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If we the Nurses could plan a perfect hospital what would you include?

i am dying to hear what people want especially as i feel that although Nurses are involved in planning hospital services somewhere its at that level where those kind of directors havent nursed for ages and have no idea what it's like

please post your ideas please (Sorry for bad grammar etc.)

:D :rolleyes:

Specializes in PACU, PICU, ICU, Peds, Education.

Nick,

Some ICU beds convert into a chair, so one doesn't have to stage a half hour goat roping to get your patient into the bedside chair tid. They can even "walk" in place if you trust housekeeping to keep the floor clean enough, which is another thead entirely.

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Frannybee, thanks for bringing me a little chuckle.

Now I have that stupid song stuck in my head, along with an image of that Raelian nutbar, Jean-Pierre Whatever. "Send in the clones..."

British Student, your comment was dry, witty, and very funny...all of which was lost on the posters who accused you of being a lousy nurse prospect or worse. To those who DIDN'T 'get it', SHE WAS BEING FACETIOUS.

Don't be so damnedly quick to take offence ("Oh my God! She thinks we should get rid of the patients! I think I'll tell her off!"). If you had actually THOUGHT about what British Student wrote, you'd be laughing--I mean, duh.

First off, it wouldn't be possible to eliminate patients altogether...anymore than it would be possible to clone nurses or doctors. Second, British Student went on to suggest that eliminating doctors would solve the problem of sick people--no doctors to make diagnoses, no diagnoses made, no sick people. This would be your clue that she was kidding, if you missed it the first time around (which you did). Hear that ringing sound? It's the freakin' clue phone. Answer it.

Finally, if you inadvertently offend someone (say, Frannybee), APOLOGISE. Don't make some stupid comment about how the offended person is obviously an idiot and should have known that your nasty comment was directed to someone else. This doesn't help.

And as for the topic....I'm a big fan 24-hour cafeteria service. I worked at a hospital with that sort of service--including floor delivery--and it was FABULOUS, you could order your lunch for a preset time and voila! there it was.:kiss

Originally posted by Heather333

(^not talkin' about you Kristy)

Must be, cause there sure seem to be a lot of a**es showing themselves lately.

Heather

Heather, I sure hope your comment wasn't directed at me, because I'd really hate to get upset over something that didn't involve me.

MOVING ON....PLEASE....

Last hospital I worked at had theme days in the canteen - Italian, Indian, Chinese, Polish, French etc. Always went down well.

Originally posted by RN2B2005

Frannybee, thanks for bringing me a little chuckle.

Now I have that stupid song stuck in my head, along with an image of that Raelian nutbar, Jean-Pierre Whatever. "Send in the clones..."

British Student, your comment was dry, witty, and very funny...all of which was lost on the posters who accused you of being a lousy nurse prospect or worse. To those who DIDN'T 'get it', SHE WAS BEING FACETIOUS.

Don't be so damnedly quick to take offence ("Oh my God! She thinks we should get rid of the patients! I think I'll tell her off!"). If you had actually THOUGHT about what British Student wrote, you'd be laughing--I mean, duh.

First off, it wouldn't be possible to eliminate patients altogether...anymore than it would be possible to clone nurses or doctors. Second, British Student went on to suggest that eliminating doctors would solve the problem of sick people--no doctors to make diagnoses, no diagnoses made, no sick people. This would be your clue that she was kidding, if you missed it the first time around (which you did). Hear that ringing sound? It's the freakin' clue phone. Answer it.

Finally, if you inadvertently offend someone (say, Frannybee), APOLOGISE. Don't make some stupid comment about how the offended person is obviously an idiot and should have known that your nasty comment was directed to someone else. This doesn't help.

And as for the topic....I'm a big fan 24-hour cafeteria service. I worked at a hospital with that sort of service--including floor delivery--and it was FABULOUS, you could order your lunch for a preset time and voila! there it was.:kiss

Ok, first why don't you stay out of things that don't concern you. If you would take the time to read Britishstudent's other posts on threads, you would realize that this is how this person really is. Why don't you do a search.

Second of all, I didn't offend FrannyBee. If she would have comprehended the context of the thread, she would have realized I wasn't even talking to her. I refuse to apologize for someone else's ignorance.

You speak about making matters worse. Well, why don't you drop it b/c you're dredging up something that has been buried a page ago. Let it go.

Damn, now I have to take someone off my ig list to make room for others.

:rolleyes:

I am a cardiac nurse--but I work in a pretty old, small, community hospital--so perhaps the technology is out there, but I would love a wireless telemetry screen (small) that would show any alarmed rhythm on my patients out on the floor. The telemetry main screen is located in the ICU--so this would make it possible for me to check my patients rhtyhms at their bedside if they are displaying symptoms, or complaining of pain. It would help me feel safer when I can hear a telelmetry alarm ringing, and the ICU nurse is tied up in a patient's room!

Originally posted by wv_nurse 2003

I am a cardiac nurse--but I work in a pretty old, small, community hospital--so perhaps the technology is out there, but I would love a wireless telemetry screen (small) that would show any alarmed rhythm on my patients out on the floor. The telemetry main screen is located in the ICU--so this would make it possible for me to check my patients rhtyhms at their bedside if they are displaying symptoms, or complaining of pain. It would help me feel safer when I can hear a telelmetry alarm ringing, and the ICU nurse is tied up in a patient's room!

how about a portable tele monitor? you could switch from room to room and check on all your pts on the fly....

*the possibilities are endless*:D

Our tele monitoring area is on the floor, but it would be nice to have something in the room. We keep in good communication with our tele people, so I guess it's better than your situation (having to go to a different floor). We monitor everyone on tele on our floor.

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Originally posted by frannybee

Heather, I sure hope your comment wasn't directed at me, because I'd really hate to get upset over something that didn't involve me.

MOVING ON....PLEASE....

Last hospital I worked at had theme days in the canteen - Italian, Indian, Chinese, Polish, French etc. Always went down well.

I was definitely not talking about you. Had nothing to do with you at all. Sorry you thought it did.

Heather

Thank you Heather.

I am sorry if I offended anyone. I'm not going to say any more because it just seems to make things worse on this thread.

How about a Valium lick,posted at the nurses station,solely for the nurses use?

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