i am just curious to know if while you're at work you've thought of something possibly borderline controversial that might do the world of nursing a great deal of good?
for example, i am doing my rounds and there's this lady, obese in bed and alert who i know could use some exercise...she's also complaining of constipation. and i'm just so damn tired to set her up in a chair. she's dead weight, no kidding! so i envision a wet suit and a swimming pool; possibly a crane to transport from bed to pool...oh well, probably too costly?
you've thought up any crazy outlandish therapies for your clients?
Ativan air-freshener. And plug-ins, with a little button you can push for those times you need that added burst of sedation. (would work equally well for the staff too )
BTW, back in the early '80's, our hospital built a new IMCU (I forget the number of beds; 10 or 12, I think). At the nurses station, there were two banks of monitors. One consisted of the typical cardiac monitors, the other were screens connected to a wide-angle camera mounted centered in the ceiling of each room, so you could see the patient at all times. They had one tech watching the cardiac monitors, another watching the camera monitors. I left there in '86 and don't know if that is still in use.
Ativan air-freshener. And plug-ins, with a little button you can push for those times you need that added burst of sedation. (would work equally well for the staff too )
Too funny! Can I get some of that for my boys' bedtime? They've built up a benadryl tolerance LOL
- I wish that there was a headset device that you could talk into while doing the head to toe assessment of the patient that would automatically enter your assessment into the computer so I wouldn't have to do all of this darn charting. I could just review the info and verify it and be on my way.
-It would be cool to have I&O scanners so when the pt pees in the toilet or you dump a foley the toilet scanner would read the total and automatically enter it into the computer.
I always wished that there was a place in the mid of the bed, that you could slide in the bed pan, and then slide it back out, with mattress back in place. NO mess, just dump it. We had these nifty litlle portapotty sink deals, that you dump bed pans, or lift up and they were mini potties,and they folded down from against the wall.In addition,much like the ceiling hoyer, a net or sheet that lifts the patient in the air by all corners, and bed changes are fast. No rolling,pulling, jerking, etc. Plus a GPS system for all patients that leave the floor, for xray, procedures, pleasure, cafateria, whatever. PUT on all patients when they leave the floor. OR maybe a bracelet inspired alarm that sets off when they leave without staff keying in code, like the alarms on baby's umb. clamps. BUT better yet, a GPS on ALL doctors who don't answer pages, that shocks them each time they ignore us!!
I always wished that there was a place in the mid of the bed, that you could slide in the bed pan, and then slide it back out, with mattress back in place. NO mess, just dump it. We had these nifty litlle portapotty sink deals, that you dump bed pans, or lift up and they were mini potties,and they folded down from against the wall.In addition,much like the ceiling hoyer, a net or sheet that lifts the patient in the air by all corners, and bed changes are fast. No rolling,pulling, jerking, etc. Plus a GPS system for all patients that leave the floor, for xray, procedures, pleasure, cafateria, whatever. PUT on all patients when they leave the floor. OR maybe a bracelet inspired alarm that sets off when they leave without staff keying in code, like the alarms on baby's umb. clamps. BUT better yet, a GPS on ALL doctors who don't answer pages, that shocks them each time they ignore us!!
I seem to remember a bed something like what you describe... been years ago and I'm too sleepy to remember the details lol.
Those sling lifts are great, but ya gotta watch out, especially with the male patients... one time used it to lift this poor soul off the floor where he'd been slinging poop at us, and as we hoisted him up in the air, he suddenly starts yelling "MY BALLS! MY BALLS!"
He was indeed 'caught'; it was hard to get him back down because the nurses were laughing so hard they could barely move.
Re Sats: I have occassionally taken the Nelcor finger tip stickie and placed it on a forehead or around the cartalage of an ear to get a good reading. I've done the mouth nasal cannula many times.
There are beds that do have a potty trap door and there are bedpan shaped pump up pads that allow you to slip a bedpan under then deflate the pad.
See if your library has a book called Back Injury among Healthcare Workers. It has maybe 15 pages of thes exact helpers. Page 303 to be exact.
The main Catholic Hospital in our capital has the nurses station in the center and the rooms all around. There are camera sites for patients in danger that can be activated with an order.
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Too funny! Can I get some of that for my boys' bedtime? They've built up a benadryl tolerance LOL
Plug it in, plug it in 
EmmaG, RN
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Ativan air-freshener. And plug-ins, with a little button you can push for those times you need that added burst of sedation. (would work equally well for the staff too
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BTW, back in the early '80's, our hospital built a new IMCU (I forget the number of beds; 10 or 12, I think). At the nurses station, there were two banks of monitors. One consisted of the typical cardiac monitors, the other were screens connected to a wide-angle camera mounted centered in the ceiling of each room, so you could see the patient at all times. They had one tech watching the cardiac monitors, another watching the camera monitors. I left there in '86 and don't know if that is still in use.