Nursing Dilemna

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:idea:Ok, so I'm new to the nursing forum and couldn't find a better time to join until now...

Got a question. I've been doing chemical dependency nursing for soooo long that I forgot some really important things.

what is it called when you check for leg pain in a patient by placing your palms on the sole of their feet and asking them to push towards you? (when checking for DVT and such?)

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Specializes in Peds/Neo CCT,Flight, ER, Hem/Onc.

Homan's sign.

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Thats it. Thank God for smart nurses like you. I should remember much as we did it in clinical rotations

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Specializes in Peds, Med-Surg, Disaster Nsg, Parish Nsg.

Hello Jack-o-Nurse and welcome to Allnurses!!

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Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care.

That's so funny. I work in a clinic at a university. One of the other nurses just asked that yesterday, all of us drew a blank. We had to look it up online!

Welcome!

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