Inventions we'd love to see....

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What a pain it is for a patient to get finger pokes every hour on an insulin gtt. (We aren't allowed to pull off an art line for samples) Why hasn't someone invented a little finger heparin pad thingy or a finger port to keep a small ooze available? :studyowl:

And how about beds with a detachable center hole under the patient's bum so we can slide a bucket underneath too catch poo? hee hee

What other inventions would you like to see?

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Specializes in Education, Acute, Med/Surg, Tele, etc.

Okay, my idea would be a efficient paging system for nurses on different aspects of care in the rooms.

Say for instance your IV has 30 more cc's in it, or is occluded...a pager would tell you the room number and the probelm so you can prioritize well (instead of the constant pain of beep beep beep in the pt rooms). That way the IV won't beep every few minutes waking patients or upsetting them, and you have the ability to prioritize without the patient even being bothered by it!

And a PCA pump that has a vs system in it that can let the pager know if their resps are down or a pt has reached their max and so on! Those PCA's have the loudest beep! My patients get very upset with those when they go off!

Also, I think it should be mandatory to have vs equipment in the walls by all beds...as part of the room. That way you don't have to take a vs machine or equipment from room to room. A cbg machine incorporated in it as well would be good, and it would be logged into a computer for CBG's for that patients room (again to stop the wait for that cbg machine and contamination issues).

I am all for having equipment in a patients room ready to go so I don't have to chase things down, or use something that has been used on several patients in a day!

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Say for instance your IV has 30 more cc's in it, or is occluded...a pager would tell you the room number and the probelm so you can prioritize well (instead of the constant pain of beep beep beep in the pt rooms). That way the IV won't beep every few minutes waking patients or upsetting them, and you have the ability to prioritize without the patient even being bothered by it!

YES! I wonder if this will ever become a reality in nursing. It is a frequent complaint of patients.

I thought of another one....an IV starter machine that has a sensor to help find veins on the edematous/obese patient with no palpable veins!:idea:

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A charcoal shaker.......no matter how long I shakeshakeshake, there are still clumps in it and my arm is tired.

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Specializes in Education, Acute, Med/Surg, Tele, etc.

OH or even a decent charcoal flavor! LOL!!!!!!!!!!

Or this...so many patients need crushed meds, but time and time again the meds are either extended release or can't be crushed.

ALL MEDS should have a crushed or easy to swallow form! Fine, if it is timed released, make it be like those capsule that have the little balls of meds you can open and give in apple sauce (we can call them 'sprinkles"...LOL)! And lordie, can't we PLEASE find an easy to swallow or crush Kcl or Calcium....those poor old folks! Hello Klor Con...sheesh! You have to have the throat of an elephant to take those..especially 4 of them! LOL!!!!!!!

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Specializes in Utilization Management.

A "Worthy Profession Hoyer"

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... the only way nurses will get a raise, of course. ;)

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Specializes in Hospice, Med/Surg, ICU, ER.

How about an Eject-O-Matic for those PIA ER frequent flyers?

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Specializes in cardiology, LTC.

How about an automatic impaction removal device?:lol2:

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How about an Eject-O-Matic for those PIA ER frequent flyers?

Too funny! :devil:

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Specializes in Hospice, Med/Surg, ICU, ER.
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Where can I find some of THAT!:idea:

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How about a button on the phone system that when pushed plays a message to the offending doctor or nurse supervisor

"If you continue to scream and rant you will be disconnected and automatically be contacted by an attorney/JCHO/DHS"

Or a button that emits an ear shattering screech that can only be heard on the receiving end?

Nurse Mace that you can clip to your badge holder?

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