on your charting. This lets you easily make notes wherever you are. The cotton blend will appeal to both the writer and receiver. The Power Tank contains pressurized ballpoint ink that defies gravity to keep writing at even the oddest angles. Strathmore Writing Paper With probably the fastest dry times out of any paper in this list and solid ink-handling capabilities, this paper will appeal to many letter writers. Both the 0.7 mm and the 1.0 mm tip sizes dried within 10 seconds on our office labels and almost instantly on ordinary copy paper, so you can be sure that your notes will be smudge free. It was one of the few “regular” pens we tested to write well on labels. The Uni Power Tank looks may look like an ordinary plastic pen, but don’t be fooled-this retractable pen truly is a tank that can power through just about any writing situation.