JessicaLedford

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1. Are orders needed for dressing changes? QI project question

   JessicaLedford replied to JessicaLedford's topic in Student Assist

   My settings have been updated, thanks. It does appear the policy/procedures are by type of bandage/wound/etc. It's not quite what I was looking for, so I think I may go a different direction. Two days of research without a lot of good leads makes me...

2. Are orders needed for dressing changes? QI project question

   JessicaLedford replied to JessicaLedford's topic in Student Assist

   Thank you for the input everyone. Sorry for the delay in reading/replying, I was crazy busy yesterday and since I didn't get an email alert for replies, I didn't realize there were responses to look at.

3. Are orders needed for dressing changes? QI project question

   JessicaLedford replied to JessicaLedford's topic in Student Assist

   Eseme - I searched on the intranet at the hospital where I'm in clinicals & found lots of protocols for bandage changes, but not an umbrella policy for bandage changes in general. Not to say it wasn't there, but I wasn't able to easily locate it.

4. Are orders needed for dressing changes? QI project question

   JessicaLedford replied to JessicaLedford's topic in Student Assist

   Sun0408 - in what state do you practice?

5. Are orders needed for dressing changes? QI project question

   JessicaLedford replied to JessicaLedford's topic in Student Assist

   Thank you for the input. I have checked the NC board of nursing site, but wasn't easily able to find it. Obviously bandage changes are in the scope of practice, but not about orders/no orders. Not to say it isn't in there! I did find that wound care...

6. Are orders needed for dressing changes? QI project question

   JessicaLedford posted a topic in Student Assist

   I am on a new unit in a new hospital for my clinical rotation and we have to do a QI project. I've run into an issue that I haven't seen in my previous clinical locations related to bandage changes. At previous locations I've always seen orders for b...