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While I was in nursing school and working in a pediatric hospital for my clinicals, I met a 12-year-old boy who had broken his femur. His leg was in traction, he was quietly playing video games alone and very shy. I asked him if his friends are coming up to the hospital to visit him and he said “NO WAY”! Upon further discussion, he told me that he didn’t want his friends up there because he was in a “dress”. With his leg in traction, covering up was a bit of a challenge, although he was able to maneuver a sheet for coverage. After speaking with the nurses, they stated that the only thing that they had for him would be diapers, which was of course entirely too old for. While doing my nursing care plan for school, watching my own children and thinking about the boy in the hospital, I decided to design something that would possibly help. While I was in nursing school, I was also working as a patient care technician in a local hospital. One of my responsibilities was to make sure that patients who had just had a surgical procedure or who are able to walk in the halls, did so. I would walk with many of them and many of them would refuse for no other reason than the gowns provided zero coverage and they didn’t feel comfortable. This was a daily conversation with patients, staff, family and friends of patients and management. Beyond the issue of providing dignity and privacy to patients, whether they are in a hospital, rehabilitation or even in the home setting, having the ability to move, walk or do what is necessary to keep healthy and maintaining range of motion is an important part of healing. I developed a product that is necessary, not only for privacy and dignity of the patient, but provides ease of use for caregivers.
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