"Heating Pads"

1 minute ago, OldDude said:

None

Well, I don't feel so bad for wanting them gone now. I think they will not be a thing at all next year. Typing up my beginning of the year speech now. Haha

I should specify that I am referring to a cloth bag filled with rice; I wouldn't use a plug-in pad at all... and likewise, if I don't get them back you're on my poop-list. My school is small and they usually get returned eventually...

Just now, k1p1ssk said:

I should specify that I am referring to a cloth bag filled with rice; I wouldn't use a plug-in pad at all... and likewise, if I don't get them back you're on my poop-list. My school is small and they usually get returned eventually...

I only have the hot/cold gel packs. All the girls call them heating pads here.

32 minutes ago, CanIcallmymom said:

Even the reheatable hot packs?

Nope. I don't think I'd ever get those back.

1 minute ago, jess11RN said:

Nope. I don't think I'd ever get those back.

I think I need to champion for an ice maker so I can be done with these darn hot/cold packs all together.

Just now, CanIcallmymom said:

I think I need to champion for an ice maker so I can be done with these darn hot/cold packs all together.

Yes! I LOVE my ice maker. Got it at the end of last year. It is a godsend. The kids can take their ice pack with them and I don't have to worry about it not being returned. The ice maker was a little over $100 and the bags are pretty inexpensive through a medical supply company (a lot cheaper than having to order the hot/cold packs).

1 minute ago, jess11RN said:

Yes! I LOVE my ice maker. Got it at the end of last year. It is a godsend. The kids can take their ice pack with them and I don't have to worry about it not being returned. The ice maker was a little over $100 and the bags are pretty inexpensive through a medical supply company (a lot cheaper than having to order the hot/cold packs).

$100 is a steal! What kind of ice maker do you use/where did you order from? Trying to be cost effective.

I have some cloth bags filled with rice that I will heat up for earaches or abdominal cramps - I rarely use them.

1 minute ago, CanIcallmymom said:

$100 is a steal! What kind of ice maker do you use/where did you order from? Trying to be cost effective.

I either got it from Amazon or Walmart...I can't remember.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017Y3GGI?pf_rd_p=f3acc539-5d5f-49a3-89ea-768a917d5900&pf_rd_r=KKF3VM4G45MA457S57BM

No heating pads/packs in my clinic. Heat in the hospital required an MD order.

3 hours ago, NurseBorg said:

I use rice filled socks that I heat up in the microwave and allow them to be used for 5-10 minutes in the clinic and then it's back to class.

Borg, you're a genius!!!