This potentially leads to very full, messy pockets. Yuck. I hate rummaging through filled pockets in hopes that what I need is in my pockets at any given time. I hate even more walking back and forth to get things I should have on hand in my pocket.
Once upon a time, nurses wore aprons at work. Then came the advent of scrubs... which eventually brought us to the "apron" you can usually buy at a nursing uniform store. It's tiny, and it typically is worn on one side of the body.
Having been pregnant twice in the past three years, I can testify to the fact that it's very uncomfortable to hold an assymetrical/uneven amount of weight on either side of the body, especially when you have so many pounds of baby hanging out the front of you.
Add the itty bitty apron, and you find yourself with more uneven hip pain-- in my case, on the right hip. Yuck. Granted, it was a good practice in transferring from supine/side lying to sitting to standing from the bed so I could tell the patients that the methods we're giving them really do work... haha.
That brings me to the new thing I've been trialing: using a small half apron with multiple pockets for work as my new "nursing apron".
Check it out:
I'll have to post updates on this study soon. So far, so good... using a half apron has allowed me to store my items in a more organized manner. Added bonus: it prevents me from putting scrubs in the washer/dryer with pens in them, saving my family's clothes from unecessary ink blots. Haha ;)
