[Pompom]

1. All rooms should be private ! (no more isolation issues)
2. A large shelf for nurses to write on or prepare medicine
3. Large red bins for contanimated items
4. Plenty of plugs within easy reach
5. Good lighting
6. Raised toilet seats with secure grab bars
7. Sensor sink so you don't have to touch knobs to turn water on or off
8. Storage for patient items with a lock for security
9. Large needle disposable boxes in convenient locations
10. Glove storage of all sizes

Just a few of my favorite wishes.

[nites]

I haven't read all but sounds like heaven. Large bathroom doors, ice machine that is family accessable. Lock boxes in rooms for supplies, Murphey beds for families. How about fans for each room. I work on a resp. floor and every one wants a fan. Would save time and energy if they were in the room. Could be attached to the panal above the bed. I also agree with 2 o2 set ups.

Enjoyed reading the wish lists

[Kylisa02]

a nurse server station w/ supplies, even a small drawer would do. Things such as normal saline for flushes, 2x2's, all the small attachments for IV tubing etc.

[Kylisa02]

Oh yessss. the raised toilet seats would be great.

[Monica RN,BSN]

Originally Posted by nrsang97

I worked at one hospital that had no overhead or celing lights. The only lights in the rooms were the lights over the pt bed. I was always having trouble with IV's and foleys in women due to lack of light. I had made numerous complaints and nothing done. To put in a foley we had one person shine a flashlight while someone put in the foley.

Oh how I so remember this...this is still an issue in most of the nursing homes in my area as most of them are approaching 20 or more years old!!

Also having electrical outlets in easy reach and having lots of them. Always a problem.

Agree again. The last SNF I came from did not have any red plugs or generator back up plugs the building is so old.
Wider doorways to the bathrooms. Wider doorways to pt rooms to make it easier to manuver beds in and out when transferring a pt to another room or test.
SAME again.. hoyer lifts can not fit in bathroom doors
I think that the architects that designed hospitals had no idea what it is like to work in a hospital. They also have no idea how much equipment a single pt can have.

So true

[PCU22]

They should all be private......

[class 5]

LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT please!!!!! I am tired of squinting or having to disturb the other patient in the room and turn on all the lights in order to start an iv at night!!!!!

[psalm]

Get rid of the TVs...

Sharps containers easily accessible instead of in a blocked corner of the room.

More electrical outlets at waist level.

IV poles that are not so bulky.

Each bed have a BP set up that actually reaches pt. arm (longer cord).

Each room have at least 2 trash cans.