kc319

kc319 has 15 years experience and specializes in Wound Care, Infusion, ER, HH.

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1. Mature Nurses over 50

   kc319 replied to Su360's topic in Michigan

   I am 54 and have been in Home Health for the last 8 years. Before that I was an E.R. nurse for 10 years.

2. Venous Stasis Ulcer & RA

   kc319 replied to kc319's topic in Wound

   She actually uses Dilaudid for pain control. But with the use of the wound vac, it does not help.

3. Venous Stasis Ulcer & RA

   kc319 replied to kc319's topic in Wound

   Yes, the pain is controlled w/ wound vac off, increases significantly when on. You're right, I forgot about not using compression w/ arterial insufficiency. A wound care doc would be good, she's just seeing Infectious Disease. I'll talk to her & ...

4. How many miles do you drive to work each day?

   kc319 replied to nurse2b2007SC's topic in General Nursing

   I work in Home Care so on average, I travel between 200-300 miles per day! 5 days a week.

5. Do you care if they want you to remove your shoes?

   kc319 replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

   I would only take them off in an extremely clean home for cultural purposes only. Other than that, shoe covers go on, no questions asked. Bet you're surprised as the number of responses, aren't ya?:yelclap:

6. Venous Stasis Ulcer & RA

   kc319 posted a topic in Wound

   I have a pt with a HUGE venous stasis ulcer encompaassing nearly her entire left lower leg. Her co-morbidities: age (83), advanced RA, wheelchair bound, diabetes, HTN, OA, arterial insufficiency. She just completed IV ABX for osteomyelitis in the ulc...

7. Calling all HH Nurses, roll call

   kc319 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

   Hi yogalover47, unless your hubby wants to live with a totally stressed out spouse, he won't have you "put up with it" for a year. Trust me, "been there, done that". Won't do it again! Nursing is too wonderful a profession to have your current job ma...

8. Calling all HH Nurses, roll call

   kc319 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

   Hello yogalova47, I hate to break the bad news to ya, but it sounds as though you may have signed on to a HHA that will "suck the life" out of you... if they do that to you on a holiday weekend, trust me they will have even MORE in store for you on a...

9. CNA Educator

   kc319 posted a topic in Educators

   I have been asked by my company to look into the requirements for teaching a CNA class. However, no matter where I look, I don't seem to looking in the right places for the training module, requirements to become and instructor etc. Can anyone point ...

10. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

    kc319 replied to Brian's topic in Relations

    Most definitely YES!!! Nurses do eat their young! Why, who kows for sure, I only know that I was a victim of this travesty time and time again at the hospitals I worked at until I learned to stand up for myself and not take it anymore, but rest assur...

11. Venofer infusion complications

    kc319 replied to mandykal's topic in Infusion

    I would ask the pharm. if they would mix it in 100 ml of N/S instead of 50 ml. That is the way we infuse it at the HH Agency I work for.

12. How Do you Give Enemas Thru a Colostomy?

    kc319 posted a topic in Wound

    I have a pt with a transverse colostomy who will be undergoing a colonoscopy. She is to have enemas given to her through her colostomy and I've never done, seen it, nor been inserviced on it! Can anyone explain the procedure to me?

13. Wound Vac

    kc319 replied to cookie102's topic in Wound

    I have worked in Home Health for a long time as a Wound Care Nurse and as long as the physician has put on a dressing (and I'm sure he/she has), it is ok to leave the wound vac off for up to 24 hours and resume your usual M W F schedule.

14. Calling all HH Nurses, roll call

    kc319 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Hello everyone! I have been in HH for about 7 years. I can honestly say that a team of wild horses could NOT put me back inside a hospital realm to work. I know a lot of hospital based nurses think HH is an easy job, and we "really don't work for a l...

15. Need help with Ostomy patient

    kc319 replied to kc319's topic in Wound

    She has had multiple abdominal surgeries with more to come. The stoma is irregularly shaped, it is a transverse colostomy on her right side. Unfortunately, I'm not an ET nurse, so I'm not sure how else to describe it.