nursingnow

nursingnow has 3 years experience.

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1. Nursing blues.. :/

   nursingnow posted a topic in Med-Surg

   I use to work on a med/surg floor. I didn't work much though.. I was trying to balance being a stay at home (most of the time) mom and continue nursing, so I only worked 3-4 shifts a month. I never really got to know anyone on my floor, but most of...

2. mismanagement of diabetes in hospital

   nursingnow replied to wiley6coyote's topic in Endocrine

   As a former Med/surg nurse I would frequently encounter patients angry with hospital policies and how Drs handled their diabetes care. Most Drs would have patients disable insulin pumps during hospital stay and have them on sliding/scale insulin dose...

3. Lice-itchy scratchy

   nursingnow posted a topic in School

   Bear with me...I'm new to school nursing! I have a student who had lice...probably about 3 weeks ago (not sure..I didn't see the student, but heard about it after he returned to school). He was brought to the clinic late last week scratching away a...

4. Diabetes question...questioning myself...

   nursingnow replied to nursingnow's topic in School

   His recess is in the afternoon. If he's low it's usually at his afternoon check. There are no specific orders for how to handle a pre-lunch low. I used my best nursing judgment at the time, but I still left the situation unsure...

5. Diabetes question...questioning myself...

   nursingnow posted a topic in School

   Hi. Today, a student's pre-lunch BG was 59. Normally, we give 15g carb snack and recheck within 15 min. Since he was eating lunch, I didn't recheck until he finished lunch..about 25 minutes later. He ate a total of 61g carbs for lunch. His recheck ...