What nursing "invention" would make you famous?

5 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.
Sedatives for patient family members

Wireless monitors and tubeless IV's. steph

Great topic idea!FYI, I'll move this thread to the Gen Nursing Forum (from Break Room), since this topic is nursing related and I'm sure many registered Members would like to participate.

Gloves to which tape doesn't stick!!

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.

Robots to take care for the patients while we sit at the nurse's station and drink coffee...since everyone things that's what we do anyway

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:Foot massagers and massaging recliner in a special break room for staffers who have to work over their shift. A couple of private showers for the nurses. Free on-site child care. Free healthcare benefits with no deductibles.

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!!"

Something which would help elderly patients take 10+ oral meds in less than one minute.

Quote from StacieRNSomething which would help elderly patients take 10+ oral meds in less than one minute.

Bloodless glucose monitoring! A scanner thing you could wave in front of the patient that would give you lab values without having to draw blood at all.That's what I would really like.

A butt-patter for those cranky gut/methadone/PPHN babies in the NICU who just. Will. Not. Sleep. unless you're patting them. I'd be the hero of all NICUs everywhere.