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1. Central line dressing days

   ngodin replied to ngodin's topic in General Nursing

   Most of the hospitals that are doing this have one nurse (or team, depending on size of hospital) that does them all, taking that task away from the primary nurse. In my hospital, I am the only nurse that does them (with the rare exception of one due...

2. Central line dressing days

   ngodin replied to ngodin's topic in General Nursing

   Most of the hospitals that are doing this have one nurse (or team, depending on size of hospital) that does them all, taking that task away from the primary nurse. In my hospital, I am the only nurse that does them (with the rare exception of one due...

3. Central line dressing days

   ngodin replied to ngodin's topic in General Nursing

   They wouldn't have already been done because I am the only one in the hospital that does them (with the exception of the rare one due on the weekend). We are a small hospital and have only 8-10 PICCS on average, so it wouldn't take long for me to do ...

4. Central line dressing days

   ngodin posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been hearing from some folks that their hospitals have picked one day of the week to do all central line changes. Currently, we are doing them everyday based on when the patient got the central line. What are your hospitals doing?

5. Penile ulcer..HELP!

   ngodin replied to ngodin's topic in Wound

   Thanks!

6. Penile ulcer..HELP!

   ngodin replied to ngodin's topic in Wound

   He is a bedbound pt that was wearing attends at home and came in with these wounds. He does now have a foley catheter and we are no longer closing the attends on him so that he can get more air "down there." My concern is the yellow slough that has d...

7. Penile ulcer..HELP!

   ngodin posted a topic in Wound

   I have a pt that has come in with scrotal and penile sores r/t excess moisture. The one on the head of the penis presents with some yellow slough, and to see all of it I have to roll the foreskin back. I have put a zinc oxide cream on it since I obvi...