wendyp72

I am eager to know this too!! It is SOOO confusing!!

Incision & drainage...cutting the wound open and evacuating draingage and /or infected tissue.

We always give it sq in the abdomen. From what I understand, this is the only approved route.

We have had several episodes of this in our unit...which is VERY scary. Employee Health said that some nurses who are constantly exposed to it actually have it in a "dormant" state in their bodies and can become infected if their is some kind of injury...one of our nurses had a torn cuticle that became infected! Two others had injuries away from work that became infected. All required i & d....the infected cuticle required 3 i & ds....missed time from work and a week or 2 of Vanco. Not a pleasant experience but all had good recoveries with no complications or residual problems and work paid for some of the med. care with workman's comp. It is still a very scary reality of nursing today...MRSA is becoming more prevelant ...Hope they come up with some better drugs or either start educating the public better.

Just wondering if anyone has an establised oral care protocol esp for vented pts...Trying to make some changes in our unit and lower VAP...Most nurses use the pink swabs.."Toothettes" and they don't really do well...Also wondering if anyone has any evidence based research on the subject..Thanks! :)

Just wondering if anyone has an establised oral care protocol esp for vented pts...Trying to make some changes in our unit and lower VAP...Most nurses use the pink swabs.."Toothettes" and they don't really do well...Also wondering if anyone has any evidence based research on the subject..Thanks! :)

The lowest I have ever seen was 4/10...The lady was in her early 80s...bleeding after a frickin' lap chole! Looked like a wax replica of a person...no color at all!! I have never hung so much platelets, FFP & PRBCs....The surgeon was VERY nervous!!