anvano412

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1. Last Chance Agreement

   anvano412 posted a topic in Recovery

   Hey! Just a quick question....Back in Novemeber I was having some trouble w/ alcohol and I chose to go to a 4 week outpatient rehab to get things in check. I told my boss and HR and had to sign a last chance/back to work agreement. Anyway, I was no...

2. Shout out to my fellow burn nurses!

   anvano412 replied to anvano412's topic in Burn

   Hey...We put opsite on our donors and leave it on for as long as humanly possible until it falls off. As it collects fluid we drain them and repatch w/ more opsite. Then, once it falls off or comes off its dressed in SSD and treated like a burn. ...

3. darwin award

   anvano412 replied to mint_julep7's topic in Burn

   Well, I have to say that about 50-75% of our burns occur from stupid situations....mainly involving alcohol or drugs or suicide attempts!!!! And just stupidity. I once had a patients family ( may he rest in peace) who stated, "They should put warni...

4. Burn Nursing Not For Me

   anvano412 replied to NewBeeNurse's topic in Burn

   Hey...if you are still there on the burn unit....STAY a minute and see! Only b/c I started right out of school and I freaked for a good 6 months! I was so scared and nervous and weirded out just by the look of a skin graft! Seriously I had to forc...

5. Shout out to my fellow burn nurses!

   anvano412 posted a topic in Burn

   Hey all New to the site and fresh off my 5th shift in 6 days...and I'm back tonight! Yikes! Anyway, I was just wondering what everyone else thought bout burn nursing and what there experiences were. I graduated last year and went straight into burn...

6. Early ambulation for patient underwent skin grafting

   anvano412 replied to micola75's topic in Burn

   Hey... I'm responding the question about ambulation. First, I'm just completing my 1st year as a burn nurse straight out of nursing school. I work on a certified burn / trauma center (but technicalities make us not a "real" trauma center) Anyway,...