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Specializes in School Nursing.

I know that a lot of the times as School Nurse's we feel isolated and cast aside in our building. I often feel used and taken for granted. I have been doing this for a long time now, but that empty feeling never goes away.

We work solo, for the most part and we are not educators (although we do a lot of teaching). We are constantly under fire from the teachers who disagree with our point of view and by parents who quite often just don't give a dang about their sick child.

It is disheartening and we bear it all each day, keeping quiet and doing our best.

I would like to start a post that encourages each one of us. Please join me !

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT, LOVE AND LAUGHS THAT YOU EACH SUPPLY ME EACH DAY ! SOME DAY'S YOU ARE THE ONLY BRIGHT SPOT IN MY DAY !

Praiser

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Specializes in School Nursing, Hospice,Med-Surg.

Agreed...this group is awesome.

I come here not just for support and amazing ideas but for some of my biggest laughs of the day.

I just finished reading "The Hamster is Loose" after being really sick earlier this week and I appreciate you guys more than you know.

:hugs: to my school nurse co-workers.

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Specializes in School Nurse, professor, OBGYN.

Yes we are professionals and deserve to be respected!

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Thank you, Praiser.

Yes. I'm in all kinds of a funk today. Woke up with schtuff on my mind, and worry about people I care about.

Yet, the song that has been running through my mind since I got to work?

"Hamster on a Piano"

Love you guys.

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Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.

I am so glad I have this place! I'm not sure my first year would have went as smoothly as it has without you all!!

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I look forward everyday to coming here and "seeing" all of you. You all have taught me so much about school nursing, made me laugh daily and showed me that there is someone else out there facing the same issues in their schools that pop up in mine. Thanks for keeping me sane, sharing the funny, the sad and all the other moments that make school nursing special.

Love my AN coworkers!!

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.

Hello everyone, my name is OldDude, and I'm here to admit to you, "Yes, I'm a school nurse." And the SNA group (School Nurse Anonymous) replies, "Hi OldDude."

Yes, you guys are the best! Thanks for all the support and encouragement.

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Specializes in School Nurse.

You guys are the best. The days I feel like I'm really struggling, I read the posts here and know I am not alone. The posts make me laugh, and at times, answer questions to real dilemmas. Nurses in other specialties don't understand the struggles we face daily making sure kids are healthy and safe all with very limited resources and constraints. But what I like the best is how SN stick together and defend their own.

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Specializes in school nursing.

I read a lot...but don't always comment. I just want to say that I love this board and y'all are great. If I have questions, I come here...if I'm having a rough day & need a laugh, I come here. We work so hard for our kiddos *pats on backs* to everyone :)

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I retired from school nursing last October but I still come here for the laughs and encouragement.

Gotta head over to that hamster thread . . .:)

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Specializes in IMC, school nursing.

This board has helped me make the transition from acute care thinking to triage thinking. Thanks so much for being here and being real, and most times, really funny.

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Ditto what everyone else said. I'm still struggling with my school/staff, I honestly just don't think I'm a "good fit" here. I come home many days wishing I didn't have to go back. I do not feel like part of the team. I can't count the number of times I've said to my husband, "I try to be so nice to everyone, I try so hard to accommodate them however I can, but sometimes they're just so mean." I know that sounds whiny and childish, but I don't have very thick skin, never have, never will. Work has become my cross to carry. Pretty much the only positives I find at work are the kids (mostly) and a very small handful of adults.

I'm over sharing, but all this to say: I'm VERY thankful for this group. I come here for new ideas, for laughs, for answers from SNs more experienced than I am, and just to be reminded that I'm not alone.

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