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    RN diagnosis VS Medical diagnosis

    Alisonisayoshi replied to mer10s's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, get a nursing dx book. That's going to really help. I also used a care planning book through school, it was a lifesaver. Think of the dx as the guide to how you will care for the client. So...
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    Calling diabetes experts

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Also, can I just fangirl @dogen for a minute? I am only a graduate nurse, no boards yet, but I do do some speaking and writing about diabetes, as well as some volunteer advocacy work, and in your...
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    Calling diabetes experts

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    @dogen, just as a curiosity, as a T1D who experinces Dawn Phenomenon, is Dawn Phenomenon exclusive to diabetics, or is it a mechanism that happens to certain people and not others and the only reason...
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    Calling diabetes experts

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so no other factors withstanding, all you do by giving juice at 70-80 is induce hyperglycemia. Normal people without diabetes run down into the 60s occasionally. If the pt is asymptomatic, has...
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    Not working during nursing school?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Infofreak411's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't think the OP wanted an indictment of the welfare system, I think she/he wanted ideas. I didn't work, here's what I did: I took a grant avaliable in California for the underemployed that paid...
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    Lpn clinicals and lecture content

    Alisonisayoshi replied to FutureNurseKali's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I loved pharmacology, it was, by far, my favorite subject. I found that if I understood what a drug (or drug class) did, and why, I understood it's side effects much better. I also found that if the...
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    Lpn clinicals and lecture content

    Alisonisayoshi replied to FutureNurseKali's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    All courses are different. I did most of my clinicals, two 10 hour days a week, in a hospital setting, with outside rations to skilled, dialysis, peds, health clinics, wound centers, basically think...
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    Not working during nursing school?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Infofreak411's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'd personally appreciate my tax dollars go to feeding a student trying to make a better life for themselves. I'd much rather feed a student and their family than a meth
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    Unusual treatments

    Alisonisayoshi replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I seem to attract people who think it's cool to comment on someone else's health status like flies. It usually goes something like this: Stranger: hey what's that? *pointing at my insulin pump or my...
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    Unusual treatments

    Alisonisayoshi replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I gotta list diabetic "cures" I've heard in my diabetic lifetime: Essential oils Cannabis oil Coconut oil Okra water Mustard seed (actually heard from a few it helps with resistance) Cinnamon...
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    Does my RACE matter when applying to Nursing Programs?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to LinaJill123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Again, in reference to my earlier post, come tell my children that. Have a conversation with two girls with two entirely different races, raised in the same household who have wholly different...
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    Does my RACE matter when applying to Nursing Programs?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to LinaJill123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    So here's a story for consideration (anectdotal evidence, but still). I have a white biological child, and a Native American step child, one grade apart. In middle school, my white child excelled...
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    Freelance writing.

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It does, and the writing doesn't really apply to what I'm applying for. I am super proud of it though. I will be leaving it off, unless the job specifically calls for skills in diabetes and mental...
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    Failed A Course...

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Kyliemb's topic in General Students

    Oh come on now!!!! You provide zero real information, except that you believe you were wrongfully failed. What do you think people are going to think? If I believed everything I read on AN, I'd...
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    Freelance writing.

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I actually see the point. My writing (and occasional speaking) is on diabetes and mental health. I don't want to give the impression that's all I care about. Thank you, I think I'm going to remove...
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    Jobs out of school

    Alisonisayoshi replied to cvandyke's topic in General Students

    I have a job offer at a SNF with a hiring bonus after I pass
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    Nursing's Transition: Creating Inclusive Healthcare Settings for Transgendered Patients

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Jessica Quigley's topic in General Nursing

    I think the best comparison in this entire thread is the Witness nurse. Witnesses don't accept blood, but that doesn't matter in that nurses practice, it only matters in that nurses everyday life. I...
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    My Fibro

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    I say "my diabetes" all the time... example "my diabetes decided it was going to be a roller coaster today" and "my diabetes says I have to eat now, even if I'm not hungry". Sometimes it's it's own...
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    studying for nclex, confused on question:

    Alisonisayoshi replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Idk? Hmmmm, if it's OANM then first action is O2. I had the same question on my virtual ATI as the OP, and that's supposed to be super recent to NCLEX, and the answer was Morphine. I'm going to ask...
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    studying for nclex, confused on question:

    Alisonisayoshi replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Because MONA. MONA is the order of administration as far as I understand it (I'm NCLEX studying too). So Morphine is the most correct as M is the first letter. Morphine will decrease oxygen
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    Does this make sense and I should I take this route to become an RN

    Alisonisayoshi replied to sonjafaf's topic in General Students

    Actually my school didn't accept pre-nursing for financial aid either. I just declared Health Sciences and easily got my
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    How much free time do you have while in school?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to TEXN's topic in General Students

    I had plenty of free time, graduated with a 3.85. I think it's all about the
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    suspended for doing the right thing...

    Alisonisayoshi replied to farmernurse26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This a thousand times! Why are healthcare professionals so afraid of insulin? It gives us the ability to live normal, long, healthy
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    suspended for doing the right thing...

    Alisonisayoshi replied to farmernurse26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, and no. We aren't correcting, we are preemptively striking. We give the insulin to match the carbs based around a ratio that is determined by the endocrinologist, the pt, and blood glucose...
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    suspended for doing the right thing...

    Alisonisayoshi replied to farmernurse26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Truth, we are so darn good at