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Aug 16, 2008 02:46 AM

Waterproof Watch


Hello All! I am new to the forums. I am starting my third year of nursing school. Last year during clinical I purchased a cheap $6 watch from Walmart with a leather band. It seemed to hold up during clinical but when I wore it to work this summer as a CNA it kept fogging with water and ultimately stopped working. I need advice as to where I can find a good waterproof watch, not digital, with a plastic/metal band. I have been looking online for nurse's watches but all I can seem to find are goofy looking ones with characters on them or ones that don't look like they are going to last more than a day in a hospital setting. I looked online at the "Swatch" company and their watches seemed to fit what I want but are too expensive for my budget/I wouldn't want to get bodily fluids on a nice watch! I'm not looking to spend more than 30 dollars. Please help.


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from Nurse Salt
Old Aug 16, 2008, 03:54 AM

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Why are you not looking @ digital? IMO, it is much easier to be precise with minutes and seconds using a digital. I have an awesome digital casio that is plastic and waterproof up to 100 feet. It also has tons of features like a night light, an alarm, and it can easily go between military/standard time... I got it on amazon for maybe $20.
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from Sunset87
Old Aug 16, 2008, 09:40 AM

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Hi,
My nursing school requires a watch with a second hand. So I'm also looking for a waterproof non digital watch. Right now I'm looking at the nike watches.
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Old Aug 17, 2008, 12:10 AM

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I find it a lot easier to take pulses with a second hand plus my school requires one as well so that is why I do not use a digital watch. Let me know if you have any luck with Nike.
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from KeithG
Old Sep 02, 2008, 06:01 PM

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yes you should take a watch with second hand it is easier to use when taking vital signs and also the waterproof one's so that you dont need to take it off when washing your hands digital? when i was a student nurse i was not allowed to be used only watches with 2nd hand are allowed
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Old Sep 02, 2008, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunset87 View Post
Hi,
My nursing school requires a watch with a second hand. So I'm also looking for a waterproof non digital watch. Right now I'm looking at the nike watches.
They don't mean literal "second hand". They want you to be able to count seconds. It doesn't matter if it's digital or analog so long as you can see the seconds.

I use a Fossil (analog) watch with a digital second display in the background:

http://www.fossil.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=12052&catalogId=10052&departmentCategory Id=30001&categoryId=211556&productId=1001871&N=0&N o=28&Ns=p_subcategory_sequence|0||p_weight|0||p_or der_history|1&rec=37&pn=c&imagePath=JR8096
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No. 6
from Pedi-Gree
Old Sep 02, 2008, 11:07 PM

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I have a cheap stainless steel water-resistant-to-30-meters watch with an expansion band from Walmart that cost about $20. I've had it more than a year, it's been washed, dropped, stepped on and beaten upon and is still water resistant and relatively scratch-free. When it dies I'll get another one just like it.
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from lilhev333
Old Sep 08, 2008, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by hypocaffeinemia View Post
They don't mean literal "second hand". They want you to be able to count seconds. It doesn't matter if it's digital or analog so long as you can see the seconds.

I use a Fossil (analog) watch with a digital second display in the background:

http://www.fossil.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=12052&catalogId=10052&departmentCategory Id=30001&categoryId=211556&productId=1001871&N=0&N o=28&Ns=p_subcategory_sequence|0||p_weight|0||p_or der_history|1&rec=37&pn=c&imagePath=JR8096
actually my school does require a watch with a second-hand. I've always used digital or i'm trying to find a analog-digital watch w/a second hand.
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