New hospital gown design - page 2

1. 
   Apr 10, '13

   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.
2. 
   Apr 11, '13

   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.
3. 
   Apr 11, '13

   I think the poly blend is a mistake but I admire them for exploring a new way to improve the patient's "experience."
4. 
   Apr 11, '13

   Quote from MBARNBSN

   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
5. 
   Apr 11, '13

   And do away with all the jokes?????!!!
6. 
   Apr 11, '13

   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.
7. 
   Apr 11, '13

   Quote from PalmHarborMom

   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?
8. 
   Apr 11, '13

   Dang, these gowns will take all the fun out of the "ICU." haha
9. 
   Apr 11, '13

   Wouldn't work in ICU, but a nice idea for walky-talkies.
10. 
    Apr 11, '13

    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.
11. 
    Apr 17, '13

    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.

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