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Hello! I'm new to allnurses and I'm new to school nursing, but I've been a nurse since 2002. I've been lurking for a few weeks, and you seem like a smart, experienced bunch:)

I've always wanted to work in a school setting, but finally made the leap this year. I have worked in mental health (adolescent, adult and geriatric), outpatient research, and had a brief stint in the ER and in medsurg.

I'm lucky enough to work in the district where my daughter attends school, and this schedule has really been a dream. I'm quickly learning that nurses are not regarded the same in a school as they are in a hospital, but overall, things have been great.

Anywho, here I am...

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Specializes in IMC, school nursing.

Welcome to the nurses' station. No cliques and all good. Wear your pink on Wednesdays and enjoy the show.

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Specializes in kids.
Hello! I'm new to allnurses and I'm new to school nursing, but I've been a nurse since 2002. I've been lurking for a few weeks, and you seem like a smart, experienced bunch:)

I've always wanted to work in a school setting, but finally made the leap this year. I have worked in mental health (adolescent, adult and geriatric), outpatient research, and had a brief stint in the ER and in medsurg.

I'm lucky enough to work in the district where my daughter attends school, and this schedule has really been a dream. I'm quickly learning that nurses are not regarded the same in a school as they are in a hospital, but overall, things have been great.

Anywho, here I am...

Smart.. smart mouthed. All depends on the day!

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Specializes in School Nurse. Having conversations with littles..

Awesome glad you are here with us and you sound happy with the change of specialties!

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Smart.. smart mouthed. All depends on the day!

The two go hand-in-hand, I believe.

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Specializes in ICU/community health/school nursing.

Your background will serve you well in your new gig. Just wait - you'll really be appreciated when you snatch a kid back from the jaws of death (either real-like with Epi or not so real like by wiping the magic marker off their hands and curing their "rash.")

Welcome!

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I definitely have a lot of emotional-needs kids (7th and 8th grade school), and I really like the social worker and psychologist here, so that helps:)

I just had my first school epipen episode last week! Some clown threw an almond at her friend, but it instead ended up in the poor peanut/tree nut/ALL nut- allergic kid's mouth as he walked by-down his throat (crazy timing!). Fortunately my office is right across from the lunch room, so he ran over before things got really bad.

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Specializes in ICU/community health/school nursing.

it instead ended up in the poor peanut/tree nut/ALL nut- allergic kid's mouth as he walked by-down his throat (crazy timing!).

What are the odds?!?!?!

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Welcome!

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.

Welcome to the farm!!

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What are the odds?!?!?!

It was nuts (pun fully intended).

The allergist had me explain several times when I called. I finally put the student on with him to explain it.

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Specializes in School nursing.
It was nuts (pun fully intended).

The allergist had me explain several times when I called. I finally put the student on with him to explain it.

I once had a student throw a lollipop stick at her friend. Of all the places for it to hit it went into her friend's ear canal and bounced. All I could see with an otoscope was blood. Friend had a perforated eardrum. What are the odds, indeed?

And welcome to our little corner of allnurses!

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