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You did not say if he was Type 1 or 2. I am guessing he is either a poorly controled Type 1 and has been for most of his life. Or a poorly controled Type 2 who sees no hope in his future. I am an...

Hi Beth. I live in Port Charlotte. All three of our hospitals are for profits. Fawcett is an HCA. Peace River (old St Joe's) and Charlotte Regional are owned by a group of physicians down in...

The worse thing I ever saw was a ten year old boy who had to have his burn dressings changed under anesthesia. He had suffered over 80% first, second and third degree burns over his body. What was...

Generally I do not think it is a good idea to have a family member on the floor I worked. It puts too much real or imagine strain on the rest of the staff. And if a family member wants to be put on...

Regardless of the type of floor, there will always be problem with patients. It depend on what type of path you are looking for. I worked ICUs, ER, psych, transplant, as well as med-surg. I...

With the exception of Orlando and Gainseville, all of Florida's major cities are located in disaster prone areas. And quite a few people forget at our fire danger which generally starts in Maarch...

The infectious disease guy said the whole thing started with a spider bite. Why a spider would biye me on yje back of my calf---well I can think of several more interesting spots to bite, if I were...

I sometimes wonder if blood cultures are not being over done. In the past three weeks I have had four blood cultures drawn. Granted I am a diabetic, have an open wound but I have received three...

I have been named twice. And I have always carried my own insurance. In the first case, I was soon dropped. In the second one, the judge dismissed the suit with prejudice. I have testified in...

I am guessing based on a recent experience of my own but the black spot could be a spoy of necrotic tisse, I had a small area, on my calf, that grew in size. My PCP treated me with some heavy duty...

Have you checked the county's Vo-tech programs? Grannynurse:balloons:

I will be happy to go to the wound clinic. I believe my wound is complicated by damage done when I was badly injuried in a car accident, in 1989. My circulation was compremised by my car accident. ...

I am a graduate of LUI's RN to BSN program. LIU has gone thru many changes since I was first a studen in 1964. Then it was a good program for basic students. It went downhill a bit, then it went...

Well kiss my grits. Boy am I happy to see this forum both as a diabetic and as an RN. I am not seeking medical advise, I get that from my PCP. I am sharing a current experience. I developed a...

I can only assume he did, I never saw him again. I had another deputy call from Lee County about a Baker Act admission. He called back 15 minutes later and said they would be a while, the patient...

I took my flight to S.F. And had a wonderful time. Two years after this happened the air line went out of business. It was Eastern. The paramedic and I satayed in touch. He used his to fly to...

Forgot to add, our guy arrest 35,000 feet in the air. We successfully resuscitated him, landed at Charlottville and paramedics wisked him away. We both need a drink after we took off again. And...

Sounds like one of my trips to NYC. Only it was just a paramedic and myself. And we both go a free round-trip ticket as well. The ticket wasn't necessary but it was appreciated, it was first...

I went to a teenage patient's funeral. And I spoke at the funeral of an adult's funeral. at his request and his wife's. And I went to a wake of a patient. Grannynurse:balloons:

I am leaving in a few minutes. Unfortunately there is no admissions office, just pre-registration in the ER, with a pink lady. My money is tight and even with Part D coverage my cost could run from...

I an on Medicare and have a question. I went to the ER tonight. Rather then admit me, I was discharged, given a script and told to return for outpatient IV therapy. I have Part D. Dies anyone...

I have been bipolar since I was 19 years old, only I was misdiagnosed and treated for more then 15 years. I was fairly stable until the 90s. Had repeated hosptilizations. My past experience was to...

It is too bad that depression is treated so cavalier by some of our peers. But there are a good number of our PCP who prescribe antdepressants inappropriately. And there are a good number of our...

Unfortunately, a great number of states have only Medicaid. And a good number of us have income that disallows us from that system. Grannynurse:balloons:

Don't know where you plan to settle, here in Florida but I would take a closer look before I made the big move. The average new three bedroom starts at $250,000 through out the state. And lots go...