ok....I work in LTC On a friday I told the staff to get the patient to the hospital, or call the doctor due to his "black toes" were no longer hard and black. they were "wet and black" we know what...
I have just asked for a pre-albumin, so i will see.....it is drainig a mod-large amount. it is a wound that dehisced from a gastric bypass. so yes we are packing the wound with the "wet 4x4's" from...
I have a Young 28 y/o female living in a LTC due to an open abd wound. it tunnels over 15 cm from 8-11 oclock.....this wound l and w is getting smaller but not the tunnel. the "weekend" manager...
I have a patient that has a huge stage IV on her sacral area. She is hospice, and we are using w/d on her, due to the doctor states, we do not intend it to heal, so keep the wound care products at a...
bebop1 replied to JordanGirl143's topic in Home Health
Well the economy is "changing" home health in ways like, patients are more and more being taken care of by family members, and not by nurses. Or a lot of the insurances do not approve home health, or...
I was told by a nurse to let the MD know when a patients wound was ready for a muscle flap. the patient has bilateral isch tub wounds on a wound vac. they are doing well, and progressing...
bebop1 replied to JordanGirl143's topic in Home Health
Home health is wonderful. But you have to be ready for a lot of paperwork...if you are a RN. OASIS!!!! a lot of paperwork. But you get to become a "part of the family" a lot. you get to know your...
Hi....I work in a LTC unit, and have a pt with a pacemaker. she has afib, and she is "going all over the place". at one moment her heart rate will be 40, but most of the time her heart rate is in...
I was just writing to tell ya all...I am a military wife. My husband has been "in the sandbox" as they say. He is very aware of this, and he knew how to pronounce this...I had no clue! he said...
oopps...I see I did my title wrong too....sorry!!!!!!! Please I need help and feed back. I work in a LTC facility, and I am currently going through webwoc program to attain my WOC nurse. I am...
I wanted to leave the home health company I was with because, I pretty much did not like the "politics" in the office. It was horrible. It was like high school, and everyone trying to be the best,...
I thought somewhere I have either place adaptic or was told to do that if bone. thanks! I will try and contact KCI and ask them!! thanks...anyone have any info on xcell? the wound product
Hi. I am a student in the webwoc program. I am very excited, and love it. I have a few questions that I have not had answered, maybe they are wanting me to wait until clinicals for this...but I...
Thank you thank you thank you. I was like....how in the world did my 4.5 years working in home health did the rest of the world go crazy! lol...... the same I found out with the blood sugars! I was...
make sure you dust off any excess powder, the eakins seals are wonderful, or especially with the ileostomy I love using the moldable wafers. its from convatec, its great. it doesn't need any kind of...