Stitchy's mom

Stitchy's mom has 22 years experience and specializes in mommy/baby, home health, school nurse.

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1. Cliques in Nursing

   Stitchy's mom replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Relations

   When I was a GN (yup, that long ago ) I worked on a floor exactly like that. I didn't know very much to say the least, I was a new graduate, honestly, they don't know a lot, but I digress. I would ask for help and they would just look at me like I'...

2. Do you get recognized at Christmas with a special card or gift...?

   Stitchy's mom replied to Nurse ABC's topic in School

   The teachers (for the most part), kids (for the most part) and parents (for the most part) are super where I am. Administration...not so much. I'm probably only going to get a "We'll miss you." on Friday (my last day). But that's okay, I'm going t...

3. The Commuter(s), Any and All RN's What's the real deal?

   Stitchy's mom replied to cee cee g's topic in NCLEX

   About a million years ago when I took my board, (we had paper and pencil, fill in the circles) we had our testing over 3 days in Atlantic City at Boardwalk Hall. By the end of the first group of test questions, I had completely relaxed, because I wa...

4. One more round of "What Would You Do?"

   Stitchy's mom replied to Not_A_Hat_Person's topic in School

   I'd call 911 then parents, unless mom or dad was literally in the building. Even then I'd be on the phone to 911 and have someone else paging the parent.

5. What would you do in this situation?

   Stitchy's mom replied to Stitchy's mom's topic in School

   Trying to tell her that I was doing an assessment wasn't working. I tried to explain that several times, but it just didn't work. I don't understand why people think that they are experts in everything. I don't tell them how to teach. Why do they...

6. What would you do in this situation?

   Stitchy's mom posted a topic in School

   A teacher came in with a student telling me that he had ringworm and that mom needed to come and get him...now! I said that I would take a look. I looked at his head and nothing. He had a small area, tinier than my pinky had no hair. No redness. ...

7. Not wanting to take care of male resident

   Stitchy's mom replied to MileyFans's topic in Student Assist

   I was 16 and working in a nursing home. I had never seen a penis that wasn't attached to a baby. It was really hard for me, but I worked with some really good people. We switched up the assignments so I didn't have both the men, I had the one by t...

8. Silly question about asthma

   Stitchy's mom replied to mc3's topic in School

   So yesterday I had one of the kids come in c/o SOB. Does she have asthma, yup. Is her inhaler at school, nope. I did an assessment, her lungs were clear, pulse and resp were WNL, she was talking to me without any difficulty, color was better than...

9. nosebleeds and prevention

   Stitchy's mom replied to Flare's topic in School

   I've had a ton of them since school started in August. I don't think there's much you can do, maybe sending a flyer home and hope the parents read it. Is it the same couple of kids or is it different kids? Mine are all over the place.

10. Please Share! New school nurse looking for tips, hints, and other helpful info!

    Stitchy's mom replied to jodys-girl's topic in School

    NEVER, NEVER, NEVER let a student come in without a paper nurses pass. They should have name, date, time, and complaint. If the kids have a head injury and you don't know their name you can't assess that. Paper passes are great to jot notes on bef...

11. Charting for a sub

    Stitchy's mom replied to Stitchy's mom's topic in School

    I chart electronically, but the subs have to do it on paper because they don't have computer access. I also have to tell the subs that health information needs to be locked up. I feel like any nurse whose spend a second in nursing school would know...

12. Charting for a sub

    Stitchy's mom posted a topic in School

    Just curious. I thought that it was pretty much a forgone conclusion that if you chart something, you sign it. I had a sub the other day and while some charting was done, it wasn't signed. I'm being told that I should have had written in my sub fo...

13. To Get My Cert or Not, that is the question

    Stitchy's mom replied to Stitchy's mom's topic in School

    Oh, I forgot, are there many jobs out there for school nurses? I don't want to go through getting my cert only to find I can't get a position. Where would I look?

14. Sorry, but no..:

    Stitchy's mom replied to Carpediem1012's topic in General Students

    Not fond of the term "Client" either. When I speak of "the ill" they are "patients", but when I chart they're "clients." I know we have to do these things to be "Politically Correct."

15. To Get My Cert or Not, that is the question

    Stitchy's mom posted a topic in School

    Okay, so I handed in my resignation, and my last day is just before Christmas. Now I have to figure out if I'm going to get my cert. I need to take 1 class before I start the program. Part of me wants to, but part of me is saying I have to worry a...