Mr.RN-CDE

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1. CDE Salary

   Mr.RN-CDE replied to AimersTriageRN's topic in Endocrine

   I make a dollar more an hour than I would if I worked the floor. That's it. No 75k, just a dollar for the certification.

2. What do the male nurses do to prevent sexual assault accusations?

   Mr.RN-CDE replied to SkySoldier's topic in Men

   "and believe me males do not have the monopoly on crudeness and explicit conversation" You got that right. I have at times found a double standard. One night "the girls" at the nursing station had a birthday party for a co-worker. She got a male nudi...

3. Does nursing school get better with time

   Mr.RN-CDE replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

   My wife graduated 5 years after me, and I would say things aren't better or worse. All nursing texts are behind the times. Meds change faster than publishers can update etc. But the basics are the same.

4. do I Want to be a CDE?

   Mr.RN-CDE replied to frann's topic in Endocrine

   I can't see myself doing anything else. Yes, it is frustrating at times. The pts who just tell you what you want to hear and are obviously not doing what is best. But those are outweighed by the one pt who is dx'd with a BG of 1930 mg/dl, who now has...

5. Do Nurses have to do the following??

   Mr.RN-CDE replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing

   It is part of a good nurses job. A poor nurse will let the patient sit in their filth until a CNA can come and clean them up. I have no use for nurses who think that cleaning a pt is beneath them.

6. I'm sick of taking care of people who don't care

   Mr.RN-CDE replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Hyperglycemia actually causes hunger. The cells trigger the hunger mechanism because although there is tons of glucose in the blood it cannot get to the cells. This is a physiological condition not psychological. Take it from an overweight diabetic, ...

7. I'm sick of taking care of people who don't care

   Mr.RN-CDE replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   I get frustrated too. We all do. I'm a diabetes educator and I have the 350 lb pt who tells me she only eats 1 time a day and that's a salad, but her BG is still out of control...etc. There are days when I feel like I have been bashing my head agains...

8. Need diabetic ed resources & free stuff

   Mr.RN-CDE replied to RN1989's topic in Endocrine

   Call your reps. Bayer, Roche (AccuCheck), Abbott (freestyle) Johnson and Johnson (One Touch) all give out free meters. They keep us stocked. BD for supplies, syringes, pen needles, glucose tabs, education materials.

9. How do I become a Diabetes Nurse Educator?

   Mr.RN-CDE replied to angelm97m's topic in Endocrine

   To be a diabetes nurse educator you have to become an RN. (although there are other practices RD, Pharmacy...that can get their CDE as well.) As much as I knew about diabetes going into nursing school, I didn't understand how diabetes interacted with...

10. "Real World" diabetes management?

    Mr.RN-CDE replied to davidsgirl's topic in General Nursing

    High blood sugars put in-patients at high risk for infection among other problems. This is a problem everywhere. Our team is struggling with this and trying to get docs to recognize what a serious problem hyperglycemia is. We have heard that under ne...

11. Anyone know anything about Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen?

    Mr.RN-CDE replied to twinkletoes12's topic in Washington

    they go to western state hospital for a couple days and maybe mary bridge, other than that its all in aberdeen. i was dx with diabetes 10 yrs ago. decided i needed a career change and went to nursing school to become a cde

12. Anyone know anything about Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen?

    Mr.RN-CDE replied to twinkletoes12's topic in Washington

    Both my wife and I graduated from there. It's the only nursing program that I have been through so I don't have anything to compare it to. It's a good school. As far as clinical sites, the first quarter of the first year is spent in a nursing home. T...

13. What did you NOT expect when you became a nurse.

    Mr.RN-CDE posted a topic in Men

    This forum is always about whether men should be nurses, etc etc etc.... Let's have some fun guys. Let's face it, we are working in a female dominated field. Many of us previously worked in a male dominated field. SO let's hear some stories. What ha...

14. Anyone know anything about Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen?

    Mr.RN-CDE replied to twinkletoes12's topic in Washington

    What do you want to know?

15. what are the best mens scrubs you have found?

    Mr.RN-CDE replied to Buckyxj's topic in Men

    My wife and I, she's also an RN, are taking a sewing class just so we can learn to make scrub tops.