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  1. Clogs while nursing

    I'm a Birkenstock clogger myself. They are well worth the extra money because they last longer. I have a pair of dress white leather that I save for certain occassions and the white man made ones with refill soles on the inside for the everyday stu...
  2. Concerning car seat laws. In OK it is required that the driver be belted in and that children be in appropriate car seats. Too bad the law didn't apply to all adults in the SUV that tried to pass a sand truck during our current ice storm. They mig...
  3. license to breed

    We have all heard of the proverbial straw that breaks the camels back--I can understand the anger. When you are holding a choking-non-breathing baby your adrenaline gets a burst, you have 2 major emotions that result from such a burst, scared to dea...
  4. Does anyone have experience or knowledge of whether it is safe to use a wound vac on a wound that has been open for over 1 year which may be draining exudate from a dying tumor. A neighbor has had 6 surgeries to remove a tumor and the wound had not ...
  5. Barrier Cream

    My favorite through the years has been Bohan's butt paste, now sold as Flander's. It is one that is tan in color and the objective is to leave the bottom layer on when cleaning up the person and apply it fairly thick so that you can wipe off the top...
  6. Wound Vac System

    Do any of you know if a wound vac is safe to use on a draining tumor wound? Any experience or knowledge of such having been done? I have a neighbor who has had cyberknife after multiple (8) attempts to remove a tumor. He has an open wound that is ...
  7. Wound Vac System

    We had one incident where part of the KCI black wound packing remained in a wound but fortuantely was found the next wound change and was removed like a debridement. We never were able to figure out if the dressing tore while being removed or if a sl...
  8. MRSA in wound

    Since MRSA is no longer just found in the hospital settings it is becoming harder to track, but if you are having several patients that have MRSA coming out of the hospital, please make sure that the Infection Control Nurse is aware. Also I know you...
  9. Options in "private" sector For non healing osteo MRSA

    I have had good success in the past with a couple of chronic MRSA patients. When they take Olive Leaf Extract with their antibiotic and then they continue on the Olive Leaf extract all the time to keep it from resurfacing. I also suggest ways to bu...