Ive got a pair of white pastel esteis, one with a black jewel, and one with red. They are the shorter pastel size, not SJ sized Esterbrook.net says that the pastel sized pens are not nurse pens, but later on the same page he has a green jeweled pastel sized pen that is referred to as a nurses pen, so I'm not certain what makes a nurse pen. Also I'm a bit curious about what the going rate for these is, if different from a regular pastel. Thanks.

Pete:
I'm a rookie here, but I do recall reading somewhere that the jewel colour on the Nurses pens were to indicate the colour of ink in the pen. Black for Chart entries and red for chart changes. Will a more knowledgeable authority please correct me if my memory is incorrect. Jim

Though it may not be the official name, about everyone calls these "nurse pens". The costs for these pastel pens (the white ones included) fluctuate all the time. Seems I saw a white one with red jewels go for about $30 on E-Bay not long ago. I have also seen them go for $100+. Sad to say I bought mine at the $100+ side. Overall, the pinks and yellows remain higher in cost. I know this is a "non-answer" about costs but the pastels are harder to keep track of than most all the other Esterbrook pens in my opinion.

Thanks for the answers.

So they are "nurse pens", but they aren't "Nurse Pens", I kind of thought that might be the case.

I'm kind of curious what the green jeweled ones were for, I get the red and the black.

Red ink, black ink and green ink.

Thanks, but I meant what the green ink was for when the nurses were using it. More of an idle question, I doubt many here would know. Maybe it was used when the corrections in red had to be altered.

I can't find a reference to it now, but I seem to remember that the use of different colors (red versus green) had to do with whether the chart notes were being made during the day or the night.

Regards, greg