Megan-Cho

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1. Always the stick, never a carrot!

   Megan-Cho replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

   I would ask them to be honest in why it's not getting done. Do they have access to an input device? Could it be made more accessible? Are they comfortable with the technology? Can they have more...

2. MRSA/VRE and Phage

   Megan-Cho replied to Megan-Cho's topic in General Nursing

   I hope you are wrong but I fear you are right that they will lobby heavily to keep something like this from reaching their market. Hopefully the Insurance lobby will have a larger influence and will...

3. MRSA/VRE and Phage

   Megan-Cho replied to Megan-Cho's topic in Infectious Disease

   It's actually a very old therapy that has been revived. It was developed along side the antibiotics as early as the 1930's. With the resistance growing world wide, other countries have used this...

4. MRSA/VRE and Phage

   Megan-Cho posted a topic in Infectious Disease

   I've been reading up on Phage treatments and wondering if any of you have heard of any patients that had gotten this type of therapy. There are a number of PubMed and AMA articles supporting the...

5. MRSA/VRE and Phage

   Megan-Cho posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've been reading up on Phage treatments and wondering if any of you have heard of any patients that had gotten this type of therapy. There are a number of PubMed and AMA articles supporting the...

6. MRSA Question

   Megan-Cho replied to kellijojo's topic in General Nursing

   There's a couple of great medical research pieces going on over seas for staph patients! http://www.caercoork.com/orsa/news.html I've also updated my ORSA site, including a BLOG. The BLOG is a great...

7. mrsa can it reacure years later

   Megan-Cho replied to herbyderbyforest's topic in General Nursing

   There's a couple of great medical research pieces going on over seas for staph patients! http://www.caercoork.com/orsa/news.html I've also updated my ORSA site, including a BLOG. The BLOG is a great...

8. ORSA Decolonization

   Megan-Cho replied to Megan-Cho's topic in Infectious Disease

   Oxacillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. This is the same thing as MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staph.Aureus). The lab test for antimicrobial efficacy in the past used Methicillin, now uses...

9. What's your opinion: MRSA

   Megan-Cho replied to jailside's topic in Correctional

   I am not a nurse. I am a mom of a 10 year old boy that has Community Acquired ORSA. This is one of 3 or more strains not found in healthcare settings. It's very aggressive. It attacks healthy skin. I...

10. About MRSA

    Megan-Cho replied to Kenshisandesu's topic in New York Nursing

    Ohaiyo Gozaimasu Kenshi-Sama! I am not a nurse. I am a mom of a 10 year old boy that has Community Acquired ORSA. This is one of 3 or more strains not found in healthcare settings. It's very...

11. ORSA Decolonization

    Megan-Cho posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    Hi Gang, My son has been cultured positive for ORSA from a leg wound from a horse riding accident in August. It was nearly healed, stitches had been out a couple weeks but then it started with just a...

12. ORSA Decolonization

    Megan-Cho posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi Gang, My son has been cultured positive for ORSA from a leg wound from a horse riding accident in August. It was nearly healed, stitches had been out a couple weeks but then it started with just a...

13. ORSA Decolonization

    Megan-Cho posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Hi Gang, My son has been cultured positive for ORSA from a leg wound from a horse riding accident in August. It was nearly healed, stitches had been out a couple weeks but then it started with just a...

14. Falls and incident reports in LTC

    Megan-Cho replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    BlackCat, If you feel there are alot of falls you might have your Consultant Pharmacist do a specific Risk Assessment for those residents based on pharmacological reasons a patient might be falling....

15. Life Care Centers of America

    Megan-Cho replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Remember there are two companies named Life Care... Life Care Services (mainly a management company - I've heard good things about them) http://www.lcsnet.com/communities.html And Life Care Centers of...