do you write on yourself?

nursbee04 · Jun 12, 2003

I keep a copy of my report sheet in my pocket, but it is faster to just write on my arm than rummage around trying to find it. The other day the charge nurse grabbed my arm, gasped, and proceeded to warn me about ink poisoning...

charissa · Jun 13, 2003

I think everyone has written on odd things. Sheets during a code with no paper seems to be reoccuring, I have done it myself, as with paper towels though you HAVE to keep them with you or they end up in trash or laundry when you need them!

udontwannabme · Jun 17, 2003

I always write on the top of my right hand, not a whole lot of lefty's around, of on a paper towel, or just whatever I have in my pocket that can be written on. I have also ran into people and I get their # and write in on my hand. Some one told me that they had a piece of paper that I could use, but I told them that I would lose it before I got home. Not much chance of lossing my hand, Hee Hee

nec · Jun 17, 2003

i usually reach over someone scrambling for paper if i am on the phone recieving verbal orders, i hardly ever write on myself i guess i would though if there was nothing to write on nec :chuckle :devil:

Ruby Vee, BSN · Jun 17, 2003

I've trained myself to keep a piece of paper in my pocket for writing such things on -- and write really small so I can cram 12 hours worth of notes onto one piece of paper! If the patient is in isolation, I write on a paper towel, which I then tape to the window in the door to be read from the outside. During a code, a piece of tape on the thigh works great -- the sheets are too messy to "read" after we open a chest in the room!

Ruby

Valorie Davis · Jun 17, 2003

I used to write on my gloves, but found I'd forget and toss them. A pad of postit notes stuck to my name badge works well, when I think of it. Other wise its the hand/arm.

lilpoo_1 · Jun 17, 2003

I write on my left hand all the time at work. I have an awful memory and if it is important I write it down. Alcohol prep pads work wonders wiping it off!

zudy · Jun 17, 2003

I chart on myself, paper towels, tape, kleenex boxes also work well. Just about anything will do in a pinch. I read an article about a medical mission, they didn't have anything to chart on, so they would chart the pt's preop VS on the pt's forehead. I liked that idea, but my NM didn't go for it.

nialloh, RN · Jun 17, 2003

I used to use a note pad, but after a while I would have a pocket full of old out of date info. I now use postits, as I can dump them after I have recorded the info elsewhere.

I have never written on myself, but some of my friends are walking palm pilots:)

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist · Jun 17, 2003

Okay, let's see... :rolleyes:

I've made notes on:

myself

my scrubs (with and without tape)

isolation gowns

the sheets

Kleenex boxes

2x2 packages

"clean gloves" boxes

"sterile gloves" wrappers

paper towels

menus from a pt's tray

the margin of lab flowsheets

the bottom of my shoe (combination to the narcotics safe when I was a Rx tech so I wouldn't forget it)

magazines

and anything else that will take ink...

Heartsofangels · Jun 17, 2003

I carry a clipboard with my report sheet on it with enough room for vs and other pertinent information. If I happen to go to a pt's room without my clipboard and I have to write down some information, I get a paper towel. I never thought to write on myself and I don't think I want to.:)

1996RN · Jun 18, 2003

I work in L&D in a hospital where we have a locker room and change in and out of hospital issued scrubs every day. Everyone, myself included, uses their scrub pants as a piece of paper. They are filled with phone numbers, vitals, operating room times, delivery times, baby's weights, etc etc. It's kind of nice to have something to always write on.