nightie-night nurse

nightie-night nurse has 6 years experience and specializes in School Nursing, Critical Care.

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1. Help what would you do?

   nightie-night nurse replied to Lucy776's topic in School

   How physical and active you are really all depends on the student population and their needs. I have been in a school with classes of medically fragile kiddos and I was pretty active and busy all day long. I have also been in a school with fewer cl...

2. Contract?

   nightie-night nurse replied to RNbubu's topic in School

   I actually have a two-year contract. They have an option of offering a one-year or two- year contract. We have had a couple of nurses leave mid-way through the year these last couple of years. They did not have any penalties for leaving during the...

3. HELP Pink Eye Question

   nightie-night nurse replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

   If a student meets the criteria for exclusion and cannot be picked up, I will keep them in the clinic in order to protect the other students from exposure. Keep in mind this is after I have exhausted all avenues of having them picked up (grandma, au...

4. New School Nurse CPS situation has arisen

   nightie-night nurse replied to blueiwahine's topic in School

   I have heard the same thing. The officers do not want too any people questoning the potential victim because it may damage the integrity of the investigation. So, when a teacher sends a student to the clinic because of suspicious bruises or report ...

5. No, I'm Not a Beauty Shop!

   nightie-night nurse replied to mysixlittleones's topic in School

   I said that same thing to my principal last week when I came to her with a concern. Her reply was that it we could give people common sense or figure a way to teach it, we would be millionaires. Needless to say, that conversation with the principa...

6. hot cheetos & GI probs

   nightie-night nurse replied to cruzcontrol's topic in School

   My kids eat the flamin' hot cheetos occasionally and they don't get sick because of them. They also don't eat a lot of other spicy food, so I am not sure the correlation. But, I think it may have something to do with how much good food they are eat...

7. School nurse denies inhaler

   nightie-night nurse replied to phnII's topic in School

   Mrs. H. has a good point. This situation would be good evidence as to why it is ideal to have an RN in every clinic.

8. What do you go by?

   nightie-night nurse replied to Flare's topic in School

   My principal calls me "nurse" ex: "Hey, Nurse. How's your day?" So I call him "principal". "I'm great, Principal" When I answer the phone or make a call, I identify myself as Nurse (last name). I feel this helps to indentify they are speaking to th...

9. Just Amazed

   nightie-night nurse replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

   I just assumed she was describing the problem. There was no outcry for saying she had multiple head injuries in the clinic. Peepee pants was a quick way to type it. That was my first thought, I am glad no one hears what runs through my mind someti...

10. Teaching CPR ??

    nightie-night nurse replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    All of our nurses are AHA certified CPR instructors and teach classes that are arranged by our department and also we arrange for classes as needed on our campuses. This is an expected part of our position so we are not compensated extra for our tim...

11. Diapering and toilet accidents

    nightie-night nurse replied to Jocelyn Z's topic in School

    I work at a school with K - 5 students. I do have students come in with soiled clothes. Very seldomly do I cahnge them. I ask the student if they can clean themselves and if not I call home. I do have two students with Spina Bifida who come in tw...

12. Am I hard of hearing?

    nightie-night nurse replied to Flare's topic in School

    I admit, I have done this, but I did not last very long. I quickly tired of them staring at me.

13. What Teacher's Really Want ??

    nightie-night nurse replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I have had teachers call the parents right after I had seen the student and deemed them well enough to return to class. This made me feel undermined because this was one of the student's who was playing in the clinic and assured me she felt okay to g...

14. School clinic substitutes- help!

    nightie-night nurse replied to millhouse's topic in School

    I was actually told by my director that it is difficult to find a sub for my clinic and many of the ladies who have subbed for me before will not come back. They say because it is very busy and the special needs kids have complex needs. The directo...

15. Electronic Process You Would Like to See in Schools

    nightie-night nurse replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    The hand-held device could be something like a blackberry or other smartphone that would have your electronic records and charting system on it where you could chart away from the clinic, but without the bulk of a laptop. This could be helpful if yo...