Ellekat2

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1. Post-Covid: How to Cope

   Ellekat2 replied to Ellekat2's topic in COVID

   You are right--at some point I need to let go of trying to control the healing process and simply trust my body to heal. I'm sorry that you've had to go through what you've gone through. I'll continue to exercise and to take supplements. I'll ...

2. Post-Covid: How to Cope

   Ellekat2 posted a topic in COVID

   Background: I tested positive for the Covid virus in April and was off work through mid-May. I refused hospitalization. I am a Wound Care nurse (Inpatient, Outpatient, and the only nurse for a clinic one day a week). I've worked surgical, oncol...

3. Lymphedema specialist need in wound clinic?

   Ellekat2 replied to versican's topic in Wound

   I was told by our billing office that Medicare will not reimburse for nurse lymphedema certification. Our go-to for lymphedema is an Occupational Therapist and there is a program specifically for patients with ymphedema, although we apply wraps if ...

4. Rant. Questions are killing me!

   Ellekat2 replied to broughden's topic in General Students

   I remember thinking in nursing school that "critical thinking" questions should not be tested until you had learned enough about nursing to have the background to think critically. This should be seen as an exercise to develop your critical thinking ...

5. Questions from a nursing student

   Ellekat2 replied to Jonasee's topic in Student Assist

   1) I live in a red state in a rural area. I have not seen any discrimination against an employee because of his/her lifestyle choice. However, the employees never made a point of advertising their lifestyle choices. I have seen what I regard as...

6. WOC certification without a BSN?

   Ellekat2 replied to Karlynn0619's topic in Wound

   The WOCN requires A bachelor's degree. Unless there has been a very recent change, this is any bachelor's degree, not a BSN. The WOCN program is very well-respected. You can get info at WOCN.org. I have a WCC from WCEI (WCEI.net). While it is...

7. Where Were You...9/11

   Ellekat2 replied to Daisy4RN's topic in General Nursing

   I was working as an acute dialysis nurse in a medium-sized town in Kansas. We had already had a gas explosion under the downtown that year and had controlled fires burning in various areas in town. We also had a number of Hepatitis A cases from sev...

8. CWOCN/CFCN student seeking supplies advice

   Ellekat2 replied to AngelKissed857's topic in Wound

   The headlamp is very helpful. We bought one (without magnification, which would also be great) for our provider because the lamps we use are unwieldy and we had to move them constantly from room to room. After research, we decided on a minimum of 3...

9. Frequent dressing change and use of tape

   Ellekat2 replied to Milkchoco's topic in Wound

   Has a culture been obtained to rule out infection? It sounds like the wound has excessive exudate. Changing the drsg TID seems excessive. We tend to change dressings every other day in the inpatient setting, longer in outpatient. Most foams can b...

10. CNA doing wound vacs??

    Ellekat2 replied to Starreacher26's topic in Wound

    I would like to know what certification your CNA has. I work with a CNA who is interested in obtaining certification.

11. Best stethoscope for an ER Nurse?

    Ellekat2 replied to verbalsjint's topic in Emergency

    As a non-ER nurse, I have used a Sprague Rappaport (

12. Coding/billing

    Ellekat2 posted a topic in Wound

    I am the wound care nurse (WCC) at a 22-bed CAH hospital. I direct care (under the direction of protocols and the supervision of the attending physician) for inpatients. I also run an outpatient wound clinic one day a week and take care of those same...

13. Washing scrubs?

    Ellekat2 replied to dd131's topic in General Nursing

    I vote you try the two aspirin. And call your doctor in the morning. Lol. Good luck with this. I hang my scrubs on hangers while damp, with the two seams in the pants meeting so that a crease forms. Not as sharp a crease as when ironed, but it w...

14. Mepitel Alternative

    Ellekat2 replied to Ele_123's topic in Wound

    Mepitel wound contact layer | Molnlycke Health Care The above link should help you learn how Mepitel is used. I have also used it to hold degloved skin in place while the skin heals (just cover the second side with gauze) or to hold an area of skin...

15. What do you hate most about your job?

    Ellekat2 replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    As a therapist, you want to help your clientele deal with perceived problems. Many of the problems--poor administration interaction with the staff, electronic charting systems that are designed for billing rather than nursing, inadequate staffing--...