tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652098218166206377.post-47144784798997980142008-04-08T15:19:00.000-07:002008-04-08T15:19:00.000-07:00You can make lots of friends with warm blankets...at least I have, anyway. ;-><BR/><BR/>I give them whatever they can have, and I keep my eyes on new people coming onto the unit. I let them get loaded into their bed, then I go back and ask them if they're okay. <BR/><BR/>If I get them into bed, I make darned sure their call button and phone works and is right there next to them and verify it before I leave. I'm also of the Boy Scout mentality, and I really don't like it when reporting nurses leave out important stuff like high humidity O2 when they give you report (this has happened) or your respiratory people just don't think it's important to get up to that patient's room pronto when you ask them.<BR/><BR/>There should be some hospitality in the hospital...hello! People are freaked out as it is, so you need to make them a little comfortable to keep them out of at least some mental anguish. People who think it is beneath them to make a bed or get someone ice or water really irritate me.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Great post. Keep it up!RehabNursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695247141022093754noreply@blogger.com