thanks for the reply, there has been an investigation done - preliminary findings are that when dressing some CNA's put sweatshirts on her that they get her arms in then have to lift up to get it over her head....we think this possibly put her shoulder out of joint. We've taken all the non front/back closure items out of her wardrobe and even taken some home to alter. I just don't have enough expierience to know if this can happen or not thanks!
Hi, I'm new to nursing, only been a nurse since March, I work in a LTC where an elderly patient has a dislocated shoulder that no one knows how happened; is this common? Can this just happen? The resident is in her 90's, totally contracted, dementia....but nothing is being done to fix her shoulder