lsyorke

lsyorke RN

Med-Surg, Wound Care

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About lsyorke

lsyorke is a RN and specializes in Med-Surg, Wound Care.


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  1. Saying good bye to a loved one.

    I lost my husband in August of this year. Thank God for Hospice and their caring and compassion. While I didn't need the services that they offered, beyond meds, their presence was so important. Someone else to talk to, someone who understood how bei...
  2. Pregnant Nurses and the flu shot

    Tamiflu is a Class C drug for pregnancy: From rxlist.com: Pregnancy Category C There are insufficient human data upon which to base an evaluation of risk of TAMIFLU to the pregnant woman or developing fetus. Studies for effects on embryo-fetal develo...
  3. failed nclex-rn 3x

    Find a good review course specifically for the Nclex. Don't give up!
  4. ALL NURSES this affects all of you

    MMR and the other "mandatory" vaccines are mandatory for all. H1N1 is a brand new, minimally tested vaccine with unknown risks. The flu vaccine is "best guess". They are not comparable.
  5. I think that his argument is what most people think. We see "defensive medicine" all the time, which absolutely raises costs, but then we also see the negligent doctor. Until there is a true effort to remove the negligent physician, the public is at...
  6. Hospital Requiring Employees to take H1N1 Vaccine

    Not effective at all...the CDC has stated this. The N95 would be required and if anyone has attempted to wear an N95 for any length of time you KNOW how unreasonable it is to expect someone to wear it for 12 hours. This is pandering to the panic. How...
  7. Hospital Requiring Employees to take H1N1 Vaccine

    This is a big point. If you're not going to require visitors show proof of immunization, then this is all a "for show" situation. Of all the nurse I know about 25% will take the h1n1 vaccine....can you imagine how many nurses would be running around ...
  8. Need Opinion on becoming a Wound Care Nurse...

    My wound care certification didn't get me any more compensation, but it was a requirement for my job. I work in a Wound Care Center. I don't know of anyone who made $15,000 more due to certification. I had to document at least 2 years of wound care e...
  9. Rude Physician - Tips for Handling

    While there is no excuse for any doctor to berate a nurse, I would not have called the attending. The family wanted to talk to the surgeon, so I would have provided them the phone number of the surgeon. If a doctor is in on consult, especially a surg...
  10. Going Back To Housecalls

    We are starting to see more and more docs doing house calls. It's a good thing!
  11. School !

    WCEI is the group giving the course for WCC, but the test is given by the NAWC®. So completion of the course and passing the NAWC test gives you the WCC certification.
  12. School !

    You can also be specifically Wound Care certified through WCEI http://www.wcei.net/
  13. Good luck finding a preceptor. We're going to contact WCEI and see how we can help in our area.
  14. Have you taken the course yet? I believe that has to be done prior to the clinical. We were discussing this at work this week since we have 2 nurses(one being myself) who would qualify to be a preceptor. We're not sure if it's feasible in the fast pa...
  15. acetic acid anyone?

    Acetic acid is available premade from the pharmacy. I would not be mixing my own. It's a .25% solution. While it's use is a bit controversial, we've had great results in wounds that are colonized with pseudomonas. Found it...made by Baxter http://www...