Today (1-23-12) in clinical Sara demonstrated an on going clinical issue.  When I questioned Sara on her patient care, she was able to give me the majority of information pertaining to her patient, but an identified weakness has still not been improved.  Sara has come to clinical, doing a good job on her research, but when she encounters a medical term or diagnostic test that she does not understand, she does not look it up.  She states she does not know.  I explained to her, in the past, that she needs to look up what she does not understand.  She stated an understanding.  Today, she told me that her patient is a diabetic and that she would observe her for s/s of hypo and hyperglycemia.  She had a list of s/s of hypo and hyperglycemia, but when I questioned her about what polyuria meant, she did not know what polyuria was.  I explained to her that if she does not understand a term, she needs to look it up.  This is not the first time I had to tell Sara this.  
