EGVnurse

Hi all, I'm wondering if there are any nurses out there who went back to school for biomedical engineering, software development, computer science or bioinformatics? I'm a RN (3 years) with a passion for type 1 diabetes (had it for 10 yrs). I'm inte...

Hey guys. I'm a new grad RN working on a Med-Surg unit. I was taking care of a woman on a heparin drip. She had a portal vein thrombosis and DVT in the left thigh. I needed an anti-Xa level on my patient around 2300. I get in report that she's an inc...

For about a year I've been working as a RN on a 30-bed med/surg unit (post renal transplant and orthopedic) in an urban 926-bed Trauma 1 hospital. I'm interested in going back to school to get my Master's. But I can't get started because I can't dec...

1. I documented all the diabetes education I gave while working on the floor. 2. I applied to every diabetes nurse educator position open within 30 miles (or more). 3. I worked REALLY hard on my cover letter so that I could squeeze through that narro...

Thanks!

Any RN's or RN/CDE's doing comprehensive foot exams on your patients with diabetes? Including, ankle-brachial index, monofilament testing and tuning fork, etc. I work in a education-based clinic as a RN Educator now so I don't currently examine peop...

I have my personal opinions on this and ONLY anecdotal evidence to support (using myself as a guinea pig). The best "control"/hgba1c I ever achieved after many years of living with type 1 diabetes was on a low-moderate carb intake (less than 30 grams...

I am very interested in returning to get my Master's in Nursing so that I can specialize in endocrinology as well. I'm not sure whether FNP versus ACNP would be better, depends perhaps on whether you want to work in outpatient or inpatient. I would l...

Hello, I'm a RN working at an education-based Diabetes Clinic. We mainly see GDM, type 1, type 2, pre-diabetes, obesity, and failure to thrive. However, we're in the middle of changing over to a medical model that will encompass COPD and CHF patient...

Any CE's, preferably free?

I'm receiving conflicting information on the standard, safest medication treatment for a woman diagnosed with gestational diabetes (GDM) whose blood glucose is not being controlled with carbohydrate-counting/meal planning and physical activity. I hav...

Patient has had DM type 2 since 1998. About 239lb, 5'8". Severe muscular atrophy, wheelchair bound, difficulty raising hands above head, some issues with dexterity but takes most of his injections via pen in his abdomen. Takes Humalog only (up to 185...

Hi there! I recently started a new job as a Diabetes Nurse Educator and I love it. I'm not a CDE yet but I'm working on it. To sit for the exam, you need to have documentation of 1,000 contacts hours of direct diabetes self-management education. But ...

I work on a Med-surg unit with adult patients and I teach all of them how to use incentive spirometry. But you know what I realized, I'm bad at teaching it! I'm such a poor teacher when it comes to IS, sometimes my patients think I'm asking them to b...

Hey! What do you do if your patient pulls out his/her trach (not on a vent)? The whole thing? Thanks!

I've interviewed for a CDE RN position but have not been offered anything yet. I'm not a current CDE. I have worked as an acute care RN for approximately a year and a half. I have type 1 diabetes as well as volunteer and work-related diabetes experie...

Wonderful! I was offered the job and I start in a few weeks! I'm so excited. I've been reading a bunch and getting some more CEU's through the AADE website. I had just downloaded the ADA Diabetes Recommendations to my phone through the Skyscape App....

I've thought about this too! It would be awesome if you could make house calls though.

I blog too! PM me if you'd like.

30 bed med-surg unit, always full. 1:5-6 on nights. 1:4-5 on days. 0-3 techs on day shift (0 I've only seen on a weekend). 0-2 techs on nights.

I've been reading over a lot of posts on this thread and I'm glad to see I'm not alone in my feelings of anxiety, being overwhelmed, stressed, doubtful, unsupported, like a failure, etc. I've been a medical-surgical (more surgical) RN in a 980-bed ur...

I have an image in my mind of what its like in the ICU. And I've read accounts of ICU nurses that have inspired me. But I was curious: what do you ICU nurses love about it? Thanks :)

This all sounds so wonderful to me! I got a call about a Surgical/Transplant ICU position and I'm so hopeful that it'll be the right fit. I've been interested in critical care for a while now...so I really hope they bring me in for an interview! Than...

I have an upcoming interview for a pediatric Certified Diabetes Educator position. Any good book suggestions or other resources I can read up on before the interview? Thanks!

No, I'm currently an adult med-surg nurse (specialty in post renal transplant) so I care for a lot of individuals with insulin-dependent, steroid-induced diabetes and of course plenty of type 2 diabetes. A few type 1's sprout up here and there. For t...