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My School is in Carlsbad, NM its a Branch College of New Mexico State. Here is the Website: http://cavern.nmsu.edu/

If there is anything at all I can help with please let me know. :wink2:

Hairstylingnurse....... Just a note your mailbox is full.. I couldn't reply to your message

When I was in Nursing school everyone was enrolled in the same program no matter if you only wanted your LPN or going for your RN. If after the first year you wanted your LPN you could take a summer class then sit for the boards then continue with your RN. or if you did not want your LPN you could sit out the summer class. I did the LPN tract so I could have a edge going into Med/Surg Class as well as having some practical experience past clinicals. In all the years that my Nursing school has had the LPN tract no one has ever failed the boards or class and anyone that did the LPN tract never failed the RN portion. Great experience.

I did want to mention that all in all we have a GREAT unit. And A WONDERFUL bunch of nurses. If I did not think this I would not work on this unit.. Just so everyone knows

Just a note. Also be aware of what med you are giving. if you flush with to small of an amount a portion will still be stuck to the side of the tubing. I would not want to give an answer because I am not sure of the condition of the kid (fluid restrition and stuff) Brian

After looking back at it I think something else that set me off is that I started on the unit where there were no monitors at all.. I think went to a Pediatric Sub-Acute unit where everyone was monitored and all the nurses, techs, and even Sec looked at the alarms/patients. When that unit was desolved and all the nurses went to the new Specialty Care Unit (mainly oncology) I went to the PICU where I worked for 8 months not to mention where if a low priority alarm went off you had 2-3 nurses respond, and if you had a triple alarm go off you had a resident or 2 as well as 2-3 nurses respond.. I think I also got use to that level of response to alarms Brian

I had a little incedent happen the other night at work and would like some others peoples point of view on it. Here is a little view of some of the basics. Our unit is a 36 bed pediatric unit doing full cardiac, pulse ox, and non-monitored rooms. usually the unit is broken up into full monitored on one portion of the unit (the unit looks almost like an H from the floor plan with 2 halls on each leg of the H) and pulse ox and non-monitored on the other. Due to the central monitoring station on the monitored side the unit installed remote viewing areas down the hallway which connects the 2 portions of the unit which are loud (in my opinion). This night we had 3 nurses and 1 Tech on the monitored side and around 4 am a pts monitor started triple alarming (this one is the most urgent alarm) with a high heart rate (200 - 220+ which has been happening off and on since his admission ) I came out of one of my pts room and started down the hall towards the pts room. Both of the other nurses and the Tech we in other rooms. As I walked down the hall toward the pts room which was located in the middle of the connecting hallway I seen 3 other staff members in the nurses station located on the oxynet/un-monitored side (none of which even looked towards the alarms). I turned into the room to see the kid was having a seizure, I turned on the call light for help (which thinking back I should of pulled the thing out of the wall which would make a more urgent sound) as well as hollard for help which I don't think I did that loud enough. No one came.............. Less than a minute later another nurse from the monitored side came into the room to help about that time the Sz was ending and we were able to get the kids O2 sats up and the heart rate down a little. The fact that the kid had a Sz is not my concern was that NO ONE from the other side of the unit bothered to react to the triple alarm.. After the kid was settled I went over to the other side where I seen one of the nurses that I seen at the nurses station when I went into the room (which happened to be the charge nurse) and said "A favor to ask, Next time there is a triple alarm going off CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK ON IT!!!!! The kid was having a Sz and all of us were in rooms." She stated that She could not hear the alarm and that no-one can from a certain distance. I mentioned that I have been in all parts of the unit and have clearly heard alarms, IV pumps, Syringe Pumps from all over our unit.. Granted I have some youth on her and sometimes I hear better than others but just the fact that NO ONE even looked down the hall to see where the alarm was coming from (which is maybe at the most 20-30 yards from the alarm hub) is what ticked me off. Not to mention I have been told on more than one occation when I was not on the Monitored side "Why are you going to look at those alarms you don't have any of those kids (or your not on that side)" :angryfire: Granted I could of brought up my concerns a little more tactful. I have talked with the unit manager about this and she stated it will be brought up to the charge nurses as well as in staff meetings. What do you all think?

Ok I think this should be ok after talking with a few people. If Not I am sorry in advance. If your friend is still interested in using an insulin pump but has some issues with the tape look at this site: http://www.Insulin-Pumpers.org Its a large support group for those that use the insulin pump. I am sure they have seen almost everything that deals with the pump. Brian

I know of several people that have reactions to the tape but have figured out ways around this. I know of a group that you could refer her to to ask all the questions she can think of.. Holding off on the link until I get some items clarified by the Mods. :uhoh21: Brian

Registered Diatician.. :stone At a camp I use to do the medical staff had tents and the kids got the cabins.. and of course I was always Rained out .. lol

Yups its the ADA Camp In Albuquerque.

Why have you cut out Candy? That is not needed. Everything within moderation... Do you Carb Count? Fixed Doses? Fixed Diet? Brian Pumping for 11 years. Pancreatically Challenged since 92

I know several hundred (no not fibbing on the number) of people that have been diagnosed well after the age of 30 with type 1 diabetes. Main reason I know so many is that I am on a support group for those that use the insulin-pump. The largest support on the net for those that use the insulin pump I should say. Brian Pancreatically Callenged since 1992 Pumping for the last 11 years

And even a few Pre-Teens as I have seen in our Endo office..