Nurses Helping Nurses
allnurses Network: Central | Jobs | Books | Newsletter
allnurses: A Nursing Community for Nurses
Home General News Blogs Articles Students Region Specialty Degrees F.A.Q.
Geriatric Nurses and LTC Nursing /

In your experience have you seen this happen?



Did You Know?
allnurses is the largest community for nurses on the web. We now have over 388,688 members! Join today to network with other nurses, laugh, share, and much more.
Page 1 of 5 1 2345 >

Apr 26, 2009 05:28 PM

In your experience have you seen this happen?


I am not a nurse but a Radiologic Technologist for 39 years. Medicine has been my life many modalities. My mother is in a nursing home unable to verbalize because of a CVA. She has ogelvies syndrome caused by over medication with narcotics in this same home. She gets frequent UTIs. I was in checking on her last week and when we put her on the toilet via hoyer lift. I noticed a contusion at the pubic area. Looked live it had been pinched (fingers). She also had a large tear on her arm, not uncommon because of her thin skin. Although I told the nurse on duty when I went to remind her that her clonidine patch was 6 days over due for change, she didn't even look at the area of injury. The next day when I went in it was BLACK BLUE and as big as a baseball. I inquired again as how it happened. Got many different stories, was also told that she vomited that morning when I had observed the contusion. I think it was because it hurt so bad when they damaged her. The final story that administration gave me was that it was done when they did the cath for UA. I have done many caths for VCUGs etc and never heard of that happening. The report that they had given the Dr. as I inquired was there was a bruse about the size of a thumb. I don't want to cause any trouble but there has been ssooo many problems. In a routine cath placement could this happen?


Share

Search Tags
None
Top

1 Reader Gave Kudos

 
Advertisement
Sponsored Links
 
Page 1 of 5 1 2345 >
Reply
47 Comments
No. 1
from PAERRN20
Old Apr 26, 2009, 06:16 PM

Default Re: In your experience have you seen this happen?
Baseball size contusion during a routine cath? Don't think so. Something isn't right here. Trust your gut.
Top

7 Readers Gave Kudos
 
No. 2
from kermitlady
Old Apr 26, 2009, 06:21 PM

Default Re: In your experience have you seen this happen?
Nope, never seen that! There should definitely be some kind of internal document about a bruise the size you are describing. I think here in Indiana, anything over 7 cm has to be reported to the BOH (don't hold me to that, though!). And a clonidine patch SIX days over due? I would be contacting the MD on that one; you don't play around w/someone's B/P - especially when they already have a hx of CVA!
Top

11 Readers Gave Kudos
 
No. 3
from rdnkmom01
Old Apr 26, 2009, 06:35 PM

Default Re: In your experience have you seen this happen?
A bruise due to a cath? I don't think so. I have done many cath's and have never left a bruise; nor has anyone else I know. Like the previous post said...trust your gut. Something's not right.
Top

2 Readers Gave Kudos
 
No. 4
from arelle68
Old Apr 26, 2009, 06:51 PM

Default Re: In your experience have you seen this happen?
Get your mother out of there! Injury+stories that don't match the injury+conflicting stories+failure to report=ABUSE!
Her clonidine patch was 6 days over due for change? Neglect!
There are very fine NH, however. I know this because I work at one.
Top

7 Readers Gave Kudos
 
No. 5
from Smith-Lee
Old Apr 26, 2009, 07:01 PM

Default Re: In your experience have you seen this happen?
Thank you so much for your input. We are trying to move her and family is there almost 24-7. She is in Albany Or and there isn't a lot to choose from. I have had so many things I could have turned in but don't even know where to start. Wheather to turn in the facility or individuals and have licenses investigated. They know I have the knowledge to do that but I don't want to harm someones future but want Mom taken care of. We did contact her Dr. and took pictures in for him. He hasen't gotten back to us yet. I suggested they should put hot packs on it now to get it to absorbe and the head nurse said that it was get this "like a sandwitch with mayo on it when it is squeezed out it spreads out" it is hard to believe the incompetence.
Top

2 Readers Gave Kudos
 
No. 6
from TuTonka
Old Apr 26, 2009, 07:44 PM

Default Re: In your experience have you seen this happen?
You know you can change nursing homes BUT you can't change mothers...get her out of there while you still can.
Good luck.

TuTonka
Top

4 Readers Gave Kudos
 
No. 7
Old Apr 26, 2009, 08:56 PM

Default Re: In your experience have you seen this happen?
You alluding to other things.. if you don't get any information/help other areas, you can also contact: http://www.ltcombudsman.org/static_pages/ombudsmen.cfm
Top

4 Readers Gave Kudos
 
No. 8
from lindarn
Old Apr 26, 2009, 09:41 PM

Default Re: In your experience have you seen this happen?
It is good that you can take your mother to another facility, and she is lucky that she has caring family members who have the knowledge of what is right or wrong, and can act on it. However, other residents may not be so lucky.

Please, for the sake of the other residents in this facility, contact that authorities before some one dies due to their negligence.

Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN
Spokane, Washington
Top

3 Readers Gave Kudos
 
No. 9
from caliotter3
Old Apr 26, 2009, 09:50 PM

Default Re: In your experience have you seen this happen?
Unfortunately this is not an isolated incident. Your mom is lucky that her family is advocating for her well being. Keep on until you find a suitable new placement for her. I wouldn't worry about making problems for the facility. They know better. The residents who don't have families to move them deserve help out of that situation. Speaking up might help all involved. If the facility can't clean up its act, then it deserves getting attention from the authorities.
Top

3 Readers Gave Kudos
 
Page 1 of 5 1 2345 >
Reply




Thread Tools


Who's Online
86 members
1,151 guests
1,237

42

lawsuit - But don't most RN's work through breaks/lunch...

0

Patient Evaluation of Retail Clinic Care

5

The hard to reach on-call doctor, and its effects on...

9

Woman charged with passing off prescription drug as...

22

Man in "Vegetative State" was conscious for 23...

2

Interesting article on ThedaCare's Collaborative Care Model

13

Possible breakthrough regarding MS

63

16th Philly area hospital to stop delivering babies: Mercy...

14

Really interesting article on Indian open hearts

12

High-Tech Pump Does What Her Heart Can't



43

Dear preceptor

1

Society Needs Care Too

13

Why am I doing this, anyway?

2

Nurse Heal Thyself

10

My Papa, why I am the nurse I am today.

17

I made it through

11

An angel's gaze

16

A Sister Never Forgets

16

Ruby's Marbles

42

What Do Operating Room Nurses Do?

14

My Little Old Jedi

21

I love this job......

23

"I hear voices"

20

Preventing FRUTI (Foley Related Urinary Tract Infection) in...

24

Error and Attitude





Sponsored Links

Currently Reading This Page: 1 (0 members & 1 guests)

Interested in the hottest topics of the week? Subscribe to the Nurse-zine Newsletter.
Enter email address: