Ask the care expert … about end-of-life wound care
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Oct 01, 2014
I work on a floor in a skilled care facility where most residents are on hospice or at the end of life. Some have wounds that will never heal. How should we care for these?
At a recent staff meeting, our medical director asked us to implement palliative wound care. What would that look like for a dying resident?
Ask the care expert: Can you help me see what makes one therapy company better than another?
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Apr 01, 2021
I’m new to long-term care. Can you help me see what makes one therapy company better than another?
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By
Sherrie Dornberger
Nov 01, 2021
I am a new IP Nurse and trying hard to provide the best quality of care with my team during these stressful time. I hear there is a new precaution other than contact, and the few we are accustomed to using....
Ask the care expert: ideas for residents with heel pressure ulcers
Ask the care expert: Is it standard practice to wear the colored side of their mask when well and the...
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Jun 01, 2020
Our infection control nurse has asked us to wear the colored side of our mask out when we are well and the white side out when we are sick. Is this standard practice?
Ask The Care Expert
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Aug 01, 2019
As a new DON, I have instructed my staff to remove, rinse and reuse colostomy bags. Do you agree? As a person who has a colostomy, I do not agree with reusing bags. I choose to use a one-piece system....