LTC trach patient and no suitable suction catheters

There is noexcuse for this. When we review a potential admission, we use a form on which we indicate any special needs or equipment. We make sure it's ordered before the resident arrives.

Eek. I'm glad you come prepared but Geez, that's crazy! My hospital ran out of flushes for a night. I wish I had an old school attachment so I could have drawn up my own. Luckily I had some flushes stashed in my locker that I shared. Speaking of which, I need to reload that stash =)

~ No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent -Eleanor Roosevelt ~

Be careful Blackcatt, being "being lucky today' may just get you fired tomorrow for taking some of the NH's property home with you. It just seems you can't win though.

WOW! That's horrible and I would think twice about working for a place who stocked supplies like that.

I worked at a LTC years ago where the nurses frequently ended up having to buy insulin syringes and needles out of their own pockets, and laundry was often not done because there was no electricity. It was ridiculous and needless to say, I got the heck outta' Dodge. Thank God someone else bought it and completely changed it for the better. The former owner was greedy and wouldn't spend money on the residents or the facility. Oddly enough, nursing was paid well.