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1. Central line dressing days

   ngodin replied to ngodin's topic in General Nursing

   Most of the hospitals that are doing this have one nurse (or team, depending on size of hospital) that does them all, taking that task away from the primary nurse. In my hospital, I am the only nurse...

2. Central line dressing days

   ngodin replied to ngodin's topic in General Nursing

   Most of the hospitals that are doing this have one nurse (or team, depending on size of hospital) that does them all, taking that task away from the primary nurse. In my hospital, I am the only nurse...

3. Central line dressing days

   ngodin replied to ngodin's topic in General Nursing

   They wouldn't have already been done because I am the only one in the hospital that does them (with the exception of the rare one due on the weekend). We are a small hospital and have only 8-10 PICCS...

4. Central line dressing days

   ngodin posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been hearing from some folks that their hospitals have picked one day of the week to do all central line changes. Currently, we are doing them everyday based on when the patient got the central...

5. Penile ulcer..HELP!

   ngodin replied to ngodin's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   Thanks!

6. Penile ulcer..HELP!

   ngodin replied to ngodin's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   He is a bedbound pt that was wearing attends at home and came in with these wounds. He does now have a foley catheter and we are no longer closing the attends on him so that he can get more air "down...

7. Penile ulcer..HELP!

   ngodin posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   I have a pt that has come in with scrotal and penile sores r/t excess moisture. The one on the head of the member presents with some yellow slough, and to see all of it I have to roll the foreskin...