[WindyHill]

I suggested wearing one to clinicals and got laughed at...............

[sarita279]

i use one, although i think mine is smaller than those shown. it's also good to hang my cell phone on. i dont care what other people think, i've always got stuff i need, both for myself AND others (i have a never ending pocket of alcohol wipes on there!)

[Hoozdo]

I use one too and like it. I like the one in the first picture; the second one looks to large.

I can think of only 3 drawbacks to a nurse's tool belt.
1. Maybe 1 out of 50 times when I bend over something drops on the floor, like scissors or hemostats.
2. I accidently hit the bed buttons with my extended stomach when I am bedside doing something.
3. They are hard to clean

There are many more pros than cons to wearing one
- If you have a waistline, show it off
- You always have scissors
- You always have tape
- You always have pens
- You always have ANYTHING you really need
- You always know automatically where to reach when you need something
- You can keep other things in your pockets, like mints, report sheet, etc without having to keep tools in your pockets. You have zero risk of poking holes in your scrub pockets.

I think you would like one. I am constantly having to loan my scissors or give tape to somebody at work.

[ceecel.dee]

Can't imagine wearing one...can't imagine how to sanitize the thing and imagine the cross-contamination issues. Not a fan.

[jjjoy]

Originally Posted by ceecel.dee

Can't imagine wearing one...can't imagine how to sanitize the thing and imagine the cross-contamination issues. Not a fan.

If the "tool belt" is made of a sturdy material, it could probably be wiped down at the end of the day.

On a similar note, I wonder how many nurses wipe down everything they clear out of their pockets at the end of the day and throw back in again the next day (scissors, tape, hemostats, pens, etc). And how many nurses wear the same jacket over their uniform from the day before without washing it?

[clee1]

I keep an "EMT pouch" to hold scissors, stats, strip caliper, penlight, tape, etc. in one scrub top pocket. The other holds three Altoids tins containing alcohol preps, 2x2's, line-change and int site labels, etc. Palm Pilot (in a hard aluminum case) and pens in the breast pocket.

I wear cargo-pocket bottoms that have regular front pockets as well. In the regular pockets are cell phone, unit phone and keys. The cargo pockets are used for INT starting supplies, drip set and piggyback lines, syringes, needles, and flushes. My stethoscope hangs from my waistband on a hard plastic steth holder (allheart.com).

I carry an aluminum Sauder desk/clipboard that holds my paperwork, next meds, tape measure, dry erase marker, highlighter, etc. (REALLY handy!)

I rarely drop anything, rarely have to go out of a room for "routine" supplies, and the distribution of the above items doesn't really bulge out my scrubs.

On my unit, I'm known as "Mr. Prepared".

Fanny pack???? NO, thank you.

[johnwaynehair]

Of all things, I bought a concealed handgun fanny pack, and took out the holster...lots of pockets and really roomy!

[bigsyis]

Do you remember the word "fomite" from Nursing School? Unless you laundered it every day, that carry all would be just that. Just load your lab jacket pockets up, and keep doing the laundry! Soon you will be able to find exactly what you are looking for when you put your hand in your pocket-just by the feel! Left hand pocket for one type of t hings, right hand pocket for the rest.

[ROSYJO11]

well here in Australia fanny doesnt mean what it does in USA, it means the female genitalia!

I remember some nursing friends of mine went on a cruise together and came back from America with these round bats like wooden small tennis rackets and they were called Fanny Smackers.

They were brought to work and we all laughed our butts off, I still giggle when I hear/see anything like it. Immature perhaps but funny nevertheless.

Now here we call those bags, bumbags lol

And if I am wearing trousers that dont have the nice deep pockets then I wear a black tourist one to work and it holds all my goodies. Easily makes it through the wash with my uniform.

Camera pouches make handy accessories as well.

Jo

[P_RN]

In Australia the f- word isn't kindle looked upon. I used a white "hip pack" yes twisted over my right hip and kind of loose like a gun-slinger's belt. I also fell in love with a passport belt I had that I wore cross chest like. Everything I needed less often would go in a belt/pack. Othrewise my pen never left my hand and my scissors were in the pack.