Alnitak7

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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Some patients like the sun on their backs and usually have clothes covering
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    My real question is about how to make people see that they should not be left this way so that when I leave my work shilft, I don't need to worry about
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Also, because the sun burns people, sunglasses and tapes are not always enough. Some people may not like having these things on them in
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    The sun is still at risk for buring them. I'm wondering if tape is not too thin. I agree with other posters about getting them on a turning schedule if they can't be moved away from the
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Leaving a comatose patient with the sun glaring into their face is an act of cruelty. It is more painful than bedsores. Eye drops and eye covers are not always enough. The good careplan and turning...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I looked around on the web. I saw something about heat exposure....
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    These can only work in some cases if the heat from the sun is not getting them soaked in perspiration and they are not getting burned, which is part of the problem. These patients really just need to...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't leave your patients in a room where the sun is glaring in. Thanks. The doctors, DoN and charge nurses need to plan for things like this and the CNAs should not have to ask them. How...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I think a sleep mask might work well in some situations. It depends on how hot the sun is. I walked into a patients room and found her covered with sweat and her face beet red and I found her this...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    The problem with this is that in some patients' rooms, they are sandwiched into their half of the room so it is literally impossible to move the bed. In some places, I would have been thought to...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't leave helpless patients facing into the sun. We are not leaving him there until sundown, we are leaving him until the sun is out of that window. Keep him dry and he probably won't get...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I hope people know that tape all by itself is not enough. Try facing into direct sun with your eyes shut and just closing your eyes is not enough. It still
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I have nothing against patients being turned to look out the window if the sun is not right there. What I'm talking about is patients who not only are forced to keep their eyes shut because the sun...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I think they mean for us to close their eyes
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't leave helpless patients facing into a window where the sun is glaring in. Please move them into another room or at least get them away from that window. Thanks. Oh, and a visiting agency...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    In order for this to work you have to convince your team members that there is an issue and that the sun is a threat to the patients, which both on and off the web has proven to be a challenge. In my...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Arranging a turning schedule is the least anyone can do. This is what I am trying to get across in the first place. In this case I had refused to turn this patient because I thought we should wait...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Part of the problem with taping their eyes shut and styrofoam cups or a cloth over their eyes is that the sun also burns their skin and makes them too
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    How do I convince the general public not to leave helpless patients in direct sunlight? In times past no one would listen to me. I get frantic when I see them left this way, That was the purpose...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    My point here is not about having excuses not to turn the patients or that they don't need good eye care but that they should never be facing into the sun. It's like I said to one of my co-workers...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think having their eyes taped is enough protection. They just shouldn't be facing into the sun. I would agree with the other posters that turning the bed around would be a better option....
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think sunglasses would be enough. Speaking strictly for myself, I sometimes need a hat with a visor because the sun drives me insane even with sunglasses
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    This is what they should be doing. However, the same thing that has happened with sun lamps where some patients have been burned can also happen here. The staff gets busy and they don't get time...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    It's true, they all need to be turned. However, no one should ever be facing directly into the sun, which I have seen happen to these patients who can't move. Several times, I have tried getting...
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    Comatose patient can't close his eyes and has no curtain for sun protection

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering if having all these things on the patient is really comfortable for them. Speaking strictly for myself, I wouldn't be able to rest with tape or styrofoam cups on my