[NurseDennie]

I used the bigger type of belt with the pockets. It was the most comfortable for me. When I kept all my stuff in my pockets, my shoulders started getting sore, and the pockets wore/tore out.

People teased me about it at first, but when I was the one that didn't have to run for that tegaderm, and I never lost a pen or calipers or hemostat, I started seeing them on some other nurses as well. Tim the tool-man nurse Dennie, that's me.

Love

Dennie

[P_RN]

First you repair the pockets you rip with stuff catching on drawers. The designated way is with a stapler and white silk tape. (Is there any other means )

The (clean) hemostats go on your lab jacket front near the snaps. The fanny pack I wear on my left hip. It looks funny but feels just right. I keep a ziplock bag with the less frequently used stuff in my left pants pocket. Steth. around my neck or in the holster if I remember it. Big old trauma scissors have a clip left over from an ID badge and they're clipped onto the fannypack belt. Works for me for my mobile self.

Then I went to the dollar store and bought a yellow plastic basket. It looks like a bucket with windows in the side. The extra stuff goes in that. You know more gloves, extra tape measure etc. Money etc goes in a coin purse in my pocket.

[OBNURSEHEATHER]

In my right pocket I carry 1 red pen and 2 black pens, and my scissors and hemos that are connected by an allergy band (got tired of always losing one or the other, now I never lose either of them).

In my left pocket are my brains and a couple of bucks.

I'm a simplist

Heather

[Cascadians]

16 Pockets in Apron

http://www.scrubmed.com/fund.asp

[NurseDennie]

Oh man - that looks GREAT!
BTW, Cascadians - what is your avatar?? Every time I look at it, I think maybe I'm seeing something different?

Love

Dennie

[Cascadians]

There's 2 of us, so 2 ThanksGiving Squirrels, scanned from a greeting card Unfortunately had to shrink it to get it to fit as avatar!



We're sorta old-fashioned like that, and are Preppers, ready for earthquakes in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, Doomer-type stuff, so the pic is apropo, heeheeheheheheheheh, plus an old joke

We tried the lab jacket but have to wear short sleeve scrubs with 3 pockets and an apron to work fast enough and have enough handy for these poor ole tired feet n legs ...

[OBNURSEHEATHER]

Did you recently change it Cascadians? I know it's always been hard to tell exactly what it is, but I swear it really used to be different!

Or is it some sort of illlusion? Or am I just crazy?

Heather

[Cascadians]

When we first started posting here we used that little lab flask bubbling one that comes with the vB software, but then we used the Squirrels, hasn't changed ... doubt you're crazy, just squinting

Speaking of image morphing, we did a lot of eyeball adjusting before we realized what NurseDennie's avatar was! LOL! These little pics are a blast! Something we really enjoy

[Tiiki]

we usually have a table or counter. I have a pencil case for odds and ends, I collect funky pens. In my pocket, I use an empty 50cc I.V bag for my pens, the ones with 4 colours in em, a pencil, sissors..and what ever else I pick up. Rolls of tape go around my stethescope. My pockets still get pen marks, ripped, etc....ohhh well..all part of the job!

Cheers!

Jo-Anne

[nurse-lou]

When I work the floor each nurse has her own med cart, so I may use the fanny pack and keep it on the cart, just not attached to my waist. Thanks for all your input.