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To: blondee123
In defense of nursing homes - my elderly aunt developed a pressure sore while in a hospital. When she got to the nursing home, I was not hopeful of her living long. Well, the nursing home staff attacked that sore like a mortal enemy. It healed in time, and they are taking very good care of my aunt in this nursing home. This is not a high priced place, either, just your average run of the mill nursing home, and my aunt is a penniless old maid on Medicaid/Medicare.

In defense of nurses everywhere, including the ones who were taking care of my aunt while she developed her bedsore, sometimes the patient's condition makes it right next to impossible to prevent these things. I say this as a 'retired' ICU nurse who also worked in home care and saw lots of them.

67 posted on 10/11/2004 4:32:43 AM PDT by Mrs. P (Be nice......don't make me come over there.)
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To: Mrs. P

Bless you, I just got out of ICU, and the nursing care was amazing. I thought I was in heaven. Except when it came time to remove the glue patches for the heart monitor. Took some time because my skin was really sensative, at least they let me do it and didn't rip them off. I think it took me two days in the normal part of the hospital to work them off.


90 posted on 10/11/2004 5:39:41 AM PDT by wita
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