Thank you for the suggestion. We do have something similar that we use for other resident's doorways. We haven't used it on this resident's door because this was the first time she reacted to other residents this way. I'll suggest it to the DON.
Janice Martin, RN
In a message dated 1/27/2004 11:32:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
would the resident who's room it was be opposed to one of those mesh guards
(I think there orange and have a "stop" sign on them) to keep resident's
out? This way she feels more comfortable that the other resident's would
not enter her room.
Tammy Gola BSN, RN, CRNAC
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Transitional Care Unit
575 North River Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA. 187641-0001
570-552-5417
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 6:33 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: POC for resident injury
I've been asked to ask all of you what you would do in this situation that
our home now finds ourselves in. Over the weekend a resident who has had a
CVA was propelling herself down the hallway in a Broda chair using the hand
rails along the hallway. At some point she grabbed a hold of a door jam to
a resident's room wrapping her fingers around the jam and just in the space
between the door on the side the hinges are on. The resident who lives in
the room saw her coming into her room and shut the door. Unfortunately the
resident who had her fingers in the door jam almost completely severed two
finger tips off. She was taken to the hospital and her injuries were
sutured. This was such a freak accident that we are at a loss as to how to
prevent this from reoccurring. You can't put stoppers on the doors. We had
the resident in the hallway so that she could be more easily observed but
you can't have someone in the hall monitoring constantly. Any suggestions
for a POC because the family has already informed us that they are reporting
the incident to the state. Even if they weren't, obviously we want to
prevent this type of incident from ever happening again.
Thank you,
Janice Martin, RN
MDS Coordinator
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