Some things haven't changed in 100 years. Like the hospital gown
. Cheap, flimsy, ugly, but highly functional. Some people are trying to change that.
. Cheap, flimsy, ugly, but highly functional. Some people are trying to change that.Just for the record, I'm happy with what we have now. Cheap, flimsy, ugly and highly functional hospital gowns. The hospital is not a fashion show. If you are worried about how you look, you are not sick enough to be in the hospital. Perhaps we need personalized hair stylists (perhaps even experts in hair restoration for women (and men!). Maybe a pet therapy dog. Maybe a massage therapist. Perhaps your own personal chef. Oops. I forget. Patients are all about the hospital amenities. Maybe we do need some fashion styled hospital gowns.
Yeah, God forbid sick patients get to feel some dignity. I've been pretty sick before and still cared how I look. Designer gowns seem like a waste of money, but you can still have modest, decent looking gowns. Most of our patients wear pj's from home. Are BMT patients not sick enough to be hospitalized?
ReplyDeleteMeh, it wouldn't be too hard to design a cheap, functional, easily removed gown that covered the butt. Provides modesty, encourages people in recovery to get out of bed, and is especially good for people who are in the hospital but aren't sick-- ie, people waiting to donate kidneys, women who are about to give birth, people who have brain tumors that are growing and need to be removed but haven't caused them to have serious symptoms yet. Not everyone in the hospital is deathly ill.
ReplyDeleteSpoken like somebody who's never had to get out of bed to walk the halls with a foley, giant post-partum mesh panties, filled with mambo giant ice packs, and lovely post-partum leaky breasts. For crying out loud. You're probably right. If there had been a nice, functional, non-itchy, functional gown I would never have gone to medical school and had a career. I'd just be finding ways to stay in the hospital.
ReplyDeleteI don't care how the gowns look; I just want something that reliably covers my arse. Why can't they make the damned things kimono-style so the sides overlap?
ReplyDeleteNow you know where the inventors of the Snuggie got the idea from...
ReplyDeleteHow is it "highly functional" when most of what you need to examine is in the front, not the back? Indeed, my gynecologist has patients put them on "backwards" because it works better that way.
ReplyDeleteI watched Star Trek the other day and even Kirk's mom had one of those things on...I guess there is a giant warehouse full of that blue printed cloth...
ReplyDeleteWhen ambulating patients I simply have them put another gown on backwards over the one they already have on. Covers the butt. Hospital gowns are designed with an open back for a reason - bedridden patients. The majority of my patients (ICU) are bedridden. MUCH easier to have an open back for those incontinent moments, repositioning, pulling up in bed.
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