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1. E-coli infection in toe

   KP RN replied to curleysue's topic in General Nursing

   What a dilemma, Curly! My husband is a retired podiatrist. He says that E.coli infections like you describe are not that uncommon. Perhaps when you took a shower in your own home, the water ran down...

2. Weeping leg ulcers

   KP RN replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

   Calcium alginates are quite effective in absorbing tons of drainage and keeping the periwound skin reasonable dry and healthy. Good

3. Case Conferences

   KP RN replied to amesly15's topic in Home Health

   Our agency does not require case conferences, per se. However, we do document interdisciplinary communication at least every fourteen days. Our skilled nursing visit notes have a line which is for...

4. ???Dog Lovers???

   KP RN replied to gambroRN's topic in General Nursing

   My best friend's husband and children have severe allergies to pet dander and hair. They have purchased two Shar-Pei's, you know, the wrinkly faced big babies?? I am happy to tell you the family has...

5. poor spelling -- it matters

   KP RN replied to glow_worm's topic in General Nursing

   My spelling pet peeves are the incorrect use of: your and you're to, two, and too there, their, they're, and the use of GOOD instead of WELL. OK, I feel better

6. Any Independent Home Health Providers.?

   KP RN replied to nursebailey's topic in Home Health

   Hi Brenda. I do private pay home care visits. I advertise in the local newspaper. Sometimes I get referrals right from the doctors themselves. The population which I am targetting are elderly people...

7. Bad Eyesight

   KP RN replied to military wife's topic in General Nursing

   Why is it that US SMART people always wear glasses (or

8. Bad Eyesight

   KP RN replied to military wife's topic in General Nursing

   I was not aware that any nursing programs require 20/20 vision. I began wearing glasses at the age of 4 for near sighted vision. I now wear contacts (had been a coke bottle bottom girl til I was...

9. Driving me CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   KP RN replied to nurse2002's topic in Home Health

   Oh my, Karbyr, May I assume that you were being paid hourly, as opposed to per visit?? Glad you got out of

10. Driving me CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    KP RN replied to nurse2002's topic in Home Health

    WOW!! My daily productivity is 5.7 visits. We do have a policy which requires us to call the pt the evening before our visit to inform them of our appt. time. This has never been a problem. If I get...

11. 4 10-hr day workweeks?

    KP RN replied to dianacs's topic in General Nursing

    Ah! The good ol' days!! I used to do 4-10s at a large university hospital. If I remember correctly, days was 7a-530p; evenings were 2p-1230a; and nights was 10p-830a. That was the greatest method of...

12. How do Nurses feel about CMAs?

    KP RN replied to CMAMW's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an RN in home health, and I have the opportunity to speak with many MA's over the phone regarding my patients. As in all fields, there are good MA's and bad MA's. Those who are formally educated...

13. NURSING SCHOOL: Your Biggest Challenge!

    KP RN replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Organic chemistry-- After 20 years as a nurse, I've never had a situation in which I had to explain the clinical significance of benzene rings, valences, or carbon

14. Botox

    KP RN replied to OB/GYN NP's topic in General Nursing

    OB/GYN, There is a thread in Nursing Entrepreneurs started by "AestheticRN" which may be of interest to you. Aesthetic trains nurses around the country in botox injections among other things. I...

15. Do you wear gloves

    KP RN replied to mellow's topic in General Nursing

    I always wear gloves whenever I might be in contact with blood or body fluids. I remember, back in the early 1980s, getting my a-s reamed at work for wearing gloves when cleaning up a patient's poop....