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We wore all white in nursing school. I hated it. I'm a big guy and I felt like either the Stay-Puft marshmellow man or the Michilin Man.

Im think a good nurse has to be caring and have a positive attitude. Critical thinking is important and unfortunately I think most nursing schools drop the ball here. They focus too much on how to be good test takers so we can pass the NCLEX and not ...

I have struggled with weight my whole life. I went to nursing school to be a diabetes educator, since I have diabetes myself, I wanted to help others. I went to my class reunion and was talking to a classmate who is also a nurse. When I told her that...

What other job allows/requires you to come to work wearing pajama's :yeah: My thoughts exactly...... Was diagnosed with diabetes, decided to become an RN to do diabetes education, and that's what I do. And I love it!

I think it would also depend on the circumstances. If it is an emergant situation and the patient is in immediate danger, I think the patient would come first. Other than that I think they would be pretty understanding.

I agree that a lot of so called non-compliance is about non-acceptance by the pt, family...etc. But how do we get them to accept it? Through education. If a person knows the consequences of uncontrolled diabetes they are more likely to manage it. Rem...

I agree with you that not all complications can be prevented. But the risk can certainly be reduced. Daily foot exams can reduce amputations by 50%. Proper eye treatment can prevent blindness by 90%. A 1% decrease in A1c can reduce the risk of compli...

I have a few pet peeves of my own. I am a Type 2 who is a nurse and a diabetic educator. #1 that type 1 is worse than type 2. These are 2 different diseases with the same outcome...high sugars. Niether one is worse than the other, niether one is hard...

No such animal in my hospital. RED = FIRE PINK = CHILD ABDUCTION GREEN = NATURAL DISASTER WHITE = VIOLENCE Then there is the housekeeping code Brown....'nuff said...

I am an RN with type 2 diabetes. In fact that is why I went into nursing in the first place. Stress is hard on blood sugars, believe me, nursing school and diabetes are not an easy combination. So, since you have a family hx and you are going into a ...

well now.... diamonds. that'll shut her up....for a minute. - ron white

I don't know about TX, but here in WA we use CNAs all the time. Lots of nursing students that I have known did this through nursing school.

I was DX with diabetes in 98, and thought that being a diabetes educator would be an interesting job, but didn't have the courage to quit my job and go to school. Then the company I was working for went bankrupt and decided to go back to school. I wa...

I have a friend who is a police officer and he said he was glad women aren't allowed in combat. He was at the firing range with a female cop she hit the target 5 times in the kill zone and once in the crotch and chuckled. As he said, women would take...

Woogy you are right, we shouldn't have to put up with it. We had a nurse manager that told us that if a doc ever treated us like that to tell her and she would get right in that docs face. We really miss her.

Does your state have CE requirements to keep your liscence? WA doesn't so I would sit the NCLEX and pay the $50 a year. EVERYONE hates nursing hell....I mean school. But being a nurse is amazing. I am much more worried about those who aren't afraid,...

Don't feel bad. First of all the doctor shouldn't have acted that way, but they do...I don't know a nurse who hasn't been treated similarly by a doc. The charge nurse on the other hand needs to appologize. There is no call for that kind of behavior. ...

Reminds me of another quote: It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Can't remember if that was Ben Franklin or Mark Twain....pretty sure it is Twain....

Med/Surg is a great place to start. It really show you how little you actually learn in Nursing school. In school they touch on a lot of sifferent systems, but practical knowledge comes from working the floor. Get that year out of the way, think of i...

That's right, and if I'm not mistaken thay are MACHO also.....

Not everyone is right for NH or hospital. I hated working the hospital. But that is what is great about nursing, there is a spot for us all. SOmething a little slower paced where you can actually pend time with your patients. Have you thought of home...

I'm so far behind I look like I'm in first place. When you're up to your butt in alligators, it's hard to remember that your main objective was to drain the swamp.

There is a predicted 70% rise in diabetes in Amereica alone. As it is now my pts have to wait 2-3 weeks to see me, and it is getting worse. In the next year or two we are going to have to add another nurse (I'm the only nurse right now in our small p...

This quote bothered me. I am not a psych nurse, but I don't work in Med/Surg either. I am an outpatient educator. I do work with inpatients in my job, but when I am there I will not touch their IVs or pumps or anything else, I'm qualified, but I do n...

I am a Diabetes Nurse Educator working on my certification (CDE), it takes two years to get certified. It is estimated that there will be a 70% increase in the number of diabetics in the next 25 years, so yes there will be plenty of opportunities. Be...