Is there alot of drainage from the wound? are you packing the wound? Have you done a pre-albumin level it is a more accurate test then just the albumin. Was this a surgical wound to start
If this person was a full code and in distress why was he not in the hospital? If he was then why were they not able to effectivly treat him to help his breathing and ease his pain. I also think that...
skinnurse66 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC
MRSA in the nares is a common thing if you test a normal healthy person it can come up posative for this. I would say it is colonized and if they are showing no sx. we normally don't treat it....
skinnurse66 replied to Smith-Lee's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I have worked in LTC for over twenty years and NO I have NEVER seen something like this. What is scary is your mom can not tell you what really happened. Saddly there are people working in these jobs...
skinnurse66 replied to arelle68's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I have worked in longterm care for over twenty years. There is alot I don't understand about the place you are working. They want you to clock out. Ok if you do I hope you are not working off the...
Can I ask were you are located? I am the infection control nurse at my facility and most of the patients can not communicate the pain I want to be sure I monitor them closely Thanks