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  1. teaching tools for diabetic foot care

    oldiebutgoodie replied to househome's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    http://ndep.nih.gov/resources/feet/index.htm

  2. What is the dumbest most degrading, most unprofessional thing...

    oldiebutgoodie replied to Chico David's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I HAVE THE TIME!? What planet are these people from? NO, I don't have the time. Do you hear the patient across the hall screaming? My phone/pager/intercom beeping/calling? Irate family members from...

  3. Surgical nurse questions!

    oldiebutgoodie posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hi, all, I've been a nurse for 2 years, but mostly worked medical units. So, yesterday I am floated to a surgical floor, which was CRAZY! I have a few dumb questions: 1. Pt had a radical mastectomy, 7...

  4. I Dislike Nursing:

    oldiebutgoodie replied to Barlan's topic in General Nursing

    I also despised nursing at first. It took 2 years, 2 hospitals, and jumping from ICU (hated it) to Med-Surg (liked a little better) and now I am in wound care and love it. But I sympathize with you....

  5. Surgical nurse questions!

    oldiebutgoodie replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in Medical-Surgical

    As I recall, that night the charge nurse had called in sick or something, and a float nurse was even being charge! It was

  6. Surgical nurse questions!

    oldiebutgoodie replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in Medical-Surgical

    OK, dumb question from the medical nurse... where IS the flap? Is the flap the newly constructed breast? If I had "unwound" all the dressings, (I think there was also an abdominal binder on her???)...

  7. Any Np wished they went to PA school?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to RN28MD's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Are you talking about in general or graduates of UCDavis? NPs are NPs, PAs are PAs where I come from. You either go to a school of nursing for an NP or a Physician Assistant school for a PA. There is...

  8. Any Np wished they went to PA school?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to RN28MD's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There is a similar thread in the Student Doctor forum, but the PA Forum's thread is much better. Hmmmm..... what does THAT mean? There are some real stumpers.

  9. What do young single nurses do on their days off?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to chichimitchi's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I did after nursing school--I subscribed to Netflix and started watching all the movies I missed while in school! Believe, it will take you NO TIME to get used to laying on the couch...

  10. What do young single nurses do on their days off?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to chichimitchi's topic in General Nursing

    I think you have the "New Grad Syndrome". Nursing school basically sucked every waking minute of your day for 2 years, so now that you have TIME, you can't remember how you used it before. Never fear!...

  11. Its pointless to call the doc. Do you have faith in the docs where you work?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I have less and less faith in some of the MDs I work with. Especially the surgeons. They seem to feel that if their sutures are holding, they don't have to worry about anything else. I feel your...

  12. Any Np wished they went to PA school?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to RN28MD's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I do think NP school needs to be structured more like PA school, with specific specialties/rotations (ie internal medicine, ER, ortho, neuro, peds, womens health.) It seems that academic nursing is so...

  13. A truly stupid day

    oldiebutgoodie posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just thought I'd share some of the stupid things I had to deal with yesterday! I'm a wound care nurse. Patient number one has wound between toes, it has cultured out MRSA. However, pt will not allow...

  14. A truly stupid day

    oldiebutgoodie replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in General Nursing

    hee hee, Probably the best advice I could get! For patient number 3, I could also have the music from "Mission Impossible" running in the background! Thanks for the laugh,

  15. Any Np wished they went to PA school?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to RN28MD's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    hi, daisy, so who thinks their np specialty is the best?? i am in np school, still trying to figure out acnp vs adultnp etc. i certainly want to pick the specialty that is superior to everybody...

  16. Any Np wished they went to PA school?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to RN28MD's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree with you, it seems like PA's get more exposure to more fields, with actual courses and rotations in the different specialties. I would like that better, rather than some of the nonsense we...

  17. Treatment of Sacral Pressure Sore With Possible Underlying Sinus

    oldiebutgoodie replied to delbry's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Could she have an abscess there? In which case, the wound won't heal until the abscess is drained. Does she sit in a chair a lot? I see coccyx wounds when patients are stuck in a chair and stay there...

  18. Question about demanding COPD patient

    oldiebutgoodie posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hi, all, I'd like your input on the patient I had yesterday. She was an 82 year old woman with COPD who had been admitted due to increasing SOB. When admitted, she demanded frequent neb treatments as...

  19. Help Needed to treat wounds effectively

    oldiebutgoodie replied to KimRN41514's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I just went to a seminar by 3M, who have developed a short-stretch bandage system to provide compression:...

  20. Help with stoma adhesive

    oldiebutgoodie replied to Wave's topic in General Nursing

    My guess is that the base is stoma powder (a little different than stoma adhesive) with some sort of cream, maybe an antifungal. I don't know, seems fishy to me. When we have bad rashes on our...

  21. can't do nightshift anymore..on the verge of having nervous breakdown

    oldiebutgoodie replied to inthesky's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Inthesky, My gut feeling is that you will find a day job at another facility. Either way, this is all probably for the best. Your manager sounds like a horrible person, and your hospital doesn't...

  22. Wound care nurses - pls share your experience

    oldiebutgoodie replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    1. Emory University's Wound, Ostomy and Continence Education Program. Really liked it, learned a lot. 2. I'm not sure of the demand, since I got my first job by "being in the right place at the right...

  23. Stage III and growing...Please help!!!

    oldiebutgoodie replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    She should probably get a surgical debridement, and then application of a wound vac. Otherwise, the wound will just tunnel more and get bigger. I see that your facility won't approve wound vacs. A...

  24. colostomies

    oldiebutgoodie replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I would agree with a previous poster-- if you have a WOC nurse (wound, ostomy, continence) nurse on staff, ask that person to help you. If it is an ileostomy (usually on the right lower quadrant),...

  25. can't do nightshift anymore..on the verge of having nervous breakdown

    oldiebutgoodie replied to inthesky's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Inthesky, First of all, even if you quit, you might be able to get unemployment, due to health problems and poor fit. I left my first job after 4 months, because the hiring manager said I would...