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1. Thank you for being my nurse.

   kay replied to KYAPRN's topic in General Nursing

   Your beautiful and special story had me in tears....thank you for sharing. Yes, as nurses we can make such a difference in the lives of other and leave lasting impressions. Many years ago, as a child, I was hospitalized for a mundane surgery (nothin...

2. Antiseptics & Wound Care

   kay replied to lovelie_skittle's topic in Wound

3. I have been impersonated-Input please

   kay replied to Cubby's topic in General Nursing

   Wow....that is not acceptable in any profession or walk of life. Like Sunstreak said - 'tis scary to think what else she may have forged in your name (or someone else's name) in the past or may do in the future if nothing is done about it now........

4. Does Johnson & Johnson Commercial Really Help Nursing?

   kay replied to Snoopd's topic in General Nursing

   Maureen: >[/i] Medical Devices & Diagnostics - According to J&J, its Medical Devices & Diagnostics segment is the leading medical device business in the world. The segment encompasses suture and mechanical wound closure products, surgi...

5. Does Johnson & Johnson Commercial Really Help Nursing?

   kay replied to Snoopd's topic in General Nursing

   It's good PR and good business sense ! J & J get to be seen as a benevolent nurse-friendly company. And why not! They sell a lot of other medical supplies other than the obvious ones that spring to mind....

6. Mersa

   kay replied to Ms.RN's topic in LPN/LVN

   It is important to follow the infection control guidelines for the institution where YOU work! The precautions vary from one health care setting to another. The precautions required in a long term care setting (which would typically be focused only ...

7. Flu shot facts

   kay replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

8. Mrsa/vre Pts

   kay replied to KYMSRN's topic in Disease

   It's important to realise that 30-40 % of the general population are colonised by Staph Aureus which for most of the time does not cause us any problems... just part of our normal body flora. The first resistant staph aureus (Methicillin Resistant S...

9. c diff

   kay replied to saribeth's topic in Disease

   Yes, the lactobacillus is a really good idea. :) We had such good results in a couple of our patients who continued to have frequent loose stools even after the C Diff was resolved that our new protocol now includes giving Lactobacillus to all patie...

10. c diff

    kay replied to saribeth's topic in Disease

    A stool culture 48 hours post Flagyl will confirm whether or not the Flagyl was effective. If still positive, usually vancomycin is then given.

11. permacath care

    kay replied to kanashe's topic in Urology

    omg - can you imagine a dog chewing on it !!!! holey schmoley!

12. permacath care

    kay replied to kanashe's topic in Urology

    ...maybe i should have added that the reason for keeping the dressing over the permacath dry is that if the dressing needs to be changed, it should be changed only under strict aseptic technique because of the seriousness of any potential infection t...

13. permacath care

    kay replied to kanashe's topic in Urology

    Saran wrap is probably a good idea. We cut one of the clean plastic bags used to dispose of dirty dressings and apply it over the site, we then apply opsite roll all around to ensure a "waterproof" covering.The important thing is that it is "water...

14. Questions About Bruising

    kay replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    i would immediately suspect the aspirin as being the culprit if there is no other obvoius reason - bruising is a potential side effect of asa therapy. ....from tabers... aspirin causes prolongation of the bleeding time. a single dose of 65 mg appr...

15. buerger-allen exercises

    kay replied to kay's topic in Med-Surg

    thank you so much. i had tried a search but didn't find this! thanks for your post--i never heard of this before! these exercises are often used in pvd :)