[Angie O'Plasty, RN]

I love some of the new gadgets healthcare has -- plastic IV bags, bed alarms on the beds, beds that turn into chairs.

But the best thing since sliced bread for me (so far) has been the Pyxis system. I really think it's helped cut down on med errors tremendously.

What healthcare improvement is the best thing since sliced bread to you?

[joshuaha]

I totally agree! technology sure had made things a lot easier for health care providers. I truly hope that in the next couple of years every hospital will go to total electronic documentation (including med administration). Doing this could save billions of dollars, not to mention making me sleep alot better at night!

[TRINI_RN]

FECAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM....................Hands down!!

[Squaw]

Originally Posted by 2bNursecadet

FECAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM....................Hands down!!

Forgive the new nurse....but what is this??

[Angie O'Plasty, RN]

Squaw

Forgive the new nurse....but what is this??

http://www.medplususa.com/list-produ...-pid-5346.html

Flexi-Seal® FMS is a temporary containment device, indicated for bedridden or immobilized, incontinent patients with liquid or semi-liquid stool.

It was designed to safely and effectively divert fecal matter, protect patients' wounds from fecal contamination and reduce both the risk of skin breakdown and spread of infection.

This easy-to-use system provides an excellent alternative to traditional methods of managing fecal incontinence such as pads, diapers, fecal pouches, and rectal tubes.

Flexi-Seal® FMS consists of a silicone catheter, syringe, and collection bag.

At one end, the soft silicone catheter has a retention balloon that is inserted into the rectum. At the opposite end, the catheter has a connector for attaching the collection bag.

[Ms Kylee]

Dinamaps!

[GrumpyRN63]

PCA's and venodynes ( since I've been around!)

[racing-mom4]

Beds with scales in them. No more waking a patient up at 6am just to stand on a scale!

[GilaRN]

Safety devices for invasive instruments. Anybody who has had a needle stick would understand.

[santhony44]

laparascopic surgery

pulse oximeters