lorirn58

Thank you for defending yourself! I read in between the lines, understood, respected, and knew what your meaning was. It is ironic that the ones telling you about judging are judging you. But then, that is our world these days: not reading for comprehension and jumping to conclusions in order to admonish instead of listening and attempting to understand.

Why are you doing wet-to-dry dressings in your facility? Those are mostly inappropriate...

I am a Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse and do all kinds of "favors" for my fellow colleagues all the time. There is nothing wrong with this and, hey, what else do you go to work for?

Not a "bias against" someone, but a head's up....there IS a difference, you know...

1. They have a "hard job" because they chose it. This is called personal responsibility. YOU have a "hard" job just like they do. 2. You do not need a "thicker skin" (what the hell is that anyway?!); they need education in how to be decent people and to treat others with decency and respect. 3. Abuse/bullying in the workplace should always be reported; there is NO PLACE for this and the patient ultimately suffers. 4. They do this crap to everyone and please just remember that this behavior is telling of WHO THEY ARE. 5. There is no excuse for this poor, unprofessional, childish behavior in ANY workplace, let alone the HEALTHCARE field.

This person is an emotional and verbal abuser/bully. She does not belong in the nursing profession. She needs to be reported to hospital administration. You can also take video of the childish and unprofessional antics and show it to someone. This is the right thing to do.

Apples and oranges. Your comment was not logical :/

One day you will post something ignorant, ill-conceived, poorly thought through, inflammatory or otherwise reflecting poorly on yourself and you won't want your manager to immediately identify you. Leave some room for doubt! I am not quite sure how you can predict that she will ever do this? We should not call other people's realities and make judgments such as that. Thank you.

Right?! Also, the "dude chill" thing is a big ridiculous. Just be nice and stop admonishing, reminding, and using weird little phrases! We are adults here, not children.

You can sign up with Summit, Healthy Achievers, Total Wellness, etc, to be a wellness examiner for these companies. It is fun, light, and you get to travel around and meet relatively healthy working people who are cheerful and glad to see you! It is also not physically taxing. Pay is not big-time, but you can grow professionally if you want.

Sounds like this patient needs to see a surgeon or go to the nearest outpatient wound care clinic asap. It also sounds like he most likely has some necrotic tissue in those wounds.

Wow. Could you please quote the words or phrase in which you detect "bitterness"? I'm at a loss to discern any such intent Great question, Roser13; I wondered myself how this mere question could be labeled as such...

How are you reading (labeling) that she is "bitter"? She is merely asking a question....

".....YOU'RE an expert....." Thank you.

Thank you! Most ostomy nurses seem to really love helping patients who have had a bowel or bladder diversion :) I know I do!

Your nursing education dept can help you with making sure the word gets out, sign-in is prepared for and completed, and general support. You can keep it simple and have 4-5 stations set up with the most important items that the nursing staff needs educated/issues that have been unclear that you have seen as you do your rounds. Loads of visuals and trusted vendors for the materials that you use. Use dietitians too! Use anyone on staff who is interested and has great knowledge in their area of expertise!

Ca Alginates do not "secrete" a gel. They become gel-like after they get wet.

You will probably benefit by speaking with the HIM manager in your hospital about the billing and coding issues and maybe they could lend you one of the coders or take on helping you set up a simple "front office".

TCC is indeed a gold standard for offloading a foot wound. Everything else you mention (and there are many more) are advanced modalities and are finely-tuned and individualized for the patient's particular issue.

Google the following and you will learn more: WOCNCB Comparison of Wound Certification Programs

Physic = an old term for laxative :)

lol @ dessert...

Thank you, klone; well spoken. SMH at those comments...

No nurse is doing "less" or "more" for their patients than any other nurse. SMH.

Look up Workplace Bullying Institute and they can help you further! My best to you as this crap needs to GO AWAY... www.workplacebullying.org