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1. Nutrition courses in nursing school

   Squirrel replied to Squirrel's topic in General Students

   Thank you all very much for responding!!!! I really appreciate the time each one of you took to answer my questions! I thought that most BSN schools had a separate nutrition course, but I was not sure...

2. Nutrition courses in nursing school

   Squirrel posted a topic in General Students

   Hello students! I have been a nurse for awhile now, and am working on a Master's Degree in nutrition and will become a dietitian next year. I am trying to get a feel for how nutrition is taught in...

3. Exchange meals for diabetics

   Squirrel replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

   Mario: I forgot to mention a few things in my last post. At the bottom of the menu you will see foods listed as "free" (sugar free jello, iceburg lettuce). A free food has less than 20 Calories and...

4. Exchange meals for diabetics

   Squirrel replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

   Mario: I am just now looking at your menu you uploaded (by the way how did you do that?) This looks like something right out of my dietetic textbook! What it is saying is that the number of servings...

5. Exchange meals for diabetics

   Squirrel replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

   Mario: I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I can give you a brief overview of what dietitians use when they counsel diabetic patients. The idea of the exchange list is to group...

6. How do you handle requests for medical/health advice?

   Squirrel posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone! I am wondering how all of you deal with family members, strangers, patients' families, and anyone else who asks you for health advice because you are a nurse? I've noticed that when...

7. Nurse accused of manslaughter in patient's death

   Squirrel replied to fiestynurse's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you P_RN for the Colorado references. I am assuming that the nurses were charged because they changed the route from IM to IV without consulting the doctor. Does this mean that if they had given...

8. Nurse accused of manslaughter in patient's death

   Squirrel replied to fiestynurse's topic in General Nursing

   Boy, this is very disturbing! I am not clear if the alleged drug use had something to do with the charge or if he would have been charged anyway. Does anybody remember a few years ago in Colorado...