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Hill Rom Advanta™ 2 Bed
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Wayne
HealthCare Purchases Innovative Beds and Mattress System
(Greenville, OH) November 18, 2016 - Wayne HealthCare is committed to
improving the healthcare experience for patients, employees and their
families. The hospital received a generous gift from the estate
of Ms. Venice Ricker with restrictions on how the gift must be
used. As a recipient of this generous gift, the hospital has
earmarked funds to purchase 24 new Hill-Rom Advanta 2 beds and Morel
Hercules mattresses.
The new beds and mattresses will be installed in two phases. The first
phase will be completed before the end of the year and the second phase
will be installed in January 2017.
The Advanta 2 bed is a smart bed with reliable connectivity to most
nurse call systems. Alerts are built into the bed to provide instant
notification of unsafe events. The Advanta 2 bed is the latest smart
bed model from Hill-Rom. “Having a bed with patient-friendly features
is a great addition to helping improve the experience for patients in
the 3North Telemetry Med/Surg unit,” said Kim Freeman, MS, RN, NEA-BC,
Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at
Wayne HealthCare.
This bed is an excellent choice because it combines new smart
technology; innovative design features with proven features that aid in
safe care, ease of use, flexibility, and patient comfort.
To compliment The Advanta™ 2 Telemetry Med/ Surg Beds, patients in the
unit will also have a new technology to help resolve a longstanding
challenge in caring for patients – moving them up when they have slid
down in their beds.
This technology, called The Hercules Patient Repositioner™, includes a
unique drive, mattress and sheet combination that allows a single
caregiver to safely move a patient back up-in-bed to a comfortable
position with the simple push of a button. Hercules can be easily
attached to any healthcare bed and can reposition patients weighing up
to 500 pounds in less than 10 seconds.
“Being pulled up-in-bed using Hercules is very comfortable and our
patients love the fact they don’t have to wait for two or three people
to perform this task,” said Deb Osborne, RN Charge Nurse for 3North
Telemetry Med/Surg unit. “And, I don’t have to worry about our nursing
staff getting injured doing it.”
Wayne HealthCare is excited about providing this improved level of care
for patients. Traditional repositioning methods, such as slide sheets
and lifts are disruptive to the patient’s experience. Now, patients
don’t have to worry about that negative experience when the caregiver
uses Hercules. “This routine part of caring for a patient was often
painful and sometimes even embarrassing for our patients.
Now, every time we walk into the patient’s room, we can ensure they are
in the most comfortable position in bed by simply pushing a button,”
said Deb Osborne, RN.
Hercules operates much like a conveyor and effortlessly repositions the
patient back up-in-bed, often times without them even knowing they are
moving. Hercules uses a special sheet that is twice as long as a
standard sheet and will allow a patient to be repositioned up to 10
times before the sheet is reset or changed.
Patients that have recently had an inpatient stay at the hospital have
expressed their appreciation for the improvements to patient care.
Kim Freeman, Vice President of Patient Care Services, said, “Wayne
HealthCare is always pursuing technologies that will improve the care
practice for patients and the safety of our staff. We understand that a
hospital stay frequently involves discomfort because of illness or the
patient’s condition. If there is anything that we can do to improve
this, as well as reduce injuries for our staff, that is something we
are going to strive to do.”
“We are extremely excited to add high quality beds and mattress to the
Telemetry Med/Surg unit and once again look forward to providing
exceedingly well and compassionate care for our patients and their
families.
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Hercules Half Mattress with Patient and Nurse
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