Nursing Gear- Essentials

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What do you have to have with you on a daily basis?

For example:

I have a little canvas pocket that goes in my scrubs pockets at clinicals and practicum that came with our nursing kit for nursing school, we call them our "nerd packs", generally I keep:

a few pens

a penlight

hemostat

bandage scissors

index cards

a safety pin

and a roll of tape

and I usually keep a small fat notebook in my scrubs pocket as well as a ton of alcohol swabs and a few pairs of gloves for when I inevitably go into a room that only has small gloves in it.

What do you keep on you?

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Specializes in ER/ICU/Flight.

steth

penlight

kelly clamp

shears

tape

meconium aspirator

o2 christmas tree

electrodes

sat probe

tegaderm

these are in a small pack that I carry around. In my pocket I only carry a pen and gloves.

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Specializes in Acute Rehab.

stethescope, penlight, tape, alcohol pads, several pens, and atleast two pairs of gloves on me at all times.

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Specializes in ICU, Research, Corrections.

In my pockets - pen, pen light, small scissors, sharpie, a mess of alcohol swabs,

cell phone with PDA, and 10 cc saline flushes.

At my desk at the computer a "nursing box" containing hemostats, more sharpies,

more pens, large bandage scissors, gum, candy, old report sheets, or anything

that makes my pockets too heavy and pulls my pants down!

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Specializes in Oncology, LTC.

All of the above plus lip balm and a tiny tube of hand cream ( I used to be a manager at one of those 'bath' stores so these two items go with me everywhere).

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Specializes in ICU, Research, Corrections.
All of the above plus lip balm and a tiny tube of hand cream ( I used to be a manager at one of those 'bath' stores so these two items go with me everywhere).

Oh, I forgot to mention those! True Blue Spa's "Look Ma New Hands" in nurse

box. Cherry chapstick in pocket.

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Specializes in Oncology, LTC.

Look Ma New Hands is the best!

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I also keep a small bottle of sanitizer on a clip attached to my nerd pack. Just in case.

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Might one of you Nerd Packers be kind enough to link to a pack similar to the one you use? It would be greatly appreciated!

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Nerd pack= http://www.allheart.com/pm730.html for me, anyways!

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