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Your beautiful and special story had me in tears....thank you for sharing. Yes, as nurses we can make such a difference in the lives of other and leave lasting impressions. Many years ago, as a child, I was hospitalized for a mundane surgery (nothin...

Does anyone know of a site where I can download how to do buerger-allen exercises - as a patient teaching tool.

Wow....that is not acceptable in any profession or walk of life. Like Sunstreak said - 'tis scary to think what else she may have forged in your name (or someone else's name) in the past or may do in the future if nothing is done about it now........

Maureen: >[/i] Medical Devices & Diagnostics - According to J&J, its Medical Devices & Diagnostics segment is the leading medical device business in the world. The segment encompasses suture and mechanical wound closure products, surgi...

It's good PR and good business sense ! J & J get to be seen as a benevolent nurse-friendly company. And why not! They sell a lot of other medical supplies other than the obvious ones that spring to mind....

It is important to follow the infection control guidelines for the institution where YOU work! The precautions vary from one health care setting to another. The precautions required in a long term care setting (which would typically be focused only ...

It's important to realise that 30-40 % of the general population are colonised by Staph Aureus which for most of the time does not cause us any problems... just part of our normal body flora. The first resistant staph aureus (Methicillin Resistant S...

Yes, the lactobacillus is a really good idea. :) We had such good results in a couple of our patients who continued to have frequent loose stools even after the C Diff was resolved that our new protocol now includes giving Lactobacillus to all patie...

A stool culture 48 hours post Flagyl will confirm whether or not the Flagyl was effective. If still positive, usually vancomycin is then given.

omg - can you imagine a dog chewing on it !!!! holey schmoley!

...maybe i should have added that the reason for keeping the dressing over the permacath dry is that if the dressing needs to be changed, it should be changed only under strict aseptic technique because of the seriousness of any potential infection t...

Saran wrap is probably a good idea. We cut one of the clean plastic bags used to dispose of dirty dressings and apply it over the site, we then apply opsite roll all around to ensure a "waterproof" covering.The important thing is that it is "water...

I'm curious to know how you dispose of retractable lancets in your facility? I have always assumed that even though they are a "safe" sharp item, after having been used and contaminated with blood they should be disposed of in the sharps container al...

i would immediately suspect the aspirin as being the culprit if there is no other obvoius reason - bruising is a potential side effect of asa therapy. ....from tabers... aspirin causes prolongation of the bleeding time. a single dose of 65 mg appr...

thank you so much. i had tried a search but didn't find this! thanks for your post--i never heard of this before! these exercises are often used in pvd :)

i think that's the best idea i've ever heard for a uniform...i love it this is coming from someone who started nursing 30 years ago, in dresses with starched collars (agh) caps and aprons.... boy do i enjoy wearing my scrubs :chuckle

As you have already noticed , the aquacel turns into a gel after absorbing wound exudate - it is very absorbant and used for draining wounds. If you can tape the lower edge of the dressing and make an occlusive dressing, you could try leaving the dr...

By the way, Kay, so it was YOU who took my name!!! When I joined, I tried to use the name Kay and they wouldnt let me because somebody else (you) already took it. Poopy. Oh well, the early bird gets the worm. :angryfire That's funny! :chuckle Si...

Very interesting article!

great photos! :) the wound looks nice and clean with healthy granulation tissue. looks like you are doing a good job. :balloons: i would pack with aquacel or aquacel silver (the silver has antimicrobial properties and you mentioned in your first ...

The reason for testing the patients is that IF one of the patients tests positive for HIV or Hep. C it would affect the decision whether or not to begin prophylactic treatment on the nurse. If none of the patients are positive AND because it is a low...

saline soaked gauze is really only appropriate if the goal is to apply a wet-to-dry dressing to debride a wound - rarely used nowadays since we have access to a plethora of superior dressings... i agree with gwenith, your home-care nurse seems to kno...

I heard a news report this week that after DNA analysis of tissues extracted from these victims buried in the permafrost, they believe that particular flu virus was the same type of avain flu virus that is currently hitting Asia thus the reason for s...