Sleeping amenities

1 I am on a committee r/t noise control and lack of sleep on our unit and we are trying to create an amenity bag with eye covers, ear plugs, etc. We are at square one and I am interested in info from anyone that has something like this on their unit or knows anything about starting this up...Any ideas?? THANKS.
Quote from Geneve RNI am on a committee r/t noise control and lack of sleep on our unit and we are trying to create an amenity bag with eye covers, ear plugs, etc. We are at square one and I am interested in info from anyone that has something like this on their unit or knows anything about starting this up...Any ideas?? THANKS.

We have the "yacker-tracker" as described by Otessa. It floats from one department to another as a reminder to be quiet.

in the interest of practicality, a set of ear plugs and an eye shield would probably suffice. The "yakker tracker" is also a good idea to place throughout the facility.

Installing dim lights in room for checking on patients or performing tasks that do not require a bright light and grouping tasks so multiple people are not serially waking patients (e.g. nurse w/ meds then 15 min later phleb for labs, then 10 min later xray for films etc.)

white noise machines can be purchased cheaply for each room. The one time I was a patient for 5 days I definately found it hard to sleep. One of the things that was hard was the CONSTANT beeping of IVs--no IV push and only piggy backs makes for A LOT of beeping. Too bad they can't make a system that would beep at the nurses station or send a vibrating page to the nurse instead of beeping in the room--where the nurse doesn't hear it half the time and the patient is driven nuts by it--would be a god send! lol and yes having all the staff carry flashlights as so much can be done with a flashlight instead of turning on the overhead lights.

I like FLArn's idea of dim lights on a unit. I for one have often used the restroom in the room to provide light at night, especially when the door is proximal to the entry so that I don't have to stumble over stuff at night. I can use the restroom door to increase or decrease the level of light I want depending on circumstance. Kind of like a dimmer switch.Chamomile tea works too~

Quote from FLArnInstalling dim lights in room for checking on patients or performing tasks that do not require a bright light and grouping tasks so multiple people are not serially waking patients (e.g. nurse w/ meds then 15 min later phleb for labs, then 10 min later xray for films etc.)

We are getting ready to launch aromatherapy on our unit. Maybe something like that would help with sleep?

I was recently a patient where the hospital TV had a channel devoted to pleasant ambient music. Helped tremendously, but the sound machines would have more choices.

Quote from FLArnInstalling dim lights in room for checking on patients or performing tasks that do not require a bright light and grouping tasks so multiple people are not serially waking patients (e.g. nurse w/ meds then 15 min later phleb for labs, then 10 min later xray for films etc.)

Quote from serenity1We are getting ready to launch aromatherapy on our unit. Maybe something like that would help with sleep?

Wow you must work at overly regulated bureaucratic hospital. A committee on noise control? Really? Couldn't this have been handled by an email reminding people to be quiet, and the charges making a specific point to remind the night shift to make less noise?