tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post117461531257332385..comments2023-06-14T03:36:55.988-07:00Comments on Head Nurse: I just gotta get this off my...er, chest.Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16520599099436383317noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-1175157184417796972007-03-29T02:33:00.000-07:002007-03-29T02:33:00.000-07:00can we say soap and water....seems the nursing hom...can we say soap and water....seems the nursing homes are short on these...most of the time that and a little fluid will cure the problem....unless there is a UTI bug.GingerJarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18264306220362474678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-1174765418538991082007-03-24T13:43:00.000-07:002007-03-24T13:43:00.000-07:00Great post, and a reminder to always assess the WH...Great post, and a reminder to always assess the WHOLE patient....one of my coworkers in home care just sent an elder back to the hospital- she came home with gangrenous toes - not noted on the referral or list of diagnoses - from a well-known medical center - apparently nobody took her socks off to look at her feet!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-1174622787030371902007-03-22T22:06:00.000-07:002007-03-22T22:06:00.000-07:00So, uh, I have recurring yeast infections.../cries...So, uh, I have recurring yeast infections...<BR/><BR/>/cries<BR/>//makes appt with gyno<BR/>///...scratch, scratch<BR/><BR/>That reminds me of a very, very overweight and mentally handicapped girl that was on an adolescent psych ward with me. I heard *all* the residents -- and the attending! -- making fun of her stink. We couldn't use the bathroom after her because of the smell. The residents flipped a coin to see who would do the vag exam, laughing, and here I am -- twelve years old -- and having to listen to this, disgusting by their attitudes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-1174633833687499112007-03-23T01:10:00.000-07:002007-03-23T01:10:00.000-07:00OK, I'll say it 1st before anyone else does: "the ...OK, I'll say it 1st before anyone else does: "the nose knows."<BR/><BR/>I have learned from my elderly female patients that UTI's are not to be ignored. These can knock people over to queer street for a few days.<BR/><BR/>Easy to treat once identified, usually.shrimplatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.com