Nursing Time Capsule

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Specializes in Acute Care Cardiac, Education, Prof Practice.

I thought it might be fun to have a little thread about nursing time travel; past and future.

The Story

One sunny day you are on your way home from a harrowing night shift, pts running amuck, sticky floors from who knows what, and a backache to challenge the toughest of massage therapists.

Suddenly you blow out a tire and find yourself on the side of the road. Man o man what a day!

As you reach in the trunk to grab out the crowbar and jackstand you notice a glimmer out of the corner of your eye. Being as belabored as you are, and the day being a beautiful one, you decide to investigate.

Meandering across a golden field of honey-wheat colored grass, you find the object of your attentions. A time machine! Slim and silver, with room for only one, you oddly decide to jump in and see what happens!

Deciding, logically, to not veer too much from the current date you set the time for 100 years in the past. Oddities and swirly special effects later you find yourself just outside the doors of an old army hospital. In front of you stands a stoic, but young looking nurse in army, nursing attire.

She peers at you with confusion, eying your bright colored scrubs and rubber Crocs.

A soft voice emanates from your time machine warning you that you will be transported back to your time in 60 seconds.

Your Task

What will you tell her about nursing in the future in that 60 seconds?

Will you warn her about diseases? Will you tell her to stand up for herself more? Will you tell her to quit now while she still can?

Let's assume, for simplicity that anything you tell her she will believe and will take to heart in her practice. How might this change the face of nursing in the future?

Have at it, have fun and if this thread is liked, I will write one up for a future prospect!

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Three things come to mind:

1) You don't know it yet, but you are on the cusp of a revolution in healthcare, your actions may ripple through the generations because of the time in which you live.

2) Wash your hands.

3) Drink only clean water and make sure your patients do the same.

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This is fun . ..

I'm a nursing student so I have soooooo much more to learn, but what I would tell her from my experience so far:

1. Wash your hands, Prevention of spread of disease

2. Take calcium supplements NOW, to prevent osteoporosis

3. Cigarette smoke causes diseases, despite what tobacco companies will tell you.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, ED.

Wash your hands. Sterilize your instruments in boiling water or failing that, use alcohol.

Fresh air is important.

Doctors aren't gods. (maybe that will give us some more equal footing later on down the century)

Study bread mold. Pay attention in 1928 when Fleming publishes his paper.

Everything Florence said is right.

And then I'd give her my Crocs.

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Specializes in Ortho, Neuro, Detox, Tele.

Wash your hands....

Clean your instruments with alcohol or boiling water....

Learn quickly that docs are not gods.

Fall in love with Hemingway....like his book will make you.

Poodle skirts would make a nice fashion statement....

Buy Oil company stock early....

Save money now.

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Specializes in subacute/ltc.

Okay....I stipulate the time machine is the Tardis and either Chris Eccleston or Tom "the scarf" Baker is with me..And since I am so verbose....I'll be staying....

luddite at heart

Tres

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