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today i had a pt who is on dyalisis. the wife was at the bedside when the pt who is on a 1800 cc fluid retriction asked for a soda. i notified the pt t hat i would substitue the amout from his fluid allowance and thatvit would be a diet soda. he agreed. but then wife said to me that it must be clear. that a nephrologist had told her that he should not drink anything dark. be it soda coffee tea, etc. now i just got home and am looking online for a rational of why. i have no such luck, so my question is has anybody heard of this and what is the rational? i'd greatly appreciate a answer.

today i had a pt who is on dyalisis. the wife was at the bedside when the pt who is on a 1800 cc fluid retriction asked for a soda. i notified the pt t hat i would substitue the amout from his fluid allowance and thatvit would be a diet soda. he agreed. but then wife said to me that it must be clear. that a nephrologist had told her that he should not drink anything dark. be it soda coffee tea, etc. now i just got home and am looking online for a rational of why. i have no such luck, so my question is has anybody heard of this and what is the rational? i'd greatly appreciate a answer.

i know that the lvn board (n-clex) can be challenged. i've seen it done...i know that pharmacology has to be taken. so i just wondered if the rn boards could be challenged. by the way, my graduation today went great...although it kinda felt like a second wedding lol....the ceremony was the same as when i graduated as an lvn two years ago.

undefinedundefinedundefined i will be graduating today as an rn..afteri am off paying my dues as an lvn. although i am excited i can't help to feel a little bummed out, since my friends did not "make it" she got 73% on her final.. granted passing is 75%. my friend had good grades. but she always said she just could not make any sense of pysch. so in the end it was her downfall. she spoke with the instructor who put her foot down and said that she had to repeat the last 9 weeks of the semester agin. now the thing is that another student did not pass as well but his grade got changed...i can testify that. so my friend wants to challenge the boeards. she is an lvn, has been for the past 3 years. all she didn't complete was psych. my question is can she challenge the california rn board. can it be done and how? well i appreciate any info...for now i need some beauty rest...don't want to come out in my pics with bags under my eyes lol

thanks for the replies. i have been more actively pursuing to have an endocrinologist to see diabetic patients at the hospital where i work. i have been working in this hospital for 6 months, and since i am a new lvn and an rn student; sometimes my opinions get overlooked. i question policies where i am told "are just done this way". i appreciate the input. i could not find a specific answer to my question in any text book. :)

thanks for the replies. i have been more actively pursuing to have an endocrinologist to see diabetic patients at the hospital where i work. i have been working in this hospital for 6 months, and since i am a new lvn and an rn student; sometimes my opinions get overlooked. i question policies where i am told "are just done this way". i appreciate the input. i could not find a specific answer to my question in any text book. :)

i have a question... if i have a diabetic on a sliding scale who is npo for surgery, and the 11 am bs is 300. do i cover with insulin? i was under the impresion that you do not cover them. but there is another nurse who said that i should. i have tried looking for the answer in manuals. and every nurse i ask tells me that no, do not cover. who is right? and can i get any refrences so i can show this nurse if she is right or wrong. ty

i have a question... if i have a diabetic on a sliding scale who is npo for surgery, and the 11 am bs is 300. do i cover with insulin? i was under the impresion that you do not cover them. but there is another nurse who said that i should. i have tried looking for the answer in manuals. and every nurse i ask tells me that no, do not cover. who is right? and can i get any refrences so i can show this nurse if she is right or wrong. ty