Heart_nursing

The wound had been addressed. I was the wound care nurse. As I stated there were current orders on the wound. Resident had skin tears with steristrips applied. Provider orders. And then one day I made rounds and another nurse applied a compression d...

Hi everyone! LPN of 10 years here. Today I was fired from my job for insubordination. Background: facility I worked for I did wound care management. I requested specific orders for a resident. And applied that dressing order. Days passed w...

It was the appropriate action. The dressing applied was incorrect and applied tightly. Hand was red and warm and swollen. I couldn’t leave something like that in place….especially when it was the WRONG dressing applied which ended up causing more har...