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1. appendicitis

   basketball13 replied to basketball13's topic in School

   I really appreciate all your feeback! Like you all said, I think it was just too early when I saw her so she only had mild symptoms. I just wanted to make sure there was nothing else I could have done. I actually did have her hop up and down a few ti...

2. appendicitis

   basketball13 posted a topic in School

   Hello everyone, I am looking for some feedback. I had a 3rd grader come into my office mid morning the other day. She said that she felt like she may throw up. She did not have a fever, had eaten breakfast earlier in the morning, and she said she had...

3. called 911

   basketball13 replied to basketball13's topic in School

   No, they didn't do much other than put O2 on her. They listened to her lungs when they first got there and said that her lung sounds were clear- which they most definitely were not. They took her BP, and I already had my pulse ox on her finger. That ...

4. called 911

   basketball13 replied to basketball13's topic in School

   Thank you all. I am glad I called 911. In the future if something like this happens again and I am far away, I will tell them to call 911. The way the secretary described her condition to me, I was not sure how serious it was. Plus, this school calls...

5. called 911

   basketball13 replied to basketball13's topic in School

   Thank you all! I definitely wish we had portable O2 tanks lol. Do you all think I should have considered giving her epi (and call 911 of course)? I just want to know better for next time.

6. called 911

   basketball13 replied to basketball13's topic in School

   I did at least tell the secretary that if she seems to be getting worse before I got there, not to hesitate to call 911, but I wasn't sure if I should have went ahead and told her to call 911 or not. The bad thing is is that I have no cell service be...

7. called 911

   basketball13 posted a topic in School

   I am a relatively new school nurse. The other day I got a phone call from one of my elementary schools (while I was at one of the my other schools) that a student was short of breath and struggling to breathe. They stated that she had been running in...

8. Psych to School Nurse?

   basketball13 replied to Phebee's topic in School

   After I graduated a few years back I worked and floated between a cardiac floor, medsurg, and 2 psych units for a about a year and then worked the psych unit for a couple years before starting school nursing a year ago. I think a psych nurse can abso...

9. Too young to do school nursing?

   basketball13 replied to grobertson10