MaltyChick

MaltyChick has 30 years experience and specializes in Pediatrics, research, home care, infusio.

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1. Looking to quit school nursing.

   MaltyChick replied to MaltyChick's topic in School

   I was scheduled for MWF but would adjust my schedule for school days off to be there days with her blessing.

2. Looking to quit school nursing.

   MaltyChick replied to MaltyChick's topic in School

   Thank you for the heartfelt advice! I am working at a 6 weeks long summer camp much closer to my home for the summer. It's on a beautiful historic private school campus and I love it! The office is beautiful too with Windows that even open! Plus some...

3. Looking to quit school nursing.

   MaltyChick replied to MaltyChick's topic in School

   There is an online link for a school calendar, but it's totally blank. Staff weren't even sure when the last day of school was!

4. Looking to quit school nursing.

   MaltyChick posted a topic in School

   I have only been a school nurse since February 2016 and already want to quit. It's at a K-8 charter school with mostly inner city kids. I am there 3 days a week and have no communication from administration. I have asked for a school calendar since d...

5. I made a mistake... anyone left?

   MaltyChick replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

   I ended up calling a few parents last Friday for injuries that weren't serious, but I wanted to cover my butt. Each of them thanked me for letting them know. I felt good at the end of the day because I didn't have that feeling of not catching somethi...

6. I made a mistake... anyone left?

   MaltyChick replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

   I always say kids are poor historians and getting their hx out of them is like a maddening game of Blues Clues!!

7. I made a mistake... anyone left?

   MaltyChick replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

   I'm new to school nursing and also find deciding when to call home the most difficult part of this job. I think your assessment was spot on and your findings all negative, besides the minor abrasion you bandaged. I would have done the same thing. I g...

8. Entitlement - Are We Making The Problem Worse?

   MaltyChick replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

   That's a great question. I have soooo many kids who think they must have an ice pack for very tiny bump. We ran out of our disposable ones and my admin secretary did not put in my order for new ones in a timely fashion AT ALL! So I was bring ice cub...

9. Boy/Girl Who Cried WOLF Syndrome

   MaltyChick replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

   I do the note home for the scrapes and bumps. And give them an I Saw the Nurse sticker on their shirt so mom or dad will hopefully ask why and then the note will be remembered. We have nearly 1000 kids here, so calling on every kids that I glance at ...

10. Boy/Girl Who Cried WOLF Syndrome

    MaltyChick replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

    I have a comment and a question. I too have FF that come in for an assortment of imagined ailments. I have a hard time just dismissing all of them so I usually do a cursory exam to be certain there really isn't an injury or illness, and most often th...

11. Ice Packs = Candy

    MaltyChick replied to Skips's topic in School

    Sometimes ice packs are like the magical bandaid: they cure all. Some times I tell some kids no to the ice pack request, but I do use them a lot. My favorite requests are for "injuries" that occurred over the weekend. I usually send those kiddos off ...

12. New to school nursing: need medication log advice.

    MaltyChick replied to MaltyChick's topic in School

    thanks for the response. Yeah me too. I did have a conversation with her and the administrator and we are doing the Med counts my way- the right way. Interestingly, my walker talkie went missing from the reception desk where they charge it for me aft...

13. New to school nursing: need medication log advice.

    MaltyChick replied to MaltyChick's topic in School

    Thank you for this great advice and the med log. I do think electronic documentation would be good for all nursing notes, however, for the medication documentation it may be challenging since my office is no where near the main office where the med...

14. New to school nursing: need medication log advice.

    MaltyChick replied to MaltyChick's topic in School

    Thank you for this great advice. I do think electronic documentation would be good for all nursing notes, however, for the medication documentation it may be challenging since my office is no where near the main office where the kpmeds are kept since...

15. Why would you give this up??

    MaltyChick replied to 1mrsbs's topic in School

    This post is offensive to those of us (most of us) with years and years of experience in nursing. We have put in time, paid our dues and are just venting a bit. Anyone can have a bad day, or have had bad jobs. This does not make them uncaring nurses.