Inventions for Nurses

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does anybody have any great ideas for inventions for nurses or medicine?

here are a few I would like to see....though i haven't the slightest idea on how to build them.

1) bloodless device to check blood sugar (something like a pulse ox)

2) hemodyalisis machine that fits in a purse of back pack (for home use)

3) a perfusion device to keep recovered organs useable for longer periods of time

4) wireless telepack/telebox

5) iv pumps that NEVER BEEP, that is, self correcting iv pumps

6) implantable dialisis machine (like an artificial kidney)

just a few ideas.

wondering if there are any other inspiring inventers out there

Specializes in Research, ED, Critical Care.
I want all nurses to be assigned a handheld unit at the start of each shift, like a Blackberry. It will have visual monitor capability as well as tele capability so I can see and hear into my patients' rooms, and glance at their EKG instantly. To heck with HIPAA.

I want everyone on a tele monitor so that some vitals are continuously done, regardless of patient's condition.

I want voice charting, so I talk my charting into dictation like docs do, and I don't have to write or type or any of that.

I want private rooms.

I want a good restaurant on premises that delivers to the floor.

I want to be able to shower and change at work before I go home. I'd actually be willing to pay to have my uniforms done at work so I wouldn't have to drag all that bacteria around with me.

Yes! I want a wireless small headset that I put on and speak into all my notes (and timing) as I go about caring for patients - it's documented as it is done - can you imagine the improved outcomes, efficient use of resources, time saved and the instant communication? Your patients HR is dropping, you are administering meds, calling codes, getting doctors and support immediately and documenting the whole process!

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Specializes in Utilization Management.
yes! i want a wireless small headset that i put on and speak into all my notes (and timing) as i go about caring for patients - it's documented as it is done - can you imagine the improved outcomes, efficient use of resources, time saved and the instant communication? your patients hr is dropping, you are administering meds, calling codes, getting doctors and support immediately and documenting the whole process!

yeah, bay-bee!!!

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Specializes in Neuro ICU, Neuro/Trauma stepdown.
I want some sort of conveyer belt on the patient's mattress so you can push a button and they will slide back up to the head of the bed!!!!!

I had a pt the other day describing a type of wench that he figures we should be installing on all the beds...I agree to that!!

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I want some sort of conveyer belt on the patient's mattress so you can push a button and they will slide back up to the head of the bed!!!!!

I love this! I also like the voice charting, except I'd probably have to go back and edit out too many swear words.

Sometimes some of the simplest things can be the brightest! When I worked in Ambulatory surgery, post op, there was frequently nausea - and of course, we had the little, inadequate kidney basins to offer them. Unlike the regular hospital rooms, there were no wash basins in the rooms, so, often, we'd get the lovely experience of emesis flowing over our wrists as we tried to hold these little kidney basins.

One day a patient came from recovery carrying this cool little bag - it had a hard plastic ring at the top, and there was a long plastic bag fused to the ring. The ring was just a little bigger around than a patient's mouth. It was wonderful - totally contained the emesis! I asked the nurse where she got it, and she said they were trialing them - I went over and got one, took it to our supervisor, and said GET THESE!! I was also mad that I hadn't thought of it!

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Specializes in midwifery, NICU.

something to stop the babies eating your pens!! I'm sure that's what happens every time you lay a pen down and turn back to get it, IT' S GONE:uhoh21: Your colleagues swear they have their own,and haven't seen yours--Must be those darn babies again!!!:lol2: :lol2:

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I want to see the whole bed-sized chux(I work in SICU). Can someone also invent a deodorizer spray that can handle the most potent odor problems without leaving a nasty chemical odor? Peppermint oil does not always do the job.

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I had a pt the other day describing a type of wench that he figures we should be installing on all the beds...I agree to that!!

Wouldn't it take a wider bed to hold both the patient and the wench?;)

Although it sounds like a good idea, I was just too sick when I was in the ICU.

Sorry, I could not resist. And when I read about 4X4 pickup trucks and wenches (instead of winches), I always think "You got a wench with your pickup? Where did you buy it?";)

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I went to a diabetes conference a while back. They spoke of a glucometer that will be measured much like the ototemps. Also, insulin will be in inhalers. Yah, maybe no more injections.

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Specializes in Neuro ICU, Neuro/Trauma stepdown.
Wouldn't it take a wider bed to hold both the patient and the wench?;)

Although it sounds like a good idea, I was just too sick when I was in the ICU.

Sorry, I could not resist. And when I read about 4X4 pickup trucks and wenches (instead of winches), I always think "You got a wench with your pickup? Where did you buy it?";)

LMAO!!! Haha! I proofread that even!!

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Yes! I want a wireless small headset that I put on and speak into all my notes (and timing) as I go about caring for patients - it's documented as it is done - can you imagine the improved outcomes, efficient use of resources, time saved and the instant communication? Your patients HR is dropping, you are administering meds, calling codes, getting doctors and support immediately and documenting the whole process!

I have a feeling if someone did come up with a timesaver, management would assign more patients and we'd be right back where we started.

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Specializes in FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed.
I went to a diabetes conference a while back. They spoke of a glucometer that will be measured much like the ototemps. Also, insulin will be in inhalers. Yah, maybe no more injections.

Inhaled insulin is already available. I don't know much about it but it's not approved for everyone, yet.

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Yeah, I knew it woule be out soon. Makes me wonder how effective it will be. Have you heard anything about it?

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