Pet peeve!!!

Specialties NICU

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I am so tired of going to get a lab and the baby's heel looks like this:

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Please stack up your "sticks" so there is something left for the rest of us and the poor kids foot doesn't look like a war zone!! :trout:

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Good foot.;)

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That top one has some in the no-no zone. It is sad that some nurses dont think/care that they could be effecting this childs ability to walk. Not inlcudig the facgt that I bet it hurts like a you-know-what!!

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Ouch, yeah - there are a couple of pokes right on the middle of the heel. Doesn't even look like there was much effort on the poker's part.

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Isn't it amazing? I'd like to track down these chuckle heads and their preceptors!

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Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

Both the bottom of the heel (what you walk on) and the posterior place where the Achilles tendon attaches to the talus are no-no's!

Perhaps it's time for a little refresher poster, or something! OUCH!

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