Search Results

Search Results Type: Posts; User: schoolnurse09

Title
From
Date
  1. Nurses, how are you going to vote?  2012 US Presidential Election
    Romney / Ryan
    Nov 6, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  2. What to do in family emergency situations?
    I have to comment on the poster who said that teachers, etc. have similar issues when leaving in an emergent situation...no, they don't. Teachers have no issues with being absent, leaving school...
    Sep 28, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  3. Advice on other RN specialties/careers due to health problems
    You might look into Utilization & Review, scheduling, insurance companies, or telephone triage. Hope you recover, that sounds so painful !
    Aug 24, '12
    Forum: Nurses With Disabilities
  4. Do they check to see if you have your BSN/Masters degree ?
    This thread is hilarious..thanks for the laugh. But, really, I am disturbed that anyone would ask this. Makes me wonder what else they would falsify if they were desperate. Just sayin...
    Feb 17, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  5. Calling in RX?
    It has been awhile since your post, but thought I would comment..In the clinic where I worked as an RN, unlicensed people called themselves nurses and called in Rx. I did bring this to the attention...
    Feb 17, '12
    Forum: Nebraska Nursing
  6. Substitute Pay
    How do they get anyone to work? I'm thinking I would not do it for $70/day..then taxes come out? Where do you all live? Is this a public school?
    Feb 17, '12
    Forum: School Nursing
  7. Substitute Pay
    $135/day. 8 hr day. In Nebraska.
    Feb 16, '12
    Forum: School Nursing
  8. Any sub school nurses out there?
    Not in Nebraska..
    Jan 28, '12
    Forum: School Nursing
  9. If you had to do it over again would you?
    It is what you make of it. Nothing is perfect.
    Jan 18, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  10. If you had to do it over again would you?
    Yes I would, for all the reasons you mention. I got my BSN at age 36. I worked til last June, now I am 55, mostly retired..subbing as a school nurse once in awhile. My husband was career military,...
    Jan 18, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  11. Any sub school nurses out there?
    I am subbing..resigned my FT school nurse position last year. I enjoy it. The district has quite a few subs, so haven't worked that much.
    Jan 13, '12
    Forum: School Nursing
  12. School nurses and Insulin
    Oh sorry, I forgot that part.... I traveled between schools... Luckily, I had 15 minutes between lunch times for the students, so I could go and take care of them myself. I had back up from...
    Aug 18, '11
    Forum: School Nursing
  13. School nurses and Insulin
    It is no surprise to me that a non-medical group of people are making medical decisions. What else is new? As an elementary school nurse I refused to delegate injecting insulin to unlicensed...
    Aug 17, '11
    Forum: School Nursing
  14. snow days
    Today is our 3rd. We have to make up 2 of them.
    Feb 1, '11
    Forum: School Nursing
  15. what do you wear on your job?
    Business casual. I would love to wear scrubs, though--for comfort, and so that I don't look like the teachers. I would rather be immediately identifiable as the nurse.:)
    Feb 1, '11
    Forum: School Nursing
  16. Mass state mandated screenings
    The state of NE mandates that screening be done the first quarter of the school year. I screen grades K-6 on one day or 2 half-days per school ( I have 3 elementary schools with a total of around...
    Feb 1, '11
    Forum: School Nursing
  17. What age will you retire?
    Retiring ASAP. (Hopefully this is my last year)..... As soon as my financial planner (husband!) says I can. I am 54. Lots of family need help...I feel like I have 2 full time jobs, so would like to...
    Jan 7, '11
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  18. If we had a conservative nurses forum
    Reagan Republican here.
    Jan 7, '11
    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  19. What's your exp like?
    -Are you a RN or LPN? RN (BSN) -How long did it take to find a job as a school nurse? a friend told me of the vacant position,so I didn't really look at all -What education is needed to become a...
    Jan 4, '11
    Forum: School Nursing
  20. Disappointment  in colleagues
    I know what you mean about being disappointed in school staff (and administration)..that kind of thing happens at my schools also. Health Office=dumping ground. But just let me ask something of...
    Nov 22, '10
    Forum: School Nursing
  21. Bedside nurse or school nurse? Opinions please.
    Dear RN4WeeOnes I can echo some of the same sentiments as SWS RN and luvmykidz=I am not challenged, I am bored, and I feel like an outsider.. add to that : the schedule isn't so important to me...
    Sep 25, '10
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  22. Bedside nurse or school nurse? Opinions please.
    I am in my 3rd year of school nursing. I don't like working in the world of education - if I were younger, I would go back to the hospital. School nursing is a LOT less stress, but I really don't...
    Sep 24, '10
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  23. Advice on entering school nursing
    I would guess that the availability of Peds office jobs will likely vary depending on your location. Do you have access to something like Careerlink.com ? I am in the middle of America and there...
    Jul 17, '10
    Forum: School Nursing
  24. Advice on entering school nursing
    Prior to starting as an elementary school nurse, I worked for nine years in a pediatrics office. That experience serves me well almost every single day at school. My hospital experience - 8 years...
    Jul 16, '10
    Forum: School Nursing
  25. Universal precautions not really universal, are they?
    Interesting timing. Just yesterday I had a teacher in my office explaining to me that teachers will follow universal precautions only if they know a child has a blood borne illness.... what?!! Over...
    May 29, '10
    Forum: School Nursing