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Have any favorite unorthodox solutions to nursing problems?
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Posted about 1 month ago Sometimes I saw nurses apply real ingenuity to nursing problems while I worked as an aide. The solutions were unorthodox, the kind you just don't find in a textbook. One of my favorite solutions follows; I'd like to learn your own favorite unorthodox solutions. Any nursing problem qualifies. Problem's background. While working as an aide, I was assigned to watch a patient who tried killing himself. Just a few doors down, another patient, male, about 50 years, had also drawn a patient observor, and this patient had been moaning and wailing with the kind of volume you'd have bet a human being couldn't produce. Apparently, pain wasn't an issue with the patient; the staff was familiar with him from previous hospitalizations. But the man was being restrained with soft restraints--he had a habit of yanking out tubes, including his IV line. Mittens hadn't helped. The patient observor was unable to help him. Moreover, you couldn't talk to or learn much from the patient. He had Down's syndrome and was profoundly retarded. No doubt the restraints were oppressive to the man. Unorthodox solution. A female nurse stopped by a few minutes and tried comforting him, maybe even singing a lullaby. Finally, she tickled him. That brought a smile to the man's face. As I recall, he soon fell asleep. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago i don't have any as of yet.. but that was very interesting. its amazing what showing a little compassion to a human being can produce.
i hope to read a few more from others experiences. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago That was an awesome story.I have so many.We had a young female brought into a SNF who was in a coma and had been for weeks.She had the same staff day in and day out.They sang to her,talked to her,kept her free of any breakdown. One day after about 4 months..she just woke up,sat up,called the CNA by name and asked for ice cream.It was awesome as the doctor's said she would never wake up..Faith and love will do it! Drew |
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| Posted about 1 month ago Here's one that a veteran nurse told the class in nursing school during a lab for obstetrics. A pregnant woman visited her doctor about two weeks before her baby was due. The doctor determined that the baby's presentation was bad; he'd probably need to deliver it by C-section. The presentation? I don't recall what the instructor said; I now wonder if she mentioned a particular presentation. A nurse told the woman to try the following: dangle something that played music on her lower abdomen for the next few weeks. Maybe the music would help straighten out the fetus's presentation. Our instructor said babies were "curious buggers." So the woman started playing music on her lower abdomen. A few weeks later, the doctor couldn't believe that the fetus's presentation had changed; he could now try a vaginal delivery.
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| Posted about 1 month ago What i wrote was not unorthodox but i will come up with one from my cardiology days...:) Drew |
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| Posted about 1 month ago I had a patient who had a brain injury from an auto accident. He, at one time was considered a brilliant young mathematician. A long with the decrease in his mental capacity, he developed a seizure disorder, resulting in a fractured hip and femur which no more healed then he would fall again and refracture everything. So Jack was in a full spica, which he absolutely hated. He'd wait until we turned in and then he'd urinate all over the floor. His parents visited every day and he'd get upset when they left, which would make his behavior even worse. I found out he loved old time rock n roll and his favorite song was Rockin Robin by Bobby Day. He hated any other artist singing it. So I learned all the words and one evening, walked into his room while he was throwing his usual tantrum and began to sing and dance around the room to ........ He rocks in the tree-top all a day long Jack started singing with me and he knew every single word. He laughed, clapped and smiled. Word got around among the residents, so if any of them were on the floor when it was time for Jack's show, they'd come in and join me singing and dancing for Jack. He never threw another tantrum, urinated on the floor or was in a bad mood when I was on duty. I doubt I will ever forget the words to the song either, because this was back when patients were in the hospital for weeks and months. Once he transfered across the hall to the rehab unit, he came over every night to sing me. Deb |