Bridge the gap: Let nurses innovate! | Ben Gran | TEDxOulu

Nursing education needs to teach nurses to get involved in the innovation process, closing the gap between healthcare tech developers and nurses.
Ben Gran is a Nurse at the Finnish Red Cross Blood Services and founder of Metropolia Entrepreneurship Society. He aims to bridge the gap between developers and end-users within healthcare technology. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@cathyphillips9120]

As a retired RN, I say BRAVO - we need more nursing innovation. We need a lot more RN's like this speaker!

[@fungalpanda9781]

Beautiful, inspiring talk. We undervalue nurses so much. They are on the frontlines, in constant contact with patients, and this gives them the opportunity to observe things that might be missed by others. They need more opportunities to have their perspectives heard. There’s no professional that is better than another on the TEAM-that’s arrogance talking. -future SLP

[@attractalagan6238]

Well done Ben! Such a passionate advocate for real change.

[@karenandy2943]

Innovation is the future of nursing. Us 50+ nurses will be at the bedside, and you young ones come and move the profession a bit further. We all have something to add!

[@sarahcowand7364]

So proud of you, Ben!

[@bukurie6861]

Thank you for your talk!You are apasionated to your work,and human!Congratulation and success to beautiful healthcare😍👍

[@Mographies]

Introduce design and collaborative processes in nursing education.

[@Ianpact]

Thank you, Ben.

[@stuartmooney6074]

Great talk Ben!

[@josephvarghese8847]

wounder full presentation.

[@CD-dn6pk]

We as Nurses take on more and more work that could be attended by other departments. We aren’t as good at saying as them at saying no. Some argue that we are 24 hour care and they aren’t. However if you look at what we have to oversee compared to them that’s another issue. Some Nursing and management roles are uneven in their workloads.

[@CD-dn6pk]

Our patient care plans have become more involved, however, not always in good ways. They need to more than rely on us to utilise them to prompt us. For example they need to “ spell out “ a few more checklists. For example Check for hidden / not listed IV devices etc. Remind us to list a life threatening food allergy with catering etc. Because we have so many interruptions - the phone, our pagers, call bells, codes, complex admissions, many questions re advice, urgent bed moves, behavioural patients to name a few. Especially if one is in charge for a shift and has to oversee everything plus take a patient load.

[@cutl00senc]

Whoever invented the “call bell” , definitely wasn’t a nurse

[@Mickey_H]

you made my day as a nurse

[@AdvancedNursesEdConsultant]

Well said!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@AshishSharma09]

Amazing......

[@jayathukral8799]

Wow! That’s a point of view that I had never thought of. Cross-course collaboration. It can work wonders!

[@harshalnikumbhe8257]

Could you please elaborate this

[@bengran4289]

@@harshalnikumbhe8257 hi, While students are still in university, they need to do cross course collaborative innovation projects. Ei, nurses working with designers, engineers, computer science. When they learn how to network and work within inter-collabortive teams they can learn develop better technologies for the future healthcare when they enter their professions. It also teaches nursing students and other students about the importance of working with frontline workers. I hope this helps. Thanks, Ben Gran

[@Mariahugo472]

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[@coachleo5433]

Same here

[@lauren5422]

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[@Joshuaaragon268]

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[@beatrice5310]

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[@Julia-tw3pm]

She has really made a good name for herself, please how can I contact expert mrs Charlotte Junko Walsh?

[@CD-dn6pk]

I would like to see a computer program being able to talk to another so I have more time. For example, I have to notify a Dr of any admission. While doing so I get many interruptions, so this gets delayed. Or human error means it may be forgotten. How many times are we catching up on oversights by overworked colleagues.

[@athuljeeva2230]

Nice 👍

[@CD-dn6pk]

Computer formats need to be quick and to the point, and intuitive.

[@souvik9124]

Op 🔥🔥🔥

[@donquixote6859]

Thank you Ben for the insight on health care. Let's chat. I am pitching to VC about this very challenge of independent patient self-care to save lives. According to WHO there are 2.6 M preventable deaths annually from Medical Errors.

[@CD-dn6pk]

In the future we may have to rely on this. How many people do their own BSL’s, Bp, temperatures etc at home. I’m sure they have better outcomes than people who don’t have this initiative.

[@bengran4289]

Find my LinkedIn Ben Gran

[@CD-dn6pk]

We have monitors at work that can’t be reset to silence for example, a short period of sleep apnoea. So we have to gown up etc if they are COVID positive, simply to silence them each single time. Too expensive to upgrade to the monitor with a remote silencer, however new gowns, gloves etc have to be used each time so probably cost effective. Secondly, what if the next pandemic is more infectious, risking the life of the nurse each time they go in the room. Disillusion increases the risk of infection too. So does a low morale. What departments in the hospital smile the least? Is that some indication of workload?

[@CD-dn6pk]

Alarm clocks to remind patients to do their observations, blood sugar levels, fluid intake updates etc.

[@CD-dn6pk]

Patient care plans need to be quick and to the point.

[@michelleeewu]

Call bells UGHHHHH

[@user-jt8dc2vk9w]

اول تعليق👏

[@_-1307]

ثاني

[@floramanning6594]

Ha ha. Do y'all want brownie points or something?

[@themcgeefamily7514]

💚💙

[@ohmikron7290]

I hope I could do a remote patient care , at least titer the medication from my computer to the pump.

[@shadowthehedgehog181]

"I LOVE nursing!" A NURSE!!? B E T A!!!

[@ZPositive]

Meh. If nurses were innovators, they'd be doctors.

[@LucianaSantos-jp5jq]

Don’t be silly

[@ZPositive]

@@LucianaSantos-jp5jq I'm not. Brilliance and genius are not in every one of us. Nurses are awesome, and just like teachers, they're extremely necessary. But generally speaking, nurses and teachers are not innovators.

[@barbl263]

Doctors and nurses have different perspectives and skill sets. We need both to innovate

[@ZPositive]

@@barbl263 no offense to nurses, but that's like saying doctors need janitors in order to innovate. It's just not reality. Yes, innovation can come from teams of people, but generally it comes from one or two brilliant people pouring their passions into an endeavor. A group of followers is almost always dumber than the average brilliant individual.

[@iina8548]

So, you saying there is no chance for brilliance and geniuses among the nurses?

[@Semper_Iratus]

Become doctors then.

[@LucianaSantos-jp5jq]

Don’t be silly

[@leponpon6935]

NHS ❤