lcbaird

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1. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

   lcbaird replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   There are nursing shortages in other countries also and we should not try to take nurses away from their homes. Also, there are differences in nursing training throughout the world. Some nurses would be able to adjust to our health care system and ...

2. Fractured HIP patient - Need question answered

   lcbaird replied to lcbaird's topic in Orthopaedic

   We usually do transport to the OR in the bed but in this case the bed the patient was on was not one of our beds and we were going to get an appropriate bed for post op and take it to the OR when it arrived. When we used the gurney to transfer we we...

3. Fractured HIP patient - Need question answered

   lcbaird replied to lcbaird's topic in Orthopaedic

   From the bed to the stretcher on a slide board with the hip splinted.

4. Fractured HIP patient - Need question answered

   lcbaird posted a topic in Orthopaedic

   I manage a general med/surg was that has some (mostly geriatric) orthopedics. We often have fractured hip patients who stay pre op for at least 24 hours prior to going to OR for repair. We just had a fractured hip patient who was scheduled for a bi...

5. How soon post op do you turn your total hip replacement pattients?

   lcbaird replied to brinasmommy27's topic in Orthopaedic

   We turn them Q 2 after they come to the floor from recovery with an abductor pillow.