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Hi everyone, I'm not fully understanding the orders for giving insulin for patients in an acute care hospital (med surg). Will different patients have different orders for insulin? Like will some have a scheduled doses, correction dose, or both? What will it look like in the orders? Will it be in standing orders or correction does order? I'm confused. Also, my preceptor said sliding scale is discouraged because we want to treat the blood sugar before it gets high. So a basal/ bolus insulin regimen should be used. Can someone just clarify everything that insulin medication entails and how I would be able to recognize different orders for insulin in the EMR? Is there any specific calculations that the nurse would have to do on their own or do we just follow the scale? Thank you..

Hi! I was also selected for the new grad interview for Highland Hospital. I'm interested to know other people's interview experience as well. Thanks for posting this!

Which specialty did you interview for? I think most people who heard back interviewed for Med-Surg. Has anyone who interviewed for L&D/Mom Baby hear anything back?

Does anyone know if I relocate to another state to get experience (which I will be getting paid less than what I would get if I started near home), when I come back as a clinical nurse 2, will I be paid less than other clinical nurse 2's who have started their careers here? Sorry if this question is confusing. In other words, do hospitals look at experienced nurses previous wage at their old hospital and start them off based on that? Or do hospitals pay experienced nurses based on their level of experience? Thanks.