Abstract
thopedic surgical unit at our hospital and said, "You look very happy today." He smiled. "I am," he replied. "I'm going home today. I like it here, but I like it better where my friends are." Going home for Mr. Long, a 75-year-old man hospitalized for a hip pinning of a fractured left femur, meant returning to our geriatric facility, where he had been a resident for two years. Upon his arrival, the geriatric nurses accompanied him to his room, and as he was helped into bed, a discovery was made that immediately precipitated a flurry of memos and phone calls. The nurse discovered that Mr. Long had a small sacral decubitus ulcer.
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