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I found it in the Tabers Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st Ed. Page 1891. Its a blue table on the top of the page. I am sorry i cannot scan it for you with an ipad. Maybe this will help you...

What do nurses do in emergency situations, where damage could be severe? Roadside accidents, etc... no gloves around... isn't it by law as nurses we render aid even without gloves? I'm not sure...

I see there are different ways to apply the Unna's (Unna) boot. We use the whole role. I've witnessed a physician do it and he used the whole boot too. He even went over the toes! I guess the...

Can you put the dressing on first then carefully moisturize around the dressing? I'm not sure skin prep will work over moisturizer. In WC, I dress the wound and a lot of the time, the patient will...

I just don't get how nurses can be so mean to each other... since my post, I have been able to foster morale with everyone and things are turning around. I noticed they are treating Nurse A better...

Yeah you are quite right, it is important to pull a length from the roll and lay the coban lightly while wrapping. If you have to use coban, be careful. Good point

Maybe because od the bureacracies of health care and her age. Too bad. Hope you can get her there, all you can do is keep trying... She really needs more than what you can provide, such a going to...

When i first started wc i dealt with the odors psychologically. Basically i told myself the patient needs me to be focused on treatment, not the smell. When i am concentrating on the wc itself, ...

So are you going to put gauze over the folds, wrap with unna boot than secure with coban? Maybe it won't roll as much. Sounds like you are well on your way to figuring this out.

Get her to wound care. They can debride, arabella, put her on abx. Get the wound in proper shape for the vac or hyperberic treatment.

Our doc would arabella misting to remove slough. What about wound vac? Debride, get rid of infection and slough. If there is no infection and you have healthy granulation, the vac should prove to...

If you are doing it to prevent further breakdown why not? As long as you are not using it where the breakdown is. I have some pretty big patients and with them i try to keep themunna boot two...

We never put any other dressings OVER the Unna (except Kerlix and Ace or Coban)

At our clinic the doctor debrides and puts a tissue sample in a jar of saline. We don't do it. But we can swab.

Maybe she DOES need more training or experience doing it; humans tend to avoid situations they are just not competent with. Especially what to do if there are complications.

I started working at a place where staff seem to be like a clique and talk about another staff member behind her back because she doesn't meet their standards; its wierd to me... So now i feel like...

I was told i could't volunteer on any nursing unit once i got my rn. It has to do with liability and conflict of interest. I guess its for our own protection; for instance, assisting a patient to...