After reading/posting on the post on caring for Nurses or MD's...I thought of another question that may be amusing...
If you were a patient, say you had back surgery or something where you were in bed for a time...what would you bring with you to the hospital (or have brought) knowing that it can be a wait for some things?
Me, I would bring a female urinal (just in case no one could help me to the BR), a large pitcher of water, my own button down nightgown, and my nice fluffy fuzzy bodypillow!
This post is cracking me up. I haven't had a lot of surgeries, or even been in the hospital very much. (Knock on wood--I'm generally fairly healthy) But it has been my experience when I have been in the hospital after an operation, all I am able to do is sleep. The drugs are great! (Just kidding!) I would never be coherent enough to do a crossword puzzle or even read a newspaper for that matter. So I really wouldn't care about having anything like that. As long as I was comfortable, I really wouldn't want anything else, except to be left alone...and to keep the painkillers coming!
1. The hospital can provide linen, dinner ware, clothing etc. If I have just had back surgery, there is no way I will want to do washing when I get home.
2. A mirror angled behind the bed, so that I can see my meal as I eat it (have seen this used in one hospital).
3. My imaginary laptop (how does one cope without a puter?)
4. Music
5. My husband, to wait hand and foot on me - he would kill me if he saw this post!
My dad had to stay overnight for a cardiac cath because of his kidney function, but had to stay flat for several hours after. What I did was prop his head up on pillows so he was slightly bent at the neck, lay a chux on his chest, and lay the plate on that. He was able to scoop the food into his mouth that way, much neater than me feeding him. That way the only thing he needed help with was the liquids.
Why didn't the nurses tilt the bed a bit to help. That's one of the first things our nurses do when they get our patients from the cath lab. That way the patients are still straight but not totally flat. Make's a big difference in keeping a lot of them in bed for the time they should be.
Specializes in Peds Critical Care, Dialysis, General.
OH these are great! Earplugs!!!!!! OH yeah!!!!!!!
LOL Muffie...naaaaaaa I would leave the ambulance driving pillow at home to take care of the kids for once! LOL!!!!!!!! Plus my fluffy pillow doesn't snore!
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This post is cracking me up. I haven't had a lot of surgeries, or even been in the hospital very much. (Knock on wood--I'm generally fairly healthy) But it has been my experience when I have been in the hospital after an operation, all I am able to do is sleep. The drugs are great! (Just kidding!) I would never be coherent enough to do a crossword puzzle or even read a newspaper for that matter. So I really wouldn't care about having anything like that. As long as I was comfortable, I really wouldn't want anything else, except to be left alone...and to keep the painkillers coming!