Artistyc1

Artistyc1

School Nurse, Maternal Newborn

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About Artistyc1

Artistyc1 has 35 years experience and specializes in School Nurse, Maternal Newborn.


school nurse, artist, seamstress

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  1. Silly question about asthma

    Oddly, I had a child that was doing this. I even sent her to the hospital once, as she managed to be coughing to the point of vomiting. She wasn't helped by the inhaler. I am studying to be certified as an asthma educator, and found literature tha...
  2. HELP Pink Eye Question

    If they will wash their hands, it is not airborne illness. They are NOT "turbocontagious". Not everyone even requires treatment.
  3. HELP Pink Eye Question

    Pinkeye has several forms, and it has to spread by hand contact. Sending the child back to class, if they wash their hands is not an issue. Also, many schools do not exclude for conjunctivitis. It is usually viral, and self limiting. It is most of...
  4. Lice-itchy scratchy

    Hate to tell you, but this is misinformation. Lice don't JUMP. They don't have the proper jointing of their legs to do that. Parents get this sort of misinformation, and the hysteria perpetuates. I don't know what you may have seen on that woman'...
  5. 10 minutes and no emergency meds for seizure

    As it appears that there will be no cooperation from this mother, for whatever reason, you need to consider protecting the child, AND yourself. If I were to see seizures that did not appear to be stopping after a 5 minute period, 911 would be calle...
  6. Take things one thing at a time, there will be lots of time for those decisions after you complete nursing school. Maybe you won't even want to be a nurse at all! Not everyone that begins nursing school in the first place concludes that nursing is ...
  7. Fluoride mouth rinse program

    I am in NY, but I had the program for 5 years. I abandoned it last year, as I was having difficulty getting teachers to buy into the program enough to give the rinse as instructed. They just did NOT do it!! It got to be such a problem that the r...
  8. The Political Nurse Speaks

    Save the "partial birth" abortion rhetoric- I'd like to see those that believe in it find JUST ONE REPUTABLE INSTANCE of it being performed. It is "prolife" propaganda. Most late term abortions are done for WANTED pregnancies. Those that are doome...
  9. The Political Nurse Speaks

    If you were a desperate woman that has no way to love or nurture this child, no means to support it, no family to help support YOU, you would make that decision "in advance". Making it illegal won't make it go away. I grew up just before Roe vs Wad...
  10. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    It is too bad that our health care system was set up to be very profitable for insurance companies, with costs rising faster than any other commodity. Many people, even if they work hard, work several jobs, and are obtaining as much education as the...
  11. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    I am sure that is the reason that millions of Americans without health care coverage would want it; so they can go to the ER to have the gum removed from their hair. Do you think that insured people don't ever abuse the health care system? I...
  12. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    Perhaps only COMPASSIONATE people agree that the fight against universal health care is an uncaring, selfish thing.
  13. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    Maybe, with some luck, you won't find yourself in the situation of millions of Americans that didn't expect to find themselves without insurance, and with nowhere to turn but the ER for care.
  14. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    And, with any luck, you won't end up one of the millions of uninsured Americans that have nowhere to turn but the ER for any care at all.
  15. I am a little confused about this post. Is there an RN that oversees the LPN that replaced you? I am in NY as well. I believe that a district is NOT mandated to have a nurse of any kind. However, if there IS a school nurse, it must be an RN. I t...