When my uncle was in the hospital, the nurses that undressed and cleaned him upon being admitted were rough with him. We don't think he had bed sores when he went into the hospital, but he had them 12 hrs later. Is it possible that the nurses cleaned him too abrasively causing a bed sore?
There was a lot of banging around in the room when they were removing his clothes and cleaning him. They were also super fast considering he moves at a snail's pace. They would not let anyone in the room. The head nurse was very nasty with us.
Do you know if he had them while hospitalized? I believe you said in prior posts he was on hospice or close to it.
Pressure ulcers occur very quickly (but not in 12 hrs). The redness you may see now can be from a fold in the draw sheet, from friction over the weeks when he was hospitalized and repositioned, or redness from just being cleaned. Your uncle has a poor nutritional state which predisposes folks to many things including bedsores. Elderly skin is fragile & it doesn’t take much to cause a skin tear.
Make sure going forward that he is ordered an alternate pressure mattress if he is bedbound.
Seems everyone you have came in contact with in the hospital and rehab now has been “very nasty” to you.
But I’ve been a RN for 40+ years and have never seen a bedsore develop in 12 hours.
Mask your uncle’s doctors to order the mattress.
Very informative article, Barb. I am going to use it for patient education.
I would call ur PCP and ask if he can order homecare.
I think you should read the above link.
Who was caring for uncle and were they doing thorough skin checks frequently?
Did you make a complaint to the patient advocate in the hospital about the head nurse?