I just heard the most disgusting news from my best friend. There is a mosquito infestation (in fact, it seems like a plague of MANY things such as gnats, mice and flies) on our med-surg units and one of the mosquitos actually laid their larvae in a trach patient's stoma and the poor patient got so sick that he had to be sent to ICU.
I have been feeling like I had to puke since I heard this mess. It represents poor nursing care to me because it must be that no one took the time to change the dressings, clean or suction this patient or even cover the stoma properly for larvae to make a home in this area. I know they can't control the mosquitos, but they sure as hell could have at least observed the patients. I say this because the particular floor I am speaking of is known for their nurses sitting around arguing and avoiding work all day (I used to go there for agency work sometimes). YUCK!!