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Nursing Gear- Essentials

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

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    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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    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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    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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    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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