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I worked full time but doing home care so I had more down time to work on my studies then a full time hospital nurse. yet I was able to get straight A's taking 2 classes at a time. It can be done.

There are no lids for the most part. All blister packs.

You can only use hours that you are actively teaching someone about diabetes = care for themselves, understanding diabetes, etc. You can't count hours you work as a nurse with someone who is diabetic by chance is my understanding.....if so I'm counting my last 2 months of work. LOL

The ratio is right but the training is very wrong. I have a new grad at my facility and he is getting a full 5 weeks in addition to 3 types of classroom training (IV, assessment and cardiac). I'm a semi new nurse with limited experience and I got 11 full shifts

I could only dream of this. I tend to work much better with organization but not in my facility. Every cart is different and some just messy vs really messy. What makes med passes even more difficult is the fact that there are extra blister packs because they are ordered and not needed. So instead of just working through 20 cards there are 35 in the drawer under the patients name. if I only had the 20 I needed it would make things that much easier.

Do they get any easier???? This blister packs are from hell. Do all LTC use them and if not what do you use? I spend what seems like have my shift shuffling through hundreds of blister packs trying to find the right one. They are separated by patient but some patients are on 20 meds and then extras show up in the draw just for the hell of it. I'm a float so I don't even get a chance to try to remember what a patient maybe on because I'm not with them enough. Like most LTC I have 30 patients and if I'm on rehab unit I get 14 patients but more acute needs.

I'm pretty sure that some of that might be part of the game where I work. I plan to have a heart to heart with my ADON as I know she is a second career nurse. And try to figure out how to get connected.

18 months as a nurse. I'll never "know more stuff then staff" for a very long time. So, I'm hoping that my need to be a leader can help me over come that at some point.

I'm a second career nurse. In previous lives I have been a project manger of construction firm, and I ran my own cleaning business. I just got a job with Genesis. I'm trying to figure out how I can possibly move up to management. Is there a time frame I should prepare to put in before trying to figure it out?

Dosing or not dosing of insulin one of the many things regarding care of type 2 diabetics that drives me crazy withholding long term insulin is crazy. These people rarely get enough insulin on their sliding scales to accommodate their carb intake. I wish insulin for Type 2's would be dosed more like type 1's if they are on insulin they probably would end up healthier with lower blood sugars

I've fallen off the belt and am lying underneath.....Got my ASN in 2011 and my BSN in 2012....I'm 49 currently....LOL

I did find something back in my home area.

Definitely depends on where you live. The Mentors available for mentoring are few and far between. I live in Philly area and last I looked (just a few months ago) there is only ONE mentor in my area. He happens to be a friend so I'm hoping when my schedule allows I might be able to become one of his menthes...... I'm very frustrated that I've been a care giver for 2 Type 1 kids for over 10 yrs and none of that counts toward certification. I dreamed of becoming a CDE when I entered nursing school after my kids were dx but no I think it will be just a dream. Good Luck

The fact that the Doctors orders for insulin regiments made the patient bottom out when he took insulin no wonder the patient refused. The constant rollercoaster of blood sugars very horrible feeling. I hope the nurse has a good lawyer because if she documented properly she should not be held responsible. It is improper knowledge of treating this patients diabetes that caused this problem for the patient and made the patient terrified of taking their insulin which in turn made the patient go into DKA and die.

If you say "yes" are they contacting your manager or just HR? and can you ask? If you say "no" will they never contact your employer you said no about if it is your current employer.