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That sounds absolutely disgusting and the instructions that he had given the patient really should have been written down somewhere, such as the chart notes, to allow the other nurses to be aware of this so that they wouldn't have to call up to confirm the advice with the doctor like you had to. Advise the patient that even though he was told to milk the wound that he does not need to play with it in an obsessive manner and potentially create further problems if you feel that the patient is taking the advice a little too far. Good work on the hand washing lecture, That truly is disgusting. Give him some Detol to put on it too because it's not going to get any better by just milking it, especially if he ignores you advice and doesn't clean his hands. I'd hate to think of what can result if he doesn't do this in a sanitary hygenic manner.
Ok, so I had a pt who is s/p I&D of the finger. He is continually taking of his bandages and squeezing pus out of the wound. When I told him not to squeeze it, he said the doctor told him to do it. Not believing him, I called the doctor to clarify this. The doctor of course got pi**ed and said that YES, he told him to handle the wound and YES, he told him to "milk" the wound.Gross gross gross! Besides the fact that the pt is obsessively playing with his nasty finger, this is a huge infection control issue! I gave him a big lecture on handwashing.
YUCK.
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Ok, so I had a pt who is s/p I&D of the finger. He is continually taking of his bandages and squeezing pus out of the wound. When I told him not to squeeze it, he said the doctor told him to do it. Not believing him, I called the doctor to clarify this. The doctor of course got pi**ed and said that YES, he told him to handle the wound and YES, he told him to "milk" the wound.
Gross gross gross! Besides the fact that the pt is obsessively playing with his nasty finger, this is a huge infection control issue! I gave him a big lecture on handwashing.
YUCK.