What's in Your Pocket?
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OK, calling all nurses, lets play "What's in your pocket?" What do you consider essential in your scrub pocket? Tips and tricks from the "Experienced Ones" solicited!
posted by Nurse2B at 12:08 AM
12 Comments:
When I worked in the hospital, I always tried to have 2 pens, tape and one of those adapters that connect NG tubes to the suction tubing WITHOUT having to use the tape!
Now that I work in adolescent psych...it seems that my shift is easier if I have gum!
Ahhhh...I should start carrying mints. Good tip! Can I do a "Nurse's Pocket" Post, too??
(ps: I missed you at Vloggercon...what a weekend. We really need to have more NYC videoblog get togethers.)
Hmmmm...not experience _nursing_ but I have a little sharpie in my pocket as a doula--and have found for nursing it's useful, too. I like my little flashlight and scissors--they have both been useful in nursing clinicals...and my instructor keeps asking to borrow them. I also keep a packet of Emergen-C so that I can add it to my bottle of water (if we get a break.)
Hh
P.S. Thanks for the link--just found it/you again by going to www.wholinkstome.com I'm adding you to my blogroll!
Thanks for the suggestions... sorry, I definitely did not mean to imply I only wanted suggestions from experienced nurses. Everybody can play, as always!
MissB - yes, PLEASE do! I soooo wanted to be at vloggercon - just could not.... I am psyched that you made it.
Tiesha - hmm that ng tube thing sounds brilliant... it's back to the clean supply to find me one of those...
Hh - the sharpie and the scizzors sound like a great idea but the Emergen-C is inspired. I have a big box in my closet that I always forget about. A handfull of those are going in my clinical bag. I have remiss in not getting around to linking you for so long - I appologize, I do enjoy your blog very much. Thanks for the return link.
Anyone else who has pocket suggestions... keep 'em coming... I'm really enjoying this. I think it's useful - 'cause when I first started I never had the right thing in there.
Alcohol pads, multiple pens, and scissors...oh and my cell phone.
I got yelled at sorta in clinicals once for not having scissors by a nurse who didn't have any either. She called me a bad student. I passively made a face at her back. But now I always have those stupid scissors. And even though they're blunted at the ends they always poke me a little throughout the day as I move around. On occassion they come in pretty handy.
At the end of the day I have multiple caps from those saline flushes in my pockets for some reason.
I always carry a nasal trumpet (or NPA, if you prefer.) Always gets the resp therapist when I whip one of these babys out during a tough situation. But, then again, I also alway wear cargo scrub pants, so there is room for one of these in a lower pocket. As a tech I also carry alcohol wipes, needless transfer device for blood draws, what we call the "Christmas Tree" for NG tube to suction, one prep kit for blood cultures. No wonder I look ten pounds heavier!LOL!
2 mints, chew one and let the other dissolve. Keeps the mouth fresh and the brain alert. Always a good thing. Always be prepared is my motto. Pocket size Purell, Altoid Minis, Visine for Contacts, and Lip Balm (Palmers Cocoa Butter w/ Sun Block). That covers the 4 things I always carry in one pocket. Cell phone and wallet in the other. New Pentax waterproof digital camera in a pocket there somewhere too.
This was fun, thanks people for all the responses...
BTW, T taught me the altoids trick, although in a completely different context. ;-)
although life is a little different in the OR, scissors always come in handy along with a couple of pens and DEFINITELY mints (especially if you are wearing a mask and have to smell your own breath). i always keep a small notebook or scratchpad so that i can write down things (procedures or equipment) that i want to read further about during a free moment.
Did you know that a large nasal trumpet can also serve as a rectal tube in a pinch!? There's a tidbit only a nurse could appreciate :). It does work though!
Better question for the nurse is... What DON'T we have in our pockets? LOL
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