med cart keys

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Thanks to all of you who made me feel that it happens to other nurses too. I found it today in a patient chart who was transferred to another floor the day I lost them. Thanks for your help .

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I've taken the treatment cart keys home and didn't realize it to the morning. Funny nobody realized either haha.

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Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.

I've done it too. I think most of us have done something similar.

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Specializes in LTC,Hospice/palliative care,acute care.

I lost my wristwatch once. I found it a YEAR later. IN my Betty Crocker cookbook in the cookie section (was baking Christmas cookies)

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i've locked my med cart keys IN my med cart, not once but two times now. Hey they are safe at least.

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I have locked my keys in my med cart once, on third shift, nobody but me in the building. Gah, texted another nurse and she told me how to get into the supervisors office to get the spare keys... which involved an interesting sort of scavenger hunt for like four different keys just to get in the door, lol.

I am forever locking myself out of the med room, we used to have a pretty easily accessible spare key but nurses kept wandering off with it and she took it away (I managed to never do that at least). Can't wait for third shift to lock themselves out and then she has to drive there in the middle of the night : )

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Once I looked the keys in my cart, and nobody knew where the second keys are placed and also once I went home in my pocket with them. Had to bring them back immediately...

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Specializes in retired LTC.
Once I looked the keys in my cart, and nobody knew where the second keys are placed and also once I went home in my pocket with them. Had to bring them back immediately...
And what a bummer if you live some 1 hour +++ away!

But I've got y'all beat - went home with the keys on my last day of employ at the place. TWICE!!!:roflmao:

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Locked my keys in the med cart last week. There was no spare key! It was locked for over 8 hrs. :(

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Specializes in LTC.

How is it safe to not have spare keys?

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

I'm glad we have carts with keypad entry. No keys to lose!

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Specializes in LTC.

I'm so sure I'll lock the keys in the cart that I wear them around my neck now. Hate how I 'clang-clink-clang' when I walk down the hall but beats having to find the charge nurse to find the Clinician to open the med cart!

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