do you write on yourself?

ernurse728, LPN · Jun 11, 2003

I don't write on myself....but I am famous for writing on paper towels. God forbid if someone is picking up trash and throws it away! We also write on the sheets during codes all the time.

Shamrock, BSN, RN · Jun 11, 2003

I don't write on myself, just other poeple. Ha :)

jschut, BSN, RN · Jun 11, 2003

Yep! I write on my left hand too! :)

I have to! With everything else I have to carry around, I don't have room for paper!:)

(Although I do have a pad of paper on my med cart that I refer to as "my brain".)

live4today, RN · Jun 11, 2003

Nope, never write on myself, but I've seen body notes on other staff. :)

I grab a paper towel and write on it if I need to, or an alcohol pad cover. :nurse:

I_Love_Donuts · Jun 11, 2003

Hahaha!!! Yeah...I writte on myself too...!! Forget the paper towel it always gets lost!

nowplayingEDRN · Jun 11, 2003

Originally posted by ernurse728
We also write on the sheets during codes all the time.

Guilty of writing on the sheets both during codes and other times when I need to write something down like yesterday

SmilingBluEyes · Jun 11, 2003

I have been known to write vitals on scrub pants in an extreme pinch. but not on hands if i can help it. I just hate that for some reason (as if scrub pants look any better, I know)....

IRISHBREAD · Jun 11, 2003

yes i do use my left hand to write vitals etc when i don't have my board with me. i can't lose it that way. i tried paper towels etc but they got tossed when i would wash my hands. i work in peds and when a little patient saw me do it she told me that i shouldn't be writing on myself--that what her mother told her. that's what i tell my boys too, but it's more do as i say not as i do.

HARN · Jun 11, 2003

lol....my arm is my best reminder!!!! I write last minute stuff & reminders on my hands & arms. I will not forget this way. If I have to stop heparin & restart at a different rate or draw a second set of bld cx, these things happen over a short period of time. In case I get involved in something else where my board is not present, I have my hand or am to remind me!!!!

atownsendrn · Jun 11, 2003

left hand, scrubs, and paper towels !!!!

and the sheet (but got in trouble by housekeeping for that, but still use it in a pinch) :nono:

**canoehead, BSN, RN** · Jun 11, 2003

I used to write on my hand but it kept getting washed off before I got around to charting it.

KaroSnowQueen, RN · Jun 11, 2003

Yeppers. Don't know HOW many times a dr has phoned with new orders, I get called out of a room and scribble it all down on my left hand.