What have you found in your pockets at the end of your shift?

Daisy_08, BSN, RN · Sep 4, 2011

Well that is certainly a disappointing find

You have no Idea

betterlatethennever · Sep 4, 2011

After a long 12 hour shift, i always seem to end up with the patients insulin bottle. :eek:

Pneumothorax, BSN, RN · Sep 4, 2011

*etoh wipes

*bandaid(clean)

*empty vials

*glove (yes only one)

*saline flushes

*post it notes

*report sheet

*a pen that isnt mine

*nutrigrain bar

*misc wrappers from PO meds

im about 15# lighter after i empty my pockets lol

xtxrn, ASN, RN · Sep 4, 2011

I'm not sure they still make the cargo pockets on the pants with the cuffs at the ankle....but between the two pockets on my thighs, and the two patch pockets on my top, I sounded like a junk truck. And that's if I didn't have anything stowed away unexpectedly. I think Peds was the most interesting load of junk (whether a ped's floor, or on a med-surg floor that took peds patients)... pacifiers, nipples, booties, a 2 oz D-10, electrodes, Emla, Tegaderm, saline flushes....

opossum · Sep 4, 2011

When I got home, I started rubbing my neck and found a present. He must have deposited when he gave the one good cough after I cleared (at least I thought I cleared) his airway.

:barf02:

Penelope_Pitstop, BSN, RN · Sep 4, 2011

I am still not entirely sure why, but I have come home with tons of pills that patients have refused. They are still in their packaging. I must do it absent-mindedly, because I can't recall ever purposely placing a pill in my pocket.

As for the keys, I used to bring them home at least every other week!

But the strangest thing ever was an ID band. I think the patient's came off for some reason so I shoved it in my pocket after ordering a new one.

NurseLoveJoy88, ASN, RN · Sep 4, 2011

Ouch ! What hoops did you have to jump through to get those back? (we used to have to bring them back immediately - this before cell phones- in the meantime, maintenance would change the locks on the drawers).

After my 30 minute drive home, and stripping out of my clothes I noticed them. I had to bring them back immediately. I never did that again, lesson learned. :uhoh3:

tewdles, RN · Sep 4, 2011

-A barrette
-A hearing aid
-numerous pens
-alcohol wipes
-a bottle of shaving gel
-a lighter
-couple pairs of gloves
-spoons
-forks
-a cigarette
-piece of paper with a number that I have no idea who/what it was to

my friend found a baby turd in her pocket after work...we were at a party at the time she found it

K+MgSO4, BSN · Sep 4, 2011

Bottle of warfarin - obviously took it out to check with another nurse

olanapine wafer - kept that for the next shift gave it to the same pt as I had given the first one to!

glycerine suppository

ward moblie phone that the bed manager uses to book beds & talk to the charge nurse

DD keys

trauma pager not really sure on that one as it wasn't the wards pager!

empty coag blood tube

Bag of Flagal!! That one was strange! cause I didn't have a pt on Flagal plus it is big enough to be awkward in my pocket

I tend to use my pockets as a junk drawer! I go into the storeroom/drug room after I hand the keys and charge phone over!

Accidently took a microlax, lube and haliperidol home one day. Caused my nurse housemate to look at me strangly when I pulled them out!

exnavygirl-RN · Sep 4, 2011

Saline flush cap, saline flush (which I tried to use as a pen), plugs from IV bags, tape, packs of gauze, someone elses pen, empty medication packets, finger-stick lancets (unused), pieces of paper with vital signs, keys, etc...

diva rn, BSN, RN · Sep 4, 2011

my friend found a baby turd in her pocket after work...we were at a party at the time she found it

Wow, party favor?

I bet that was a real ice breaker!

You guys can really "get down"....what did you do for an encore?

Poi Dog · Sep 4, 2011

Just the usual crud in my pockets this am...