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
I'd like to see non-slippery sterile gloves. Why, you may ask? So when a 35-weeker decides to be born like a torpedo out of the chamber, the med-student catching her doesn't give her her first bungee cord experience.....
Can't the gloves have some sort of material on them that would give SOME kind of traction, so docs (and med-students) can ....get a grip? heh..
On that note, I'd like good stretchy non-latex sterile gloves. The ones we have (in a latex-free facility, which I like bc I'm allergic to latex) only come in S/M/L, and they're crizzapy!
A doctor with decent handwriting and a signature that you can actually read his/her name. Usually it's just some type of scribbly mark & it's like a word guessing game around the unit trying to figure out what was written & who wrote it. We have one doctor that stamps his name next to his orders...why can't the others do that?
yeah your right. I don't think that is too much to ask. If they only knew the time it takes to read orders or signatures or find someone who can.
Specializes in MICU, ER, SICU, Home Health, Corrections.
I Would Like A Machine To Check Resp Rate
Been around for years, built into the monitors, apnea monitors, belted piezo-electric sensors, nasal temp monitoring built into nasal cannulas, air pressure gradient in cannulas, EMG sensing as part of the 5-lead monitor systems, etc. Just take your pick!
Well, besides the automatic pt turner, I'd like to see the automatic patient booster. Maybe could be based on a sort of conveyor belt technology...
When they slip down, just hit the button, and the belt starts up, and moves them back up in bed! Of course, one would want to make sure they are not boosted up and onto the floor!
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FossilRN
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How about a nursing care plan designed that actually serves some useful purpose and isn't just a waste of paper and time!?