tamara r

:heartbeat Hi, I am on the wound care team at a LTC facility, I love xeroform, it works great for many reasons, and yes, it is used alot with burn victims. With any product using on a wound it should be cut to size. We have a great physician on board with us, and works at the local wound care clinic, and it was she who schooled me on proper technique. Even our aquacel ag, so many times I will do a dressing change for example pressure area lateral ankle apporx. 1X1, and I will find almost a 2x2 size of aquacel, it only needs to be the size of the wound bed, so we avoid mascerating healthy tissue. I treat my xeroform the same way, I fit to the size of the wound bed, and sometimes with skin tears this can be tricky, but we nurses are very creative!!!! I hope this helps.

:heartbeat i was thinking the same thing myself today. i do 3 separate positions at one job. i am on the wound care team, the infection control team, i am house supv. twice a month, and floor nurse(at times) so i guess 4. we all need to lighten up, and some of us have a sense of humor which is much needed in this business. i know many times, i've had to laugh to just keep from crying. the word butt, is funny in many instances!!!:bow::bow::bow: tam in vero:mad::uhoh3:

:heartbeat in response briefly, i think, or like to- that we become almost part of their family, and therefore it is easier to treat us that way, because we have more of an intimate relationship at times with our patients than the doc's. we might treat our brother/sister differently than a close friend. i am not saying i enjoy it but, i try and understand it. tam in vero