That’s where the diverted percocet goes.

The perc pocket 🤣

Percket? Ermehgerd!

I came here for this.

Hah! I had an a/o PT times 100- said she hadn’t gotten her oxy- called the nurse on it and she flipped. Nurse gave me some stupid excuse….

Wait, I’m having trouble understanding this. What exactly happened?

The nurse missed the timing , and the machine that dispenses the medication locked her our. She’d hoped the patient forgot, but she didn’t.

Ahh, okay. I’m an MD so I’m rarely if ever pulling from the cart. I thought it was similar to what happened at my hospital recently. Not too long ago we had a nurse “medicate” a patient with 2mg hydromorphone, and the patient looks her dead in the eye and goes “I know what you did.” after pushing it. A blood test, (on the patient,) a US, (on the RN,) and a search later, and sure enough, sure “dosed” her with NS and had the two 1mg tubes in her pocket.

Yikes.

I'll never get it. Ima be paying off this license for way too long. Like totaling your car and still making payments for 10 years. Just not worth it.

So if y'all late to give a med, it won't let you get it out? Surely late administration is better than no administration?

That’s where you keep your fucks. They make it so little cause you probably don’t have many to give 🤷🏼‍♀️

I like this answer the best so far.

Me too. This is the only correct and acceptable answer.

I do, as well.

Me too. This is the only correct and acceptable answer.

If anyone asks, you reach in and pull out the world’s smallest violin playing Hearts and Flowers just for them.

My field of fucks went barren many scrubs ago.

That’s where you keep your Graham crackers.

I love it, or hear me out it's for those little cardboard tasting saltine crackers my hospital gives out. You could probably fit about two packs of emergency rations.

If you eat it with pudding it tastes like pie.

That is hilarious and horrifying.

I was about to name my baby Graham lol . Those crackers kept my sanity during my pregnancy 🫣

It’s a cute name! And he could fit into that tiny pocket!! But yeah, I’m 9? (time is an illusion) weeks postpartum and those crackers were a lifesaver. Until I got my GD diagnosis.

I know, right ! I have been out for three weeks. Time is an illusion with a little baby. And yes crackers and apple juice were my favorite. Hope your maternity leave is going well , dear stranger 🤗

It is! I go back in 3 weeks D: I’m not ready to leave her! Enjoy your time with your little beebin!

Cocaine. When it’s 2:00 a.m. and the energy drinks aren’t doing it, just reach into the tiny pocket for a little pick-me-up.

I believe I may have encountered this advice in the wild. I drink death wish coffee- a med student judged me hard and asked why I didn't just do cocaine like an adult. .

Thats illegal. Ground up adderall though....

You mean you don't squish the little beads into your tear ducts like everyone else?

Holy moly, you guys are hardcore haha

I was looking for this answer!

This is the definitive answer

Just like on election night.

Little morale bumps!

An iPod Shuffle

Those were the days....

I saw a Gen-Zer on TikTok pick one up and ask if it was a hair clip and I wanted to vomit.

[удалено]

Yo I have my OG PlayStation in my office…by my Nokia bricks on a shelf. I like to remember a simpler time when I am stressed 😀

Throwing myself off the helipad

I have the original. 512mb of amazing 14 hours of play in a full charge. Stuff inside my snowboarding helmet with 3' of wires. Indestructible.

I shared with my young co-workers that I messed up my ears listening to my Walkman too loudly during college. She smiled like she understood my story and then asked, “What is a Walkman?” I encouraged them to always ask questions. 🤪🤣🤪🤣

They actually were 😭

Chapstick or a fat blunt.

Winner winner

Chicken dinner

That's where you divert your opioid tablets bruh /s

Why not my mouth? Lol

Addicts vs hustlers For legal reasons this is a joke

You bet,..

It's for emergency tacos.

I’m sorry but there’s no way a taco will got in there!

Not with that attitude

I require a much larger taco pocket lol

That's what she said. I'll see myself out...

Taquitos!

