The catheter patrol was used as a workaround on the nursing side of care because, instead of the bedside nurse taking responsibility for the daily assessment and follow-up with physicians, this activity was taken on by someone else who, perhaps, was not directly involved in patient care.
Using EIT instead of CT for bedside assessment of tidal volume distribution is a new trend.
"Instead of an individual patient at the bedside," he says, "I've got 290 million patients".
When we choose lung ultrasound as a first-line exam instead of more complex and costly chest CT, it is not for radioprotection issues, but for the advantages of a bedside, rapidly available, highly versatile technique.
Veterans have always known the importance of a bedside manner.
A report on Sarkozy's African diplomacy warned of a "bedside manner needing fine-turning".
The scene shifts to that of a bedside, where a young woman who has died, lies.
So, instead of a hi-tech audio system that you have to work through the TV, there's a leather-bound Roberts radio on the bedside table, next to an ordinary, manual, alarm clock.
Pain was measured by bedside nurses at rest before and during any moving procedures, similarly to the other phases but reported routinely on the patient's flow sheet instead of a dedicated study sheet.
Perhaps you can open a window instead of turning on the air conditioning, or just use a bedside light instead of the overhead lights.
