Nurses General Nursing
Published Apr 10, 2013
Hospital debuts patient gown with more coverage
Henry Ford hospital has a new patient gown that aims to offer a little more style, comfort and - perhaps most importantly - rear coverage for patients.
amygarside
1,026 Posts
Will the new design do any good?
eatmysoxRN, ASN, RN
728 Posts
Those look nice. I hate snapping the snaps on the gowns. I'm pretty sure most of my patients consider me incompetent in that regard.
me1989
15 Posts
It's got polyester in it though. Our stinkers will stink just a little more. Polyester makes you sweat more too. Everyone will be "occasionally moist".
Plus... the joy of the "mooning" episodes were an easy view of the back/behind for skin assessment. :)
VICEDRN, BSN, RN
1,078 Posts
I think the poly blend is a mistake but I admire them for exploring a new way to improve the patient's "experience."
Vespertinas
652 Posts
Also, it just dawned on me that one day we will be nurses who report to younger nurses that we used to have to hold the back of the gowns closed while steading the patient with one hand as we carried everything else to include pushing the IV poles with medications and pumps in the other. Just working as a nurse as technology improves is making us older!
In the ICU, I always think that one day more things will be wireless and I'll recall the countless hours I spent untangling cords
GLORIAmunchkin72
650 Posts
And do away with all the jokes?????!!!
Bruce_Wayne, ASN, RN
340 Posts
I see people commenting about the poly-blend, all of my scrubs are poly-blend is that why I get a little musky after a long shift? I think you have to use some sort of synthetic fiber for scrubs though because of wrinkles, and permeability. If you get something splashed on you, you want it to go no further than your first layer of scrubs.
For patients that need help scooting up in the bed, if they tie their gowns in the back-bottom, sometimes it pulls and chokes them when we pull them up in the bed. That's not good for patients and can even cause anxiety attacks, so when I sit somebody in the bed and their gown is tied I have the habit of undoing the bottom back tie.
Career2_BSN, BSN
166 Posts
Our male patients don't seem to care too much about flapping in the breeze but our women normally want more coverage. (could just be our hospital (VA hospital))
hahahahaha Guys do seem to be more carefree, don't they?
applewhitern, BSN, RN
1,871 Posts
Dang, these gowns will take all the fun out of the "ICU." haha
sapphire18
1,082 Posts
Wouldn't work in ICU, but a nice idea for walky-talkies.
nrsang97, BSN, RN
2,602 Posts
I live in the Detroit area and we have had some fun comments on how this wouldn't work for the ICU. Walkie talkies it would be awesome. Immobile, comatose ICU patients not so much.
dandk1997RN, MSN, RN
361 Posts
I'd have to get a better look at it to tell if I like it. I need to be able to easily access my pts' groins post-procedure. I hate it when they are still on bedrest and the gown is tied up behind them and they're laying on it. Can't access their groins to assess for bleeding/hematoma.