Topics About 'Rash'.

Hi everyone.. I am so glad I found this site. I hope someone can help me. I just started a new job. During training it was brought up that "a few" of the patients and staff had a "little" rash. When asked for more information, the only info provided ...

I don't have pictures, but can go about describing it. I had an MD I work with look and he believed it was a benign condition that can affect teenagers, but he couldn't remember the name of the condition. Teenage African American female. Appears a...

I need help. What do you do with the rashes acquired from phototherapy? Thanks a lot!

Hi all you experts out there. I sincerely don't want to pay more money and try to figure out a babysitter for a stinking heat rash or simple diaper rash so I am hoping you can help me. Bryce (9 months) has had a rash for a couple weeks now. It is jus...

We have different people using different things at work for road rash. It would be interested to hear what others do. For the nasty ones, I'm a fan of xeroform. Any suggestions?? What do you do for nasty abrasions such as those from skidding along th...

Hi guys! I'd really appreciate some help with this one. A little background; my client is home care, 83y/o female with Hx of stroke, seizures, P.A.D. As well as VERY sensitive and thin skin. She has an ever growing amount of red blotches on her thora...

I'm a new grad and new to my job. I was using the hand sanitizer a lot today and over a period of about 2 hours started to develop a rash from it on my hands. Sometimes it would burn while I was in school (if my hands were super dry or if I had cuts)...

Hey guys I have been scavenging the internet trying to find information on a clinical scenario I encountered recently and wanted to see if I could get some feed back. I am a new graduate RN working in a LTC facility and I encountered a situation in w...

Okay, so I'm 99% sure my 3 month old has one. In the meantime, going to the ped. Is desitin/balmex cream good or not good for a yeasty diaper rash? (I'm also changing frequently and leaving the diaper off for periods)

I work in a smaller community Level II+ NICU (we keep 30wks and above, short term vents, lots of CPAP, etc). Us nurses have seen an unbelievable amount of bad, bad diaper rashes in the past 2 years and it only seems to be getting worse no matter what...

Chief Complaint R.W. is a married, 34-year-old Hispanic female with two young children who presents to her primary care provider with a productive cough, stiffness and pain in her hands and feet that comes and goes. She states, "It moves around f...

You all helped me out so well last time I decided to come back! So... I have been getting a lot of students come to the clinic with red cheeks, arms, and legs. A few students who I sent home were confirmed to have the 5th disease virus (slapped cheek...

I am at my wit's end with an itchy facial rash for several weeks. I've stopped all cosmetics, creams, soaps,(no new products ) and am gently cleansing with water only now. It started as several small dry red patches on my cheek and now has spread to ...

When a neonate has a bad diaper rash, we try to leave the buttocks open to air as much as possible, as well as using blow-by oxygen directly to the diaper area. Some nurses use 21%, while others use 100% oxygen. What is the common practice on your un...

I'm at a loss as to what to do about this... A student gets semi-regular rashes at school. She is incredibly uncomfortable and no matter what I try (including prescription lotions, OTC anti-histamines, MD recommended soaps, etc.), she gets no relief ...

Hello fellow nurses. I work in a community clinic, but I'm sure this issue comes up in a variety of care settings. When a patient checks in with the receptionist with a complaint of rash, they are asked to wait outside, and a nurse goes out to tria...