What's in your pocket(s)?

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just for fun.............

if i walked up to you two hours into your shift and asked you to empty your pockets onto the table, what would we see?

what type of unit do you work in?

i'm curious what nurses have on them at all times.

thanks!

Specializes in Management, Emergency, Psych, Med Surg.

a piece of paper with all my passwords on it

alcohol preps

business cards

pens

highlighters

scissors

money

note pad

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I always carry two black ink pens, a sharpie, 4 highlighters (orange, green, pink, and yellow as we color code times meds are given), bandage scissors, and a roll of bandage tape. You might find a stray lancet, accu check probe and alcohol swab from time to time. Or a dollar bill may be in there. I often carry cough drops too as I am a smoker. Oh yeah, chapstick too. Can't think of anything else.. oh well maybe some lint. LMAO

I work in LTC

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

My paper "brain"; 2 black pens, 1 blue pen, 1 red pen; calculator; gum; scissors; alcohol wipes; chapstick; a couple saline flushes; sometimes those red caps and a roll of tape. Oh and my "lovely" pager of course... Dang that's a lot... need to lighten up a little!!

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Specializes in CMSRN.

As a standard:

R pocket=Scissors, 4 color ink pen, sharpie.

L pocket= lip gloss, nail file

While working last night, in addition to the above:

roll on icy hot

2 alcohol pads

acouple of extra pens I picked up

old pt name band (that I discarded properly before I left work)

DNR wrist band

Allergy wrist band

A couple of PRN meds that needed to be dished out.

A balled up piece of tape

I read the thread while at work and paused to take inventory. I figured I would be honest and put in all the details.

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Ahhh Icy Hot, once in a while I carry that too. I like the kind that looks like deoderant stick. Doesn't get all over my hands when I put it on. You can wash your hands a hundred times and icy hot will not come off.

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Great thread! I was wondering if anybody uses those stethoscope hangers that I believe clip onto scrub pants? I saw them in the uniform store a couple of days ago and wondered if they were any good/practical. I can imagine a steth around your neck being a pain at times, and it would be great not to have to stuff it into a pocket. I start clinicals soon so am open to any and all suggestions. :D

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Specializes in med-surg, cardio-thoracic icu's.

I carry a pouch with me which includes:

Pen w/ multiple inks

Permanent ink

Glue

Pencil

Ruler

Stapler

Name stamp

Ties (to tidy my lines)

Sweets (sometimes in my pocket)

Scissors

I work at cardiothoracic icu

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Surgical ICU and Trauma ICU

Only thing you will find in my pocket:

A blue pen

My credit card

I leave my stethoscope at my bedside

Everything else is at bedside.

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1. Pen

2. IVs (20g, extention tubes)

3. Trauma shears

4. Tegaderm

5. Vacutainer

6. Cheat book

7. Flushes

8. ETOH pads

9. Gum

10. Credit card

Wow I did not realize what I really put in my pockets until now :)

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Specializes in med/surg , hospice and oncology.

Oh, lets see. It can be scary at times. I have my multi-colored pen (green,red,blue,black), yellow highlighter, black sharpie, scissors, penlight,pack of gum, rolled up paper towel with phone numbers on it (from an admission), couple of post-it notes, tore up orange fall risk band(patient ripped up), infamous alcohol wipes. Oh, yes. If I look further down in my pocket, I see something else (no, it's not lint.) I see a snack bar, a potty, and a water fountain, and a new pair of legs to carry me through the rest of the 16 hour shift. :lol2:

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-alcohol wipes

-folded paper w/ notes

-pen(s)

-gum

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