I, for one, welcome our new robot caregivers.
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wrote on 30 Jun 2022, 11:45 last edited by George K
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wrote on 30 Jun 2022, 12:52 last edited by
@George-K said in I, for one, welcome our new robot caregivers.:
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I'm actually down with this, provided that the guy isn't bullshitting about the intended use. More time with (human) caregivers and patients is a good thing.
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wrote on 30 Jun 2022, 12:57 last edited by
Except that it's utter bullshit. It's about reducing headcount and personnel expense.
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wrote on 30 Jun 2022, 13:05 last edited by
@Mik said in I, for one, welcome our new robot caregivers.:
Except that it's utter bullshit. It's about reducing headcount and personnel expense.
Bingo.
And the headcount they want to reduce is housekeeping and nurse's aides. There is nothing that a RN should be doing, that this thing can do.
Meds, IV infiltration, patient assessment, documentation, etc., can't be done by this thing. And if you're running a hospital where you're paying somebody $40/hr to pass out water, you're running a shitty hospital.
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wrote on 30 Jun 2022, 13:09 last edited by
Other than running errands, picking things up, delivering, what else is this thing good for? A fancy Roomba?
Can it bathe a patient? Change a Chux?
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Other than running errands, picking things up, delivering, what else is this thing good for? A fancy Roomba?
Can it bathe a patient? Change a Chux?
wrote on 30 Jun 2022, 13:16 last edited by@George-K And how many of them would you need in a shift? Seems like having too few of them will degrade patient care, as he waits for the moxie to bring them something, which could take too long, depending on the queue of things the robot has to do. OTOH, if you have too many moxies, they wind up running into each other, creating traffic jams, fighting in the supply closet . . .
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wrote on 30 Jun 2022, 15:05 last edited by
On the other hand, robots do have their place on patient care floors. Many hospitals have been using the PIXIS robots for some time for pharm deliveries.
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wrote on 30 Jun 2022, 15:13 last edited by
They could probably do cleaning tasks quite well.
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wrote on 30 Jun 2022, 15:37 last edited by
Maybe the more difficult enema cases could be theirs, too.
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wrote on 30 Jun 2022, 16:06 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in I, for one, welcome our new robot caregivers.:
Maybe the more difficult enema cases could be theirs, too.
As you wsh.