I hate to tell you I told you so........

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Actually, I don't hate it - I kind of like it!

A student came in yesterday wanting ice for a very small bruise on leg. She had bumped it on her coffee table 4 days prior. Told her ice no longer indicated.

At home last night she fell asleep with a big old bag of ice tied around it and fell asleep. Yep- today, she has a painful ice burn.

Let thy body heal itself people!! Not everything needs intervention.

TGIF!!!

Does anyone know of any sort of flow sheet that could visually guide everyone about what injuries do and don't need ice?

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Specializes in Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory.
On 2/7/2020 at 1:30 PM, beachynurse said:

I actually can't stand ice.I have to give ice out whether it's indicated or not. If a kid asks for it I have to give it. I had a sub nurse not give it to a student that requested it and the parentcalled and complained to administration. I tried to explain that ice is not always indicated as a treatment and we must assess the injury for the appropriate treatment. If ice is not appropriate, we should not be providing it. We were not supported and were told to just put a few pieces of ice in a bag and let the student go back to class, it's not worth listening to the parents complaining. Unfortunatly, our parent population just loves to complain about every little thing.

My sympathies. Appeasement is never a good strategy. The appeasees (yes, I know it's not a word) will only keep raising the ante. I'm sorry you're stuck with an administration that doesn't support you in using your clinical judgment.

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Specializes in Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory.
On 2/9/2020 at 2:57 PM, Hoosier_RN said:

This would be any area of nursing.

Yes, this scenario reminds me of corrections. Everyone in that building knew my job better than I did. My manager was the appeaser-in-chief.

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

Good info re ice or not, could be copied and laminated:

https://www.howardluksmd.com/orthopedic-social-media/ice-ice/

Add these "Ice Pokemon" figures for attention getter:

https://pokemondb.net/type/ice

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