Healthcare

Doctors need a better way to have informed conversations with patients and families about the realities of CPR and its appropriateness for different individuals.

RN to BSN programs feel like a waste of time with irrelevant curriculum, but the user needs to complete one to advance in nursing education.

A med-surg nurse is required to write an end-of-shift summary for every patient, adding a burdensome documentation task without understanding its purpose, and feels it could unfairly impact performance evaluations.

Inpatient rehab staff struggle with scheduling patients' post-discharge follow-up appointments, often handling tasks that families will need to redo or coordinate themselves.

Healthcare facilities lack visibility and a process to redistribute or resell unused sterile supplies from cancelled surgeries, leading to unnecessary waste and cost.

Healthcare workers frequently hit their heads on overhead operating room equipment, causing injury and frustration, with no comfortable protective headwear designed for use under scrub caps.

Emergency department staff must manually track down technicians to perform EKGs, causing delays in patient care.

Unit nurses expect wound nurses to perform all wound treatments for their patients, creating conflict and role confusion despite management addressing it.

Infusion nurses cannot find a patient who tolerates the manufacturer-recommended infusion rate for IVIg, forcing them to slow down rates significantly.

A vascular access nurse cannot filter patient lists in Cerner EHR by the presence of documented central or midline lines, forcing reliance on manual pen-and-paper rounding sheets.

Charge nurses lack a fair, transparent system for assigning patient care technicians (PCTs) to patient loads, leading to unbalanced workloads and dissatisfaction.

A small mobile practice struggles with inconsistent medical waste (sharps) generation that makes scheduled waste collection inefficient—sometimes the container is nearly empty on pickup day, other times it fills rapidly.

A nurse needs straightforward, print-friendly nutrition education materials for a neurodivergent client with low tech literacy who wants to eat healthier and lose weight.

Nursing positions often lack set schedules, causing chaotic work hours that are undesirable for staff.

A nurse in acute rehab struggles to write thorough and compliant nursing notes after years in pediatrics where documentation was minimal.