Comments on: Cranky Nurse = Bad Day http://nursinginfluence.com/cranky-nurse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cranky-nurse Topics That Influence Nurses & The Influence Nurses Have On The Community Tue, 08 May 2012 06:21:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Amy Sellers http://nursinginfluence.com/cranky-nurse/#comment-305 Amy Sellers Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:43:22 +0000 http://nursinginfluence.com/?p=181#comment-305 The incentive spirometer seems to inspire a lot of hatred in many patients, especially after open heart surgery. Of course, it brings a lot of pain to the sternal incision and it also seems to bring a feeling of inadequacy in our strong-willed male patients. Before surgery, they were able to get the marker all the way to the top, and then after surgery they're only doing about one tenth of that. So, on top of barely being able to get in and out of bed and needing someone to help them with their glass of water, they now can't even breathe as well anymore. It's a very measurable outcome that they feel that they are not meeting. Hope your dad is doing well and thanks for your words- I really do appreciate it. The incentive spirometer seems to inspire a lot of hatred in many patients, especially after open heart surgery. Of course, it brings a lot of pain to the sternal incision and it also seems to bring a feeling of inadequacy in our strong-willed male patients. Before surgery, they were able to get the marker all the way to the top, and then after surgery they’re only doing about one tenth of that. So, on top of barely being able to get in and out of bed and needing someone to help them with their glass of water, they now can’t even breathe as well anymore. It’s a very measurable outcome that they feel that they are not meeting.

Hope your dad is doing well and thanks for your words- I really do appreciate it.

]]> By: Douglas E. Welch http://nursinginfluence.com/cranky-nurse/#comment-302 Douglas E. Welch Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:12:57 +0000 http://nursinginfluence.com/?p=181#comment-302 After acting as "cheerleader" last summer to help my Father recover from a 5-way bypass I feel for you. I only had to do it about 7 days but each day I was exhausted when we went home. My wife and I likened it to our college days in the theater, except we were on stage for hours at a time. He had respiratory issues that kept him in ICU for 4 weeks. We were determined to move him forward in his recovery while we were there for 2 weeks and were very proud that we succeeded. He moved to rehab the next week. Your mention of the incentive spirometer really struck. He hated that. He was already an ornery Ohio farmer and things like that just made him ornerier. Thanks for a great post. Please know that non-medical folks like myself appreciate people like you. Douglas After acting as “cheerleader” last summer to help my Father recover from a 5-way bypass I feel for you. I only had to do it about 7 days but each day I was exhausted when we went home. My wife and I likened it to our college days in the theater, except we were on stage for hours at a time.

He had respiratory issues that kept him in ICU for 4 weeks. We were determined to move him forward in his recovery while we were there for 2 weeks and were very proud that we succeeded. He moved to rehab the next week.

Your mention of the incentive spirometer really struck. He hated that. He was already an ornery Ohio farmer and things like that just made him ornerier.

Thanks for a great post. Please know that non-medical folks like myself appreciate people like you.

Douglas

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