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Definately wireless vitals machines...imagine walking into a patient's room with your vitals cart and not having to untangle the BP hoses from the sat moniter line while trying not to get poked in the eye with the telephone cord attached thermometer...ahh, a dream come true...plus, I'm sure the nosocomial infection rate would decline dramatically.
I'd want a PDA to be assigned to me every shift, much like the cell phone. It would have a keyboard to chart with and it would plug into universal ports located in and outside of each patient's room, at each nursing station and pod where there are real chairs.
I would also like to see stools attached to each chart station outside of each room that can fold up and collapse back into the wall so we can sit while charting away from the nurse's desk.
Finally, the nurse who could get admin to fund the following perks would be my personal hero:
How about a call light that delivers a "little buzz" if it's pressed too often- say, more than once an hour?
An ejection seat to put at the patient's bedside to get rid of those annoying visitors- the ones who won't leave, won't get out of the way, eat in front of your NPO patient. You could put those at the nurses' station, to get rid of anyone who just won't get up. You could also put one at the triage desk in the ER: "why are you here today?" "I have this hangnail..." ZAP! "NEXT!!"
juscallmegrace
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With all the news going around about MRSA infections, I got to thinking......if only I could concoct a "curative" lavender scented Vancomycin room spray....
Therefore I ask, what would your most useful nursing device, invention, or concoction be? Hmmmm......Valium "flavored" pixy dust.....attitude adjustment darts (they come in cardiologist strength, surgeon strength, I am the doctor strength and a slew of other effective varieties.