[Rena RN 2003]

strange question, i know. but do you? i just got home from work about an hour ago and i'm looking at my forearms and thinking i'm insane. i have 3 set's of vitals and a reminder to check room 5's IV at 2150.

[Tweety]

Absolutely, sometimes there isn't paper handy when you need to remember important numbers!

[Zinnia]

Those perforated pieces of cardboard that come off when you open a new clean box of kleenex make great notepads!

[night owl]

Positively, when there's nothing else available to write on, I use the palm of my left hand.

[Paprikat]

Laffs...I do this all the time. I write vitals, blood sugars, presription refil numbers. My boyfriend is always threatening to buy me a notepad on a string that I could wear around my neck...

[cwazycwissyRN]

yuppers, on my left had...a nurse has gotta do what shes gotta do.

[altomga]

Originally posted by cwazycwissyRN
yuppers, on my left had...a nurse has gotta do what shes gotta do.

I totally agree with you. My left hand is always ending up with something written on it. No better notepad...at least it never get's lost

[Chttynurs]

Always! My patients laugh, but I tell them I can't leave my hand behind in the room, like paper!! It also forces me to write the stuff down right away where it should be, before I wash my hands!

[KeniRN]

Not only do I note on myself at work but if I'm someplace other than work, out of habit, if I can't find a scrap of paper I don't think twice and just write on my hand or arm. The other day I bumped into someone I haven't seen in years in the mall and (only had my ATM card, DL and car keys with me) wrote her # on my hand. She said,"you must be a nurse! Onl nurses do that."

[niteshiftnurse]

I once used a permenant marker (only pen I had at the time) and 2 weeks later still had the vs on my palm