care4pop

Thanks for your time in replying. It means a lot to know that there are some people out there who can get their heads out of all the charting and actually understand the real life outcome of what's physically in their presence.

Yep, family member. The DOH hand's are tied since they have to by the documentation vs the pictures I've shown to them. Where I work, I've seen some chicken pox, nonspecific cellulitis, and as far as leishmaniasis. I've asked multiple physician's their opinion on this skin outbreak & they agree that this could not of happened over 24hrs. Emotions aside since it is my family member, a failed physical exam resulting in false documentation caused an extreme delay in antiviral treatment. It's unacceptable...plus seeing how the DOH cant do anything, gives me not much inspirit for the future of quality assurance.

Wondering your thoughts on this issue. Resident is at a nursing home, while the resident is on the toilet, I notice a rash with old crusted over blisters and fresh fluid filled blisters. You know working in the healthcare field, it is shingles and it has been there for at least a few days. However, the documentation from the few days prior say the resient's skin is clean. Something is not right here... Old crusted over blisters in addition to new ones is not equal to this happening over night. The meeting with the Director of Nursing goes no where because the documentation from the few days prior to me reporting the shingles, say his skin is clean, and that is what they have to go by. The meeting with the DOH came up as unsubstantial" because there is no way to prove the shingles was there from a few days prior. Even know there are the old crusted over blisters. The nursing home falsified their patient assessment on the resident, and that is not acceptable anywhere, let alone in the health care field. The meeting with the Nursing Home and the DOH is a dead end. Wondering your thoughts on this problem as well as being a pt. advocate