nursebooboo

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1. dealing with husbands family member having stroke

   nursebooboo replied to nursebooboo's topic in General Nursing

   You know, you're right about giving her water - and pneumonia being a friend. I hadn't thought about it like that :) I just hope that she doesn't actually try to take her home that would be bad. I don't think there's any way she will be able to ca...

2. dealing with husbands family member having stroke

   nursebooboo replied to nursebooboo's topic in General Nursing

   I called my mother in law to find out a little more about what kind of orders she received on discharge to the long term care facility. She was sent there with hospice orders. So, now my husband's mom is wanting to bring her home so she can have fl...

3. dealing with husbands family member having stroke

   nursebooboo posted a topic in General Nursing

   My husband's grandmother had a stroke 3 days ago. She was in bed sleeping when it happened so she laid there for a while with the grandfather thinking that she was just sleeping in late. She is 70 years old and has dementia, and had a hard time get...

4. Reducing visits to the nurse

   nursebooboo replied to alexis98's topic in School

   are you kidding me??????? that's NUTS! I have them come in to see me because of problems with eye glasses and poop/pee accidents.... just makes you wonder what exactly are they expecting you to do!! I don't know how to fix eye glasses any more ...

5. Speaking of Head Lice...

   nursebooboo replied to DistrictNurse19's topic in School

   I meant to quote the above on the last comment that I posted.

6. Speaking of Head Lice...

   nursebooboo replied to DistrictNurse19's topic in School

   I am in TN as well... My school health coordinator just told me today that the policy would be changing. I'm not sure what exactly will change. I am conflicted as to how I feel about the change. I do hate to see kids get sent home day after day a...

7. How long do you keep your records?

   nursebooboo replied to nursebooboo's topic in School

   Yea, the immunization records are not kept in my office (thank goodness)

8. How long do you keep your records?

   nursebooboo replied to nursebooboo's topic in School

   hmmm, so I wonder if it's just up to the school how long you keep them. I am not aware of a policy that says how long I have to keep them. I've been told several different things... but five years sounds like enough time......

9. How long do you keep your records?

   nursebooboo posted a topic in School

   This is my second year at this school, and I am looking at a TON of old records. They are anywhere from 5-15 years old, and I was just wondering how long I need to keep these... My school is located in TN. Any help would be nice!

10. Just Amazed

    nursebooboo replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

    oh boy... :) well it's like nightie-night nurse said - she was describing the problem with a name... and not saying the kid's real name.... I had a student who used to poop their pants every day @ 1:00 because this child wanted to go home.... I ...

11. Just Amazed

    nursebooboo replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

    ok..... if she called any child by name - that would be against the law... so yes of course we come up with little nicknames to tell a story to protect the privacy of PEE PEE PANTS.

12. Wiping off IV ports

    nursebooboo replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    You wonder where these people lose their conscience. I would feel SO guilty, and horrible if I didn't scrub first - YOU ARE KNOWINGLY causing an increased risk for infection! My grandmother was in the hospital the first of the year (had a stroke a...

13. I'm a nurse, not a babysitter!!!

    nursebooboo replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    WHAT?! You were FIRED??? That's ludacris! As far as I'm concerned nurses aren't MATH TUTORS! how silly...

14. personal days/sick days?

    nursebooboo replied to 100kids's topic in School

    I have 2 personal and we get 1 sick day for every month that we are in school and the sick days accumulate. If you don't use your personal days, they turn into sick days and roll over to the next year. I hardly ever miss but sometimes I think I nee...

15. Is it worth the little pay?

    nursebooboo replied to NurseMeganLPN's topic in School

    I took a pretty big paycut to come and work at my school, but I could care LESS! I absolutely love this place!! and the hours are pretty awesome! and the stress is minimal...