Well, Isn't This Special

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Discuss!

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

Pepper The Cat said:

Questions:

1. I would assume that for this to work, the nurse in question would a) have to give the pt her cell phone number abd b) carry said cell phone with her.

2.would it work with all cell phones or just iPhones?

3 what happens when nurse goes home?

don't see any nurse agreeing with this!

epic fail

I think you're thinking through this WAY more than the inventors of this app, LOL....my take on it is the person buying the service will provide the phone number of the Nursing Station on the unit in the hospital they are staying in, and that's it. Which means that if there's a Unit Clerk, he or she will throw a FIT because of answering a hundred more calls a shift than normal, in which he/she is asked to "Get My Nurse!!". Oh please.

And when there's no clerk? Why, it's going to be SOMEONE'S nurse who has to answer the billion calls per shift, thereby reducing the time available to get to the actual patient.

FUNNY, and not at all realistic

[Adele_Michal7, ASN, RN]

This is crazy. I hope facilities won't get on board with this. 😩

[Adele_Michal7, ASN, RN]

RNsRWe said:

I think you're thinking through this WAY more than the inventors of this app, LOL....my take on it is the person buying the service will provide the phone number of the Nursing Station on the unit in the hospital they are staying in, and that's it. Which means that if there's a Unit Clerk, he or she will throw a FIT because of answering a hundred more calls a shift than normal, in which he/she is asked to "Get My Nurse!!". Oh please.

And when there's no clerk? Why, it's going to be SOMEONE'S nurse who has to answer the billion calls per shift, thereby reducing the time available to get to the actual patient.

FUNNY, and not at all realistic

Yeah, that's more likely.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

Besides, I'm thinking this is more hoax or joke than a bonafide application.

Someone's having some fun, and we shouldn't believe it

[mirandaaa]

RNsRWe said:

Besides, I'm thinking this is more hoax or joke than a bonafide application.

Someone's having some fun, and we shouldn't believe it

That is a terrible joke to make haha.

[pixiestudent2]

I can't even.

[ixchel]

They spelled "ensure" wrong. Unless they're offering "my nurse didn't come fast enough" insurance. I couldn't get past that to read the rest.

[annie.rn]

RNsRWe said:

I think you're thinking through this WAY more than the inventors of this app, LOL....my take on it is the person buying the service will provide the phone number of the Nursing Station on the unit in the hospital they are staying in, and that's it. Which means that if there's a Unit Clerk, he or she will throw a FIT because of answering a hundred more calls a shift than normal, in which he/she is asked to "Get My Nurse!!". Oh please.

And when there's no clerk? Why, it's going to be SOMEONE'S nurse who has to answer the billion calls per shift, thereby reducing the time available to get to the actual patient.

FUNNY, and not at all realistic

I totally agree! Can you imagine the unit clerks? It cracks me up to think of the reaction they would get from our very fiesty unit clerk the first time they called. Forget about the second or third!

We should all go to the App Store and review this app.

[golson]

How many areas are cell phones allowed? I know the hospital I volunteer at doesn't allow them in PACU.

[Anna S, RN]

In the hospital where I work, pts and their families all have their cell phones. Hospitals pretty much allow anything the "customers" want.

I read the whole article, and googled it. It's a real app. The hospital is called by the app. Pt and family members get email reports showing when the nurse was called, and how long it took her to respond.

The damn thing got good reviews, too. I only found three reviews, but all say their nurses did respond a lot faster when they used the app.

[golson]

Well, if it all comes from a block of numbers that the app uses, those could be blocked fairly easily.

[Anna S, RN]

golson said:

Well, if it all comes from a block of numbers that the app uses, those could be blocked fairly easily.

How are you going to block another person's cell from calling a hospital?