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1. Insulin question

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   Update coming up.

2. Insulin question

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   Thank you. We have several people who are foreign born (many phillipinos too), but we only had 2 people out of 11 (in her group) that speak with an accent (me and a 44 year old Mexican man), and we are the only 2 people who failed. She failed him for...

3. Insulin question

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   PS= And on the 3d day, she didn't even say anything about the labs (2nd and 3d day she told me I was doing great)... but she brought it up at the meeting.

4. Insulin question

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   She also claims that I don't look up labs, but I do. My mistake was that the first day I looked it up, and I knew they were within normal limits, but I didn't write it down on a paper... So I got a warning for that. The 2nd day I had all the labs (pr...

5. Insulin question

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   PS= I don't mind paying $100-$200 for a letter, but I want more out of it because I just invested 4 years of my life (time, money, energy, etc) into becoming an RN, and it's something I am so passionate about... And right now this evaluation is preve...

6. Insulin question

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   I am in my 3d semester (2 years prereqs + waiting list + 2 year program which consists of 4 semesters and I was in my 3d semester). I am not a minority... I'm white/caucasian, but I am originally from Russia, and I speak with an accent. I'm 21 (youn...

7. Insulin question

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   I had another meeting today with the committee... And I requested proof of her statements over a week ago, and she was unable to provide any. If the committee thinks I am right, then they will make a recommendation to the president of the college, an...

8. Insulin question

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   I spoke to several attorneys, but my only problem is that one thinks it will be a difficult case to fight (since they are not a private school, but government), and the others want an hourly rate and I can't afford it. I am in a process of trying to ...

9. Insulin question

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   The nurse (preceptor) I was working with is on very friendly terms with my teacher and she just doesn't care enough to stand up for me.

10. Insulin question

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    And to add on... I have another classmate who also failed, and she is also trying to contest... She went to Grievance department to file a complaint, and now the school is telling her that she either accepts the fail and be placed on a disciplinary p...

11. Insulin question

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    "I suspect there is a lot more going on in this situation than just the insulin issue. Being expelled from a program is serious business and I doubt any school would expel a student for that particular clinical situation alone.I'm starting to feel li...

12. Insulin question

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    Yes, the guy was on a beta blocker (coreg tab 25mg), but even though it may mask s/s of hypoglycemia, would he really go into a coma after 5 minutes? I mean, she was basically saying that if I give the insulin sq (novolog, which in my drug book that ...

13. Insulin question

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    I had a meeting a couple of days ago, and I pointed out those things... She just keeps saying her own things. That patient was not getting any anticoagulants (just ASA and Plavix), and she wrote in my evaluation that my patient could have had a "life...

14. Insulin question

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    Me neither, but that teacher failed me after 3 days at clinical, and when we had a meeting to discuss what happened, she was saying that I put my patient in danger because the food wasn't directly in front of him (it was in the hallway being passed a...

15. Insulin question

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    I had a patient (who had Congestive Heart Failure, pleural effusion, diabetes, and a history of hypertension, and emphysema)... my instructor claims that those medical conditions will make insulin (subcutaneously) take a much, much quicker effect (so...