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1. Clogs while nursing

   gkrn replied to Leselberry's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a Birkenstock clogger myself. They are well worth the extra money because they last longer. I have a pair of dress white leather that I save for certain occassions and the white man made ones...

2. Vent: I absolutely HATE stupidity! Not ignorance.....STUPIDITY!!

   gkrn replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

   Concerning car seat laws. In OK it is required that the driver be belted in and that children be in appropriate car seats. Too bad the law didn't apply to all adults in the SUV that tried to pass a...

3. license to breed

   gkrn replied to medsurgnurse's topic in Emergency

   We have all heard of the proverbial straw that breaks the camels back--I can understand the anger. When you are holding a choking-non-breathing baby your adrenaline gets a burst, you have 2 major...

4. Wound vac for draining cancer wound

   gkrn posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   Does anyone have experience or knowledge of whether it is safe to use a wound vac on a wound that has been open for over 1 year which may be draining exudate from a dying tumor. A neighbor has had 6...

5. Barrier Cream

   gkrn replied to sharlynn's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   My favorite through the years has been Bohan's butt paste, now sold as Flander's. It is one that is tan in color and the objective is to leave the bottom layer on when cleaning up the person and...

6. Wound Vac System

   gkrn replied to NightingaleCLNC's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   Do any of you know if a wound vac is safe to use on a draining tumor wound? Any experience or knowledge of such having been done? I have a neighbor who has had cyberknife after multiple (8) attempts...

7. Wound Vac System

   gkrn replied to NightingaleCLNC's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   We had one incident where part of the KCI black wound packing remained in a wound but fortuantely was found the next wound change and was removed like a debridement. We never were able to figure out...

8. MRSA in wound

   gkrn replied to bebop1's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   Since MRSA is no longer just found in the hospital settings it is becoming harder to track, but if you are having several patients that have MRSA coming out of the hospital, please make sure that the...

9. Options in "private" sector For non healing osteo MRSA

   gkrn replied to jmarriednluvnit's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   I have had good success in the past with a couple of chronic MRSA patients. When they take Olive Leaf Extract with their antibiotic and then they continue on the Olive Leaf extract all the time to...