Eilana

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1. 1st Med Error

   Eilana posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm sure there is a thread around here somewhere, but I feel like I should share this. I'm still a student nurse and the other day, I missed giving 2 scheduled doses of insulin; I only gave the sliding scale. Nobody caught the mistake until the aft...

2. Knock Knock Joke

   Eilana posted a topic in Humor

   Knock Knock ... Who's there? Billy. Billy Who? Billy Rubin.

3. Jobs worked to get through school

   Eilana replied to nursethelma's topic in General Nursing

   I work as a waitress and then doing full time schooling for my degree. Thankfully my boss is very understanding and try to schedule me for weekends and later shifts on weekdays when she knows that I have to get up early the next morning for the hosp...

4. The 1st Time You Cried on the Job

   Eilana replied to Eilana's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for sharing your stories. After my crying episode, I felt so silly for breaking down in the first place for no apparent reason! Upon retrospect, it felt good to just cry (you know what I mean). Then I just started to write down my fe...

5. The 1st Time You Cried on the Job

   Eilana posted a topic in General Nursing

   Yesterday, I did something that I didn't think I would do on the floor: One minute I was just laughing and cracking jokes and the next thing I knew I started crying in front of my instructor. There were only the two of us at the time and she kindly...

6. Experiences with Diabetic Patients

   Eilana replied to Eilana's topic in General Nursing

   After being diagnosed with diabetes, how has your perception of health changed? Do you considered yourself to be healthy (did you, prior to your diagnosis)?

7. Treating Pt in Pain

   Eilana posted a topic in General Nursing

   How you ever encountered pt. who are in pain and you are helpless as to how to treat them? One of my first clinical experiences on the floor and I had this lady, age 69. She was admitted for dementia, social problems and OD on narcotics. She repor...

8. Experiences with Diabetic Patients

   Eilana replied to Eilana's topic in General Nursing

   There is a lot information about diabetes like diet, glucose monitoring, support groups, treatments etc ... what do you think is the biggest misconception about diabetes (from people who do have diabetes and from the people who don't)?

9. Experiences with Diabetic Patients

   Eilana replied to Eilana's topic in General Nursing

   I know that one of the most important thing to changing a health behaviour is for the pt to want to change. Diabetes often requires many lifestyle changes on the part of the client with alterations in diet, exercise, ADL etc (if anybody wants to ela...

10. working while in nursing school?

    Eilana replied to moonbeamsmom's topic in General Students

    I know that many of my colleagues are doing that: school full time, parent full time and in between they pull off hours to support the home. It is not easy because some of these parents have young children. It helps to have a good support system. ...

11. Experiences with Diabetic Patients

    Eilana replied to Eilana's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you don't mind me asking, was your grandmother's compliance due in part of her diabetes ... (ie, she was afraid of the secondary effects that stem from diabetes). Some pts are compliant simply because "my doctor said so." Others are truly afra...

12. Doubts about Nursing - 1st yr clinicals

    Eilana replied to dave1's topic in General Nursing

    Like many of previous replies, I would just like to emphasize that it is important for your daugther to think about why she chose to go into nursing as profession. What is about unique nursing is that it is not all about textbooks but there *is* a p...

13. Experiences with Diabetic Patients

    Eilana posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm just wondering if anyone wouldn't sharing their experiences dealing with diabetic patients. What were the patients' perception of health? How did their experiences affect you as a nurse? or You yourself, have diabetes, so how do you persona...

14. before clinical breakfast ideas?

    Eilana replied to kimhaw's topic in General Students

    yup, definitely a fan of the peanut butter + toast combo. i used to never eat breakfast but i found myself hungry at around 1030 or so, but clinical days are just too long for you to not have breakfast ... now i usually have a hot instant drink mix w...

15. How many hours do you study?

    Eilana replied to kahumai's topic in General Students

    I think it all depends on which subject it is and the nature of the test / exam. Ideally I would like to devote a few hours for each subject but often that just doesn't happen. I would rewrite my notes and try to read the textbook. Things come up ...