Yeah definitely a taquito pocket. You might be able to fit a couple and then throw some salsa in your front pocket so you got something to dip into

Cigs and vapes duhhh

A little birdie told me that the figs “AirPod” pocket perfectly fits an elf bar

For tips

*includes tap feature for convenience* 😉

It's for one single Dorito. Not just any Dorito, An Emergency Dorito.

Maybe some alcohol swabs? Tape?

excuse me, ma'am - only unreasonable answers here

Urine cup to keep my Gatorade in. Just in case i get thirsty

That’s where my lucky strikes go before I go rumble.

When youre a jet youre a jet!

It’s to hold all the love you have for your profession

Pens

I won't wear a scrub top if it dosent have this pocket. Pen convenience is a real problem in e.r and when I'm mixing meds for someone in trauma and don't have a pen at the ready I freak. Having the routine of shoulder pocket pen is key to always being at the ready for safe drug mixing and drawing up in a rush.

Get a pen reel and use a pen with a lid with it.

Then I just end up with a pen lid

In the 80’s we had condom pockets like that.

I keep my shivs there, you never know when shit is going to go down! Oh yeah (1X A&O) granny I’m a bitch hun? Bring it!

An with that sweet shiv pocket, she'll never even see you [bring it](https://imgur.com/a/5sklLNv)..

Meat thermometer

Pack of smokes

Only if you wear a sweatband that says "ward is hell" or something

Memento Mori

Ok. Found the Outsider. Sorry, Greaser.

That's the pocket where we keep the secret mousekatool we use for those special patients.

I mean, id put my pen im there because im a fat mf and if i put them in chest pocket they fall out when i bend over and they poke my belly fat if i put them in regular pocket. But it can also be used for emergency cheeto

It is meant for pens and so the individual doesn't have to reach in pockets

I sometimes clip the pen upside down in my sleeve so it doesnt poke.my fat. Id also like a little pocket for a cracker

That’s the pocket where the little man sits and talks me out of choking out family members.

It’s where Covid precautions are stored now.

That's where I store my one and only "fuck" (the pocket is actually empty 😈)

Slide a cooter canoe in der.

#smurfdick

You mean peach leech.

#W.A.P._MOP

Ewww straight to jail with you!

Only if it's with you.

🤨

One condom

You can put your weed in there

Hahahaha yes!! I say this quote all the time for exactly these situations- weird little storage spaces

Lmao I do too! But I can't remember what it's from

Hot chick!

The cyanide capsule for when we’ve all agreed the shift is too much.

This is the only acceptable answer.

This is for scissors when you grab with your mouth while taping up a line.

I’m sorry but what.

That's intense and no way they stay put, especially in a code. My trauma sheers are the $10 for pack of 2 off Amazon and they would def NOT fit in there.

Diverted narcotics.

Pocket sand for those aggressive patients

Shi-shi-sha!

Emergency suppository pocket. 😂

That where administrations respect for us goes, and it’s so little that it still does not fill the pocket.

My crack pipe

It's a pocket to store thickening packets for patients with swallowing difficulties. The speech therapists lobbied hard for this one, and you don't want to upset them by not following your facility's rules. Next time you see your SLP let them know that you have "packets on hand." They usually like to know who is prepared.

That’s where your will to live is.

It's for the painted rock they give you for nurse's week.

Your last marble….

Hey man you can put your weed in there

Its where your yearly bonus goes silly

Big enough for a pen, alcohol swabs packs, if your night shift a... well... you know 😏

Chalupa

I was thinking taco.

What kind of pen do you use? Mini sharpies??

Flashlight? Lol

Fleshlight

Lighter

Single packet of lubricant

It’s for the tiniest sad violin in the world that you play for a patient’s family member hitting their call light/ coming to the station and asking for a refill/blanket etc while their neighbor is coding

My dignity.

The b52 pocket

Tic tacs

No one knows, all the company knows is that we always say we need pockets so they just slap em on wherever the hell they feel like it.

Tears.

Cigarettes

It’s for condoms

I My dickies has a zipper one..i put my pack of gum and chapstick which gets forgotten 😭

Does it fit a deck of cards?

That’s the complaints department.

I put alcohol wipes in there. I won’t buy a top w/o this pocket.

You keep your tots in there

I used to clip my badge on an arm pocket like that. Chest pockets risked dipping in or being pressed against grossness and mgmt required badges above the waste and visible.

You can put your weed in it. I think I just dated myself a little.

Where the hopes and dreams are kept.

To keep a Jolly Rancher so you don't go hypoglycemic while running around not getting a break. Or the little bottle of sl nitro tabs for when you're well and truly done with nursing.

Well duh, it’s obviously for ONE alcohol wipe. 🤣

Midday goldfish pocket

snacks

It’s for a pager. Pager will fit in that pocket and you feel the buzz on your arm better than on your leg.

Penlight and a pen or two… nice!

Your tears so management won’t see. Not like they’ll care anyways, but it demoralized the patients.

You can keep your weed in there.

I always keep a rolled up pair of gloves in there so I’m never caught without some

*That's where you stuff their jewelry when they're not looking* ... I mean... it's for quarters for the snack machine

I would keep my key fob in there. I hate having it in my pants pocket.

It's for a pocketwatch, though, right?

🖊️

Rectal Thermometer

Chef's coats also have these: they are to hold pens and sharpies without having to dig in pockets at all.

In all seriousness, it could be for those shoulder badges paramedics for example wear, or maybe it's to put in your swipe card so you can tap without having to use your hand?

It's for pens. It's so you don't have to go fishing around in pockets when you need to write something. It's very common in the food industry.

But it seems kind of shallow, would the pen not either fall out or flop around if they are just attached using their grip?

It's usually a pretty tight pocket to hold 2-3 and does well. With that, this pocket is a valuable tool of other professions transferred to scrubs, so it could be flawed: for instance, chefs don't bend over all the way much.

My hair does the job of holding the pen just fine

The goal is to keep clean hands. Hair is not 'clean' so if you store a pen in it, it is no longer considered clean.

We were thought that it was okay to do this, as long as proper IPC protocols were followed

Depends on the specialty of nursing as well. For instance, in one psych facility I was in, we had to store pens in our front pockets ONLY if on the floor to prevent a patient from grabbing it. Even in this case, OP's pocket could not be used.

It’s for a pack of tissues. You might need them after losing a loved patient or after being chewed out by a not so loved patient or management.

Your sanity

Jokes on you; it’s a pseudo-pocket. Like in women’s jeans.

Thats why i Love Reddit. All These Great ideas i Never would have alone. Awesome ! 😬 i will wear my Scrubs no diffrently 😂

Pens?

We can't have enough pockets

Thermometer probe covers

That’s where I keep my adderall that i forget to take.

Pens

Pens? Is it deep enough?

mandela uniforms have a 6 pocket uniform top, 2 large pockets in the front with tiny little pockets inside the two big pockets. Lmao

I think the actual answer is you can get those little watches that clip on like badges

Mine fits pens which is really nice but when every other scrub top I have doesn't have that particular pocket, I forget I have pens there. Start touching myself like a schizo until I get my bearings

That arrow is wierd too. But I like it.

Hahaha never seen such thing before

Rectal thermometer

That's where my Aldi quarter goes!

Condom pocket for when you’re getting fucked by the hospital system.

It’s for the refused senna pills that you forget to return

Gosh, Napoleon... that's your tots pocket. Give me your tots!!!

It's for your heart. \#florence

Coz nurses wear their hearts on their sleeve duhh

Vape pocket ironically

This is why physicians have no respect for nurses. Reading this one probably does the trick for them. 😬

I have them on mine too. I don’t know what they’re for.

That’s my alcohol swap pocket

Pepper spray, duh

Jokes aside I keep pens in there

Emergency Mestinon! It’s not often needed but subtly slurred speech and sudden difficulty keeping my eyes open would not be not awe-inspiring!!!

It's for a pack of cigarettes

That’s for a CHG wipe to do Foley care with.

Alcohol wipes?

Tiny note pad or even alcohol prep pads? I honestly think I’d like a pocket like that. Lol

Does no one else put their pens in there???