skinnurse66 LPN

skinnurse66 has 19 years experience as a LPN and specializes in LTC.Home Health,.

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1. Stalled wound

   skinnurse66 replied to bebop1's topic in Wound

   Is there alot of drainage from the wound? are you packing the wound? Have you done a pre-albumin level it is a more accurate test then just the albumin. Was this a surgical wound to start with?

2. what can I say to a family member?

   skinnurse66 replied to rnto?'s topic in Geriatric

   GREAT RESPONCE I AGREE SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE

3. what can I say to a family member?

   skinnurse66 replied to rnto?'s topic in Geriatric

   If this person was a full code and in distress why was he not in the hospital? If he was then why were they not able to effectivly treat him to help his breathing and ease his pain. I also think that this family member is only thinking of herself not...

4. Mrsa

   skinnurse66 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric

   MRSA in the nares is a common thing if you test a normal healthy person it can come up posative for this. I would say it is colonized and if they are showing no sx. we normally don't treat it. Universal precautions is of course standard in care. I...

5. In your experience have you seen this happen?

   skinnurse66 replied to Smith-Lee's topic in Geriatric

   I have worked in LTC for over twenty years and NO I have NEVER seen something like this. What is scary is your mom can not tell you what really happened. Saddly there are people working in these jobs that should not be. I am concerned that the peop...

6. Need advice from experienced LTC nurses.

   skinnurse66 replied to arelle68's topic in Geriatric

   I have worked in longterm care for over twenty years. There is alot I don't understand about the place you are working. They want you to clock out. Ok if you do I hope you are not working off the clock you would not be covered if something happened t...

7. Bad Flu Shot?

   skinnurse66 replied to daisybaby's topic in Disease

   Can I ask were you are located? I am the infection control nurse at my facility and most of the patients can not communicate the pain I want to be sure I monitor them closely Thanks Bec

8. Can LPN's take phone orders?

   skinnurse66 replied to rileygrl11's topic in Ohio

   I have worked in longterm care for 19yrs and we have always taken orders. At times there were no RN's on duty so we were also charge

9. I need advice about undiagnosed rashes at work

   skinnurse66 replied to 1WingeDove's topic in Disease

   First thing I would do would be get a culture to see if this could be a staph infection or ect so you may get some idea of what you are dealing with.