Poor Nurse

NurseOnAMotorcycle, ASN, RN · Mar 6, 2015

HAHAHA! That's great, and true depending on what shift you work. :eek: :yes:

TexMex22 · Mar 6, 2015

In the olden days of nursing, many nurses purportedly carried three pens at all times: one with black ink, one with blue ink and one with red ink. I do not know if this is accurate or not, but it is something I have heard.

Spoken like a young whippersnapper who has only read about the elusive, nearly-extinct, olden days nurse. In the "olden days" we did NOT carry three pens.

It was one pen with three or four colors of ink. A fabulous invention! :)

lilhemc · Mar 6, 2015

I should get some of those.

lilhemc · Mar 6, 2015

Do you carry the stethoscope around your neck or in your pocket?

NurseOnAMotorcycle, ASN, RN · Mar 6, 2015

Whichever feels more comfortable for you.

jennyincze · Mar 9, 2015

Spoken like a young whippersnapper who has only read about the elusive, nearly-extinct, olden days nurse. In the "olden days" we did NOT carry three pens.
It was one pen with three or four colors of ink. A fabulous invention! :)
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I carry one of those pens as a student- very handy. I found one with a highlighter on the end which was really great... But now it's used up and dry.

CT Pixie, BSN, RN · Mar 9, 2015

The only thing I don't buy about that picture is the blue pen. What nurse uses a pen with blue ink? :)

This nurse does :)

I also use black, red and green. It all depends on what I'm needing to write. And it happens to be the pen shown in the picture.

WAYY back in the 'olden days', blue or black ink was used to chart on the 7a-3p shift, green was 3p-11p and red was for 11p-7a in the facilities I worked in.

I use red ink for things I really need to stand out, blue is for labels that are printed in black ink so you can distinguish the actual written in info, I use green for info on assessments on my time and black or blue ink is what I write out report with.