Need help -Fractured wrist!

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Specializes in ICU.

Hello Fellow nurses,

So i'm in a bind. I am currently halfway through the Army's ICU nurse program and everything has been going great until I ended up in the trauma bay. Long story short I sheared two teeth down to the pulp and fractured my wrist. The teeth and abrasions aren't the problem, it is the wrist. I cannot complete clinical rotations with a cast because of infection control precautions and sitting out is not an option. Anybody have any ideas? I'm thinking of a splint that you could wipe down but I am open to suggestions.

Thanks again.

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

Sounds like something you need to discuss with your supervisor and the orthopedic doc.

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

You need to contact your course cadre ASAP; hopefully you aren't recycled, but you know how rigid the Army can be. We had a nurse get to the FTX portion of BOLC only to get recycled for a fibula fracture. Good luck, and I hope you heal quickly!

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Specializes in Critical care.

Plan on getting recycled, (ya, know hope for the best but plan for the worst), but I agree that a removable splint will be the key savior if possible.

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Specializes in ICU.

Just an update, managed to get the cast cut and a splint placed. Ended working the rest of the time with a removable splint and passed and graduated. Painful as hell but well worth it. Thanks again

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Specializes in Critical care.

Now THAT is the kind of update I like. Congrats!

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
Just an update, managed to get the cast cut and a splint placed. Ended working the rest of the time with a removable splint and passed and graduated. Painful as hell but well worth it. Thanks again

Yay!!! Congrats! :D

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