WOUND CARE AND THE HOSPICE PATIENT PT.1 | HOSPICE NURSE ALLIE

[@WaltsChiliBowl]

As a new hospice nurse feeling LOST in the world of wound care, I’m so grateful for you and this video! Thank you so much!🥰🙌❤️

[@HospiceNurseAllie]

That makes me so happy to hear 🥹 I think a lot about what I wish I knew as a new hospice nurse too

[@mizzchuz.6413]

Same! This so helpful!

[@sheRaRa101]

Thank you for doing all these videos!

[@elizabethhendriks9030]

thank you ! great video!

[@MSCHOPP1]

Thank you!!! I’m transitioning to hospice after medical and then psych nursing. So excited and thank you for the videos!!! ❤I think I’ll love this!

[@HospiceNurseAllie]

I think you’ll be the perfect fit! Plus I’m sure you have amazing med knowledge!! So excited for you!

[@mrsmbabatunde]

So very informative!!! You could def teach a CE class!

[@HospiceNurseAllie]

Oh my gosh thank you so much! That’s the goal one day! Going back for my bachelors and then hopefully nursing education!

[@LD-id3vy]

Great job!

[@HospiceNurseAllie]

Thank you! 🥹

[@kellyknakamura]

You guys get that good quality supplies 😂 I’ve always loved your videos. Thank you for doing what you do!

[@HospiceNurseAllie]

Our optifoam is def top notch 😂 thanks for watching! I really do appreciate it!

[@eileendijohn2971]

Sureprep comes in spray. Don’t like those gauze border ones.

[@eileendijohn2971]

I am nursing my husbands wounds on feet and bottom

[@Three721]

Thanks for all you do! Just subscribed 💜

[@HospiceNurseAllie]

thank you so much for subscribing and watching! I absolutely love what I do!

[@sadishearer856]

Would you suggest being an LPN or an RN if home health is the route you want to take?

[@HospiceNurseAllie]

You could do both! The main differences are that LPNs don’t do admissions, but everything else is based on what state you work in and company. I would say RN gives you more opportunities to grow, but it depends on what your goals are. ❤️

[@tracisyhong]

Do you just automatically know what to do for wounds? Or do you get an order from the doctor and he tells you exactly what dressings to use?

[@HospiceNurseAllie]

We always get an order from the provider, give them a description of what’s going on, etc. we may give suggestions because we are the ones actually seeing the wound first hand.

[@markhayman-martinez1007]

Great work. I'd only add: pink tape. If you need to use a coccyx dressing, and incontinence is an issue... It can save you from having to change it more than it needs. And the nursing supervisor (yo!) will appreciate it, cuz those suckers are like $13 each, and your patient (more importantly) will appreciate not having their skin ripped by too frequent changes. But.. obviously... This is only true for wounds with low drainage

[@HospiceNurseAllie]

I honestly have never heard of pink tape. I am definitely going to see if it is on our formulary. Usually we use a white dressing retention tape, which does okay depending on a patient's drainage and incontinence management of course.

[@aprilhill333]

YES pink tape/Hy tape is awesome adhesive is zinc impregnated

[@mizzchuz.6413]

​@annoradeburgh I haven't heard of pink tape either! I am very excited to learn there could be a helpful tool ....

[@mizzchuz.6413]

Thank you!!

[@angieluis4944]

Thanks so much for this informative video!! I'm a new grad who went straight into hospice nursing and I get some pts with very bad wounds I always have to ask for help with what to put on the wound how to dress it or even how to profile it. Also, are you hospice certified? I been looking into wanting to start studying for it.

[@HospiceNurseAllie]

I was the same way when I started! For some wounds the solutions aren’t that obvious. I am not certified. I have been studying for it but I’m not sure when I’ll take the exam yet.