Insulin Help...

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Mar 22, 2006

My suggestion, and this is only for a test, is to work them up into as simple a table as you can make and then memorize it and practice copying it down over and over during the rest of the week. Be able to re-create that little table within seconds on the paper of your test without hardly thinking of it--straight memory only. You can always refer this table to find an answer to a question on the test without having to sit there and think about times and get yourself confused. As time goes on, you will learn these times with the usage of the Insulin. In the real world you are mostly going to be working with Regular, Humalog, perhaps Lantos and NPH insulin. I've only seen Lente used a few times and Ultralente once or twice over that past 30 years.

RnMay06 · Mar 22, 2006

That sounds like some good advice!! I couldnt remember them either and had to write and rewrite! I would also make up a sheet that had the names, then copy them (xerox) and use them as work sheets to fill in the blanks for peaks/duration, etc. I would also do it backwards too....write out the times, copy that, and fill in which ones they were!

Good luck!! Im sure you'll do great!!

Oh, I forgot to ask...where in MI do you live if ya dont mind me asking?? I use to live 2 hrs north of Detroit!

Kemccanha · Mar 24, 2006

Great advice! Thank you so much! To answer your question RNMay06....I live in Oxford, MIchigan! Where did you used to live in Michigan?

nurselynninTN · Mar 24, 2006

Great advice! I also have this test when I go back. Our instructor gave us a sheet to fill out. I am using this to study. I made xerox copies also and everyday I work on trying to fill them in from memory. It helps tremendously.