Here are some of other interesting goodies I've found in various nursing blogs:
Case of the week for September 4 (from Counting Sheep) discusses a group of people we often get to see in rehab--the spinal fusion or spinal surgery patient. This post tells more about the anesthetic side of this surgery.
Nurse Kitty (from Critical Pathways) describes a little bit what I'm feeling about getting off orientation in this post.
Arrested (from TraumaQueen) Kal the ambulance driver from Edinburgh, Scotland always has an interesting post to read. Check out this memorable one at TraumaQueen.
2 comments:
Thanks for the mention! I am curious, though. How long does the rehab take for the average spinal fusion patient that comes to your place?
Terry:
It varies. I think our average is about 14-21 days. (It can get interesting trying to keep people longer than a month).
I have a patient now, who's been there just about a month, but part of that was due to an wound infection she got post-surgery. Not really sure how that happened, but the surgeon just took out her staples recently. We usually do those on the floor, but he insisted she come to the office.
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