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As my late father-in-law used to say, "Don't force it honey, get a bigger hammer!"
I use an exceptionally fine-point pen (seriously, they don't sell them in stores, I have to order them online) for charting. The point is so sharp it's also good for opening even the toughest med wrappers. And given how bad it hurts when I accidentally stab my finger with it, it'd probably be good for self-defense too.
I use an exceptionally fine-point pen (seriously, they don't sell them in stores, I have to order them online) for charting. The point is so sharp it's also good for opening even the toughest med wrappers. And given how bad it hurts when I accidentally stab my finger with it, it'd probably be good for self-defense too.
Oh, God, yes, I have stabbed myself more than once. Then it really gets fun, working in pain for the rest of that shift and the next one or 2.
I use the corners of one package to open the other ones.
I have no major problems that have the little tab that you pull back to open (but half the time it just tears), but one of the worst is baby aspirin in the individual packs. I just use the corner of one to poke the others open, then one of the others to do that one and push them into the cup.
Kooky Korky, BSN, RN
5,216 Posts
Does anyone remember and miss the days when every single pill did not come in its own individual little package?
And there was no need to struggle with wrappers because there weren't any!!
I fought with one today for a full minute before it gave way.
Not to mention there was a whole lot less trash when we did not have to unwrap, break through, dynamite every pill out of its own wrapper.
I am going to let the manufacturers of the ones I find the worst know how they could make nurses' lives a whole lot easier.
Yes, I do have scissors and a pen. Maybe switch to karate chops?