What do you carry...

[ilove2dce]

I was wondering what type of ID do you wear? One around your neck or clipped onto your pocket. Also I was wondering what do you carry in the pockets of your scrubs?

[Sparrow23]

ID on retractable holder clipped to the neck of my top. Steth around my neck (careful though, almost got strangled with it once...). Alcohol wipes in this perfect alcohol wipe-sized pocked on my scrub pants. Black pen and pen light clipped to right pocket. Scissors in right pocket. Red pen, dry erase marker, roll of tape, floor phone and calc in left pocket. Carry all my notes on a clipboard. Also guilty of being a creature of habit. Started out carrying a lot more, but it was too bulky. At times I've wished for a tool belt. Or the courage a friend of mine possesses to actually wear a fanny pack.

[+one]

holy stuffed pockets batman!

LOL

[+one]

my scrub only has 2 pockets,

top pocket

-black pen

-marker

-highlighter

bottom pocket

-cheat sheet

-vitals sheet

ID clipped to the neck of my scrub

I don't carry too much stuffs with me since I drag the whole med cart with me hahaha basically everything that I need is in there!

[dln1x0n]

luckily for us we have nurse servers that have just about everything we need in our rooms. I am extremely spoiled. In my right pocket I carry a 4 in 1 color pen (a nursing MUST) and my keys to the nurse server. In my left pocket, my cell and chap stick!

[bill4745, RN]

ID clipped to top of pants

pen

note paper

breath mints (12 hour shifts)

hemostats

tape on stethoscope

trauma shears (ED)

anything else I need is in the cart in each room

[GM2RN]

I work in the ED. I wear my ID clipped to the V of my scrub top.

In my pockets:

tape

lip balm

pen

scissors

forceps

PDA

stethoscope goes around the neck

Oh! and paper towel with vitals, meds given, or assessment

everything else is in the rooms

[msjellybean]

Badge on a retractable clip, clipped to the v of my scrub top.

Left pocket is cell phone & lip balm. Right pocket is a black pen, a red pen, penlight, sharpie, and a pair of scissors. My right pants pocket is my companion phone. In my back pants pocket are alcohol swabs. On occasion, I might have some tape or a few flushes in my pockets too; but this is rare. I generally just use those things as I need them and then put them back.

The stethoscope stays at the desk after assessments.

[bunsterj]

I used to work with a nurse that wore a fanny pack. It seems at the last hospital I had clinical at, we were not allowed to carry our own tape to use a bit here and there. If you had a roll in your pocket and used it in a room, that is where it stayed. You then could put another roll in your pocket until you had to leave it in another room. No tape on the stethoscope for the same reason. Do others have that rule?

[Bug Out, BSN]

IV Nurse/House Super:

Head

Safety Glasses

Neck

x1 Littman Master Cardiology

Wrist

Timex Waterproof/Shockproof Watch w/ Nylon Band

Right Back Pocket

Wallet

Left Front Pocket

Lip Balm

Breast pocket

x1 Name Badge Clipped to Pocket

x1 Retractable Sharpie

x1 Black Pen

x1 Red Pen

x1 Highlighter

x1 Pack of Trident Gum

x3 22g Filter Needles

Right bottom pocket

HTC HD2 Cellphone Loaded with Epocrates Drug/Lab guide and Infusion Drug Guide

x10 10ml NS flush

x2 Hep flush

Left bottom pocket

x40 1x1 alchohol pads

x10 20g needles

x2 set of key rings

Waist (Nylon Nurse supply holster)

x1 5.5" Lister Stainless Bandage Scissors

x1 5.5" Stainless Black Utility Scissors

x1 Streamlight Micro Pen Flashlight

x2 Black Pen

x1 Red Pen

x1 Retractable Highlighter

x1 Highlighter

x2 Reserve 10ml Flush

x2 20g IV Caths

x2 IV Extensions

x1 Hemostat Clipped to Nylon Nurse Supply Holster

x1 Roll of Transparent Tape Secured w/ Hemostat

Left Pant Leg Pocket

x5 Folded Lengthwise Report Sheets

Tool Box

x20 10ml NS Flush

x5 12ml Syringe

x5 Vaccutainer Blood Transfer Devices

x5 Tiger Top Tubes

x5 Blue Top Tubes

x5 Lavender Tubes

x5 Green Tubes

x5 Red Tubes

x60 1x1 Alchohol Pads

x1 Roll Transparent Tape

x1 Roll 2" Paper Tape

x1 50 Pack of 2x2 Gauze

x5 Sterile 2x2 Gauze

x20 2"x4" Suresite Opsite

x10 4"x8" Suresite Opsite

x6 20g IV Cath

x6 22g IV Cath

x6 24g IV Cath

x6 IV Extensions

x10 Skin Prep Pads

x1 Manual BP Cuff

x2 Latex Tourniquet

x1 Small Sharps Box

x6 Statlocks

x6 TB Syringes

x3 23g Butterflies

I think thats all...

P.S. I am VERY anal about what I carry. I can't start my day unless EVERYTHING is in place, in it's right pocket, and I have the right amount.

[Lorien_LPN]

I have three pockets on my scrub top and to pockets on my pants:

Scrub Top Pockets-

ID on my V top.

Penlight

Sharpie

Pens

Stehoscope around my neck

Tape on Hemostats attached to the end of my top

Small notebook

Patient papers

Pant Pockets:

Wallet

Cellphone

Keys

All the clinical related stuff is in my top pockets and my personal stuff is in the pant pockets. I kinda wish I had a locker to put some stuff in.

[Macbs4]

We have to wear id badge at chest level, so retractable badge with a pen light is clipped to v-neck of my scrubs.

On my scrub top:

- Top left pocket: roll of tape.

- Left lower pocket (I'm a lefty): an organizer containing - multi-colored pen; perm marker; dry-erase marker; mechanical pencil; eraser; scissors; forceps.

- Right lower pocket: alcohol swabs, small post-it notes, and my brain sheet

On scrub pants:

- Left side pocket: change purse w/ credit cards/drivers license/enough money for lunch; and a tissue

- Right side pocket: my car keys

- Left cargo pocket: my cell phone (with nursing software) - and I set alarms as reminders - like at 6:00 pm when I need to do I&O's, clear IV pumps, and pull kardex's/prep report for the next shift

- Right cargo pocket: saline flushes

On my neck: stethoscope (I wish I could find somewhere else to put it cause my neck hurts at the end of the day!)

Question: why do folks carry gloves in their pockets?

[Bug Out, BSN]

Question: why do folks carry gloves in their pockets?

So you don't have to go searching for them, esp if you need an odd type/size of glove.