RE: trimming toenails

[Faye Jones]

This is the way it used to be.  Once again I date myself but when I went to Nsg school in the 60”s nurses did not cut toenails.  It was a major no-no!!!  The theory was potential for injury/liability r/t circulatory issues, infection, diabetes etc.  I am not sure exactly when it changed-somewhere around 10 years ago.  I have always worked full time and not until I hit the long term care industry 10 years ago did I ever work where nursing staff did toenails-let alone the aides!   At first I was appalled! ha! Change is hard!! I am sure part of the logic behind change of philosophy was r/t reimbursement-why were they paying to have everyone’s toenails cut when it wasn’t always necessary?       -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Park Lane MDS Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 6:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: trimming toenails     I have a question for the group.  I attended a class recently.  And the instructor said that in order to trim a res. toe nails that we needed a physicians order.  Has anyone heard of this?  What would the explanation be, we don't need one to trim fingernails, so why toenails. Shellie