dennysbfly

dennysbfly has 5 years experience.

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1. Application process taking forever!

   dennysbfly replied to dennysbfly's topic in Correctional

   I got hired yesterday! Start on Thursday! Hope the job was worth the wait.:)

2. Application process taking forever!

   dennysbfly posted a topic in Correctional

   So, I applied for a job at the local jail about 2 months ago. 2 days later they called me for an interview to be held a week later. Interview and test lasted about 45 min. I was told I would be called the following week. 3 weeks later they called and...

3. Field Day "Drama"

   dennysbfly replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   Our field day was today. The PTA requested donations for water for the snack bar, then kids had to buy water. There was NO free water. So many kids didn't bring money so they didn't get any water. Re-cap, 300 kids running, hoping, jumping in 80 degre...

4. Would you work in your child's schoo?

   dennysbfly replied to linda1959's topic in School

   I work in the school that 2 of my children attend. I think it's great :loveya: I get to check in on them occasionally, they cant fake sick and it keeps them in-line. The best part is that they are still younge enough that it's cool to hug and kiss mo...

5. THANK YOU

   dennysbfly posted a topic in Hospice

   I'm not a hospine nurse, actually a school nurse, however my father was terminally ill last year and one year ago today we engaged hospice. He only lived a week. 20 years with hep. c , 1 liver transplant, and finally hepatic/renal failure and he had ...

6. I am the nurse...

   dennysbfly replied to Aneroo's topic in School

   My favorite is when they come in asking for a change of clothes or clean socks....then get really ***** because I don't have those things. Sometimes I think the teachers think that there's a magic fairy that delivers all odds and ends to the nurses o...

7. Teachers and Ice

   dennysbfly replied to Rosie67's topic in School

   This year I took 50 bucks out of my budget and bought a small ice maker. I add water every morning and it maked a days worth of ice in about 20 minutes. Once it gets warm out and we have more playground injuries, I go through 2 cycles. Definatly wort...

8. (tomorrow) School Nurse's Day !

   dennysbfly replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   THANK YOU, THANK YOU , THANK YOU!!!!, I too would like to wish everyone a Happy School Nurses Day!!! We are an often unrecognized group of women ( do we have any men on here?) who change lives!!! GOD BLESS US ALL!!!!

9. Manipulative Parent

   dennysbfly replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in School

   You have a doctors note saying the child cannot go outside. You can always say that is is not within your authority to override a medical decision. In any other situation you have to follow doctors orders right? I hate parents that do stuff like thi...

10. Fifth Disease ?

    dennysbfly replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I'm in Virginia and had a student with Fifth's disesde last week. I checked the Virginia communicable refference chart put out by the dept. of health. It said no exclusion was required. Check with your state to see if they put out something like that...

11. Help--I am new at this

    dennysbfly replied to kaylee3's topic in School

    We have a school resourse officer, a local police officer, who we send to the house to knock on the door. Having a police car pull up in front of a house to tell a parent their child is sick and the school has no working numbers...that usually gets t...

12. Budget cuts=No school nurse?????

    dennysbfly replied to dennysbfly's topic in School

    The first thing I learned in nursing school was...IT YOU DON'T WRITE IT...IT NEVER HAPPENED..I write everything.Keep track of everything. I think that will be a great help to me. I was also looking for statistics and such.

13. Budget cuts=No school nurse?????

    dennysbfly posted a topic in School

    I live in a small town in Virginia and am currently the school nurse for k-12 for about 600 students. The school boars has decided to cut my job next year because of budget cuts. I have decided that they have no idea what they're doing and I want to ...

14. Teachers with Pink Eye?

    dennysbfly replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    In my school the principal leaves it up to my discretion. I feel as though teachers know how to keep it from spreading. I always talk to the teacher and if they want to stay. Great!! If they want to go because it's bothersome then that's great too...

15. Do you ever just want to give up...

    dennysbfly replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    This is exactly what I was talking about yesterday...sorry I missed this post. My principal is going to talk to the teachers. What I have decided is this...Between having 3 kids and being a school nurse for a few years I have a pretty good BS meter! ...