Hello! I am a home health nurse and I was taking over a new patient just for today who needed a wound vac change to an abdominal wound. I got most of the foam out but on the bottom of the wound bed , it is covered with a very thin layer of the foam ...
An assistant was setting up a sitz bath for a patient with a very large wound, I'm not sure what caused it but it may have been a strain of staph/MRSA and I overheard it was flesh eating bacteria. While setting up, the tube squirted water out and got...
Hello! We had a patient once that was just a bit difficult to handle. She wanted all care done on her schedule. She would actually put notes on her door stating, " Do not come in or wake me up until noon". She was supposed to get some non-invasive di...
HELLO everyone! I'm in a bit of a sticky situation any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. I have a family friend (whom I have not spoken to in years) call me a few weeks ago basically begging for help since she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. ...
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Thank you all so much for all of your advice! I am going to set limits on how much I am there for her and if she gets upset or passive aggressive about it then I guess I will have to call her on it. I feel that I know how to deal with friends and dif...
Hello! Geez, where to start. Iam a new LVn on the med-surg floor. I am lucky somewhat since this floor actually utilizes the LVNs and gives them there own patients (with RN oversight of course). However, the schedule is HORRIBLE. Not only am I worki...
Hello! I'm a LVN working on Med-Surg and will be starting a RN program in a few months. Where I live, we need a BS degree to become a public health nurse. Until i get my BS degree, would working in a correctional facility or county jail help me in...