grannynurse FNP student

You did not say if he was Type 1 or 2. I am guessing he is either a poorly controled Type 1 and has been for most of his life. Or a poorly controled Type 2 who sees no hope in his future. I am an insulin dependent Type 2. My sugars are well cont...

Hi Beth. I live in Port Charlotte. All three of our hospitals are for profits. Fawcett is an HCA. Peace River (old St Joe's) and Charlotte Regional are owned by a group of physicians down in Naples. I have been a patient in the first two since t...

The worse thing I ever saw was a ten year old boy who had to have his burn dressings changed under anesthesia. He had suffered over 80% first, second and third degree burns over his body. What was even more amazing was he survived and grow into a y...

Generally I do not think it is a good idea to have a family member on the floor I worked. It puts too much real or imagine strain on the rest of the staff. And if a family member wants to be put on a specialty unit and does not have a thing to do w...

Regardless of the type of floor, there will always be problem with patients. It depend on what type of path you are looking for. I worked ICUs, ER, psych, transplant, as well as med-surg. I usually worked a period of two or three years in each. I...

With the exception of Orlando and Gainseville, all of Florida's major cities are located in disaster prone areas. And quite a few people forget at our fire danger which generally starts in Maarch and continues thru May. We have a large fire burning...

The infectious disease guy said the whole thing started with a spider bite. Why a spider would biye me on yje back of my calf---well I can think of several more interesting spots to bite, if I were a spider;) My daughter let me take a look when she ...

I sometimes wonder if blood cultures are not being over done. In the past three weeks I have had four blood cultures drawn. Granted I am a diabetic, have an open wound but I have received three heavy duty antiodics for the same period of time. And...

I have been named twice. And I have always carried my own insurance. In the first case, I was soon dropped. In the second one, the judge dismissed the suit with prejudice. I have testified in numerous cases both civil and criminal. I always revi...

I am guessing based on a recent experience of my own but the black spot could be a spoy of necrotic tisse, I had a small area, on my calf, that grew in size. My PCP treated me with some heavy duty antibiotis, which helped the surrounding cellulitis...

Have you checked the county's Vo-tech programs? Grannynurse:balloons:

I will be happy to go to the wound clinic. I believe my wound is complicated by damage done when I was badly injuried in a car accident, in 1989. My circulation was compremised by my car accident. I will be interested to find out what caused the w...

I am a graduate of LUI's RN to BSN program. LIU has gone thru many changes since I was first a studen in 1964. Then it was a good program for basic students. It went downhill a bit, then it went back up hill, then back down. It is presently on an...

Well kiss my grits. Boy am I happy to see this forum both as a diabetic and as an RN. I am not seeking medical advise, I get that from my PCP. I am sharing a current experience. I developed a dime size black and blue spot. Within dour days it wa...

I took my flight to S.F. And had a wonderful time. Two years after this happened the air line went out of business. It was Eastern. The paramedic and I satayed in touch. He used his to fly to Seattle.. Grannynurse:balloons:

Forgot to add, our guy arrest 35,000 feet in the air. We successfully resuscitated him, landed at Charlottville and paramedics wisked him away. We both need a drink after we took off again. And were given all we could drink-two was my limit.

Sounds like one of my trips to NYC. Only it was just a paramedic and myself. And we both go a free round-trip ticket as well. The ticket wasn't necessary but it was appreciated, it was first class. Grannynurse

I went to a teenage patient's funeral. And I spoke at the funeral of an adult's funeral. at his request and his wife's. And I went to a wake of a patient. Grannynurse:balloons:

I an on Medicare and have a question. I went to the ER tonight. Rather then admit me, I was discharged, given a script and told to return for outpatient IV therapy. I have Part D. Dies anyone know if Part D or my regular Medicare coverage will co...

I am leaving in a few minutes. Unfortunately there is no admissions office, just pre-registration in the ER, with a pink lady. My money is tight and even with Part D coverage my cost could run from $30-$90 a dose. Thans everyone for your reply. Gr...

I have been bipolar since I was 19 years old, only I was misdiagnosed and treated for more then 15 years. I was fairly stable until the 90s. Had repeated hosptilizations. My past experience was to keep my diagnose under wraps. Not now. I have be...

It is too bad that depression is treated so cavalier by some of our peers. But there are a good number of our PCP who prescribe antdepressants inappropriately. And there are a good number of our patients who go in and ask for these drugs because th...

To correctional nurses, I am interested in knowing what your jail or prison's policies are concerning the care and treatment of Type 1 and 2 diabetics. What do you do when they are firsat arrested or transfered to your facility? What about diets, a...

Unfortunately, a great number of states have only Medicaid. And a good number of us have income that disallows us from that system. Grannynurse:balloons:

Then the dietary department needs to make a change before they find themselves in legal difficulty. Perhaps they should refer to it as a low carb or low whatever diet. I'm surprised your chief dietician has picked up on this mistake. I wonder if m...