Yes, the pain is controlled w/ wound vac off, increases significantly when on. You're right, I forgot about not using compression w/ arterial insufficiency. A wound care doc would be good, she's just seeing Infectious Disease. I'll talk to her & ...
I would only take them off in an extremely clean home for cultural purposes only. Other than that, shoe covers go on, no questions asked. Bet you're surprised as the number of responses, aren't ya?:yelclap:
I have a pt with a HUGE venous stasis ulcer encompaassing nearly her entire left lower leg. Her co-morbidities: age (83), advanced RA, wheelchair bound, diabetes, HTN, OA, arterial insufficiency. She just completed IV ABX for osteomyelitis in the ulc...
Hi yogalover47, unless your hubby wants to live with a totally stressed out spouse, he won't have you "put up with it" for a year. Trust me, "been there, done that". Won't do it again! Nursing is too wonderful a profession to have your current job ma...
Hello yogalova47, I hate to break the bad news to ya, but it sounds as though you may have signed on to a HHA that will "suck the life" out of you... if they do that to you on a holiday weekend, trust me they will have even MORE in store for you on a...
I have been asked by my company to look into the requirements for teaching a CNA class. However, no matter where I look, I don't seem to looking in the right places for the training module, requirements to become and instructor etc. Can anyone point ...
Most definitely YES!!! Nurses do eat their young! Why, who kows for sure, I only know that I was a victim of this travesty time and time again at the hospitals I worked at until I learned to stand up for myself and not take it anymore, but rest assur...
I have a pt with a transverse colostomy who will be undergoing a colonoscopy. She is to have enemas given to her through her colostomy and I've never done, seen it, nor been inserviced on it! Can anyone explain the procedure to me?
I have worked in Home Health for a long time as a Wound Care Nurse and as long as the physician has put on a dressing (and I'm sure he/she has), it is ok to leave the wound vac off for up to 24 hours and resume your usual M W F schedule.
Hello everyone! I have been in HH for about 7 years. I can honestly say that a team of wild horses could NOT put me back inside a hospital realm to work. I know a lot of hospital based nurses think HH is an easy job, and we "really don't work for a l...
She has had multiple abdominal surgeries with more to come. The stoma is irregularly shaped, it is a transverse colostomy on her right side. Unfortunately, I'm not an ET nurse, so I'm not sure how else to describe it.