There are home care pts I've been shying away from because they're on home infusion pumps. Most of them I've never even heard of. I got sent to a class today at in infusion company. There were 11 of us, all in home care. We went around the room to introduce ourselves.
check out that website...lots of good info about wound vacs :)
thats what we use at my job -- we have a wound team, RNs specifically trained in wound care and they take care of the really bad wounds. love them!!! The vacs are so good and like christie said, do a lot of good!
thats what we use at my job -- we have a wound team, RNs specifically trained in wound care and they take care of the really bad wounds. love them!!! The vacs are so good and like christie said, do a lot of good!
That is what I was going to do at our hospital--be a member of the wound care committe. But I missed a manditory meeting today, and besides that, I HOPE to be outa' there SOOOOOOOO SOON!!!!!!!!!!!
Nope. One could crawl across my foot and I wouldn't know what it is. I'm an old ER nurse.....my way of treating wounds was to wrap 'em and ship 'em! Now I've gotta know when to use duoderm, when to suggest a wound vac, how to measure tunneling, etc.
OK ... so which wounds are more gross, the stuff you treated in the ER, or the stuff you're doing the wound care for in home care? Enquiring minds want to know ...
OK ... so which wounds are more gross, the stuff you treated in the ER, or the stuff you're doing the wound care for in home care? Enquiring minds want to know ...
Hmm........well, the worst thing I've seen in the home so far is a stage 3-4 decub. The worst thing I've seen in the ER are gaping holes big enough for a toddler to crawl into!
I know I haven't seen the worst of wounds in home care.....nothing with maggots or purulence. I'm used to the fresh stuff!
Beth, you've been here long enough and been an aide long enough to know that "only" is not a word that is synonymous with "aide"......people who are "only" aides have saved my little hiney.....well, not so little but you get my drift......too many times for me to say "They're only aides."
Sorry, it's a habit. I hear nurses at work say when they think I can't hear them "they're only aides" and it sticks. I know I'll hear she's only a paralegal when I graduate.
Sorry, it's a habit. I hear nurses at work say when they think I can't hear them "they're only aides" and it sticks. I know I'll hear she's only a paralegal when I graduate.
A pox on those "nurses"! Aides are such an important part of the team that without them, we would fall apart.
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thats what we use at my job -- we have a wound team, RNs specifically trained in wound care and they take care of the really bad wounds. love them!!! The vacs are so good and like christie said, do a lot of good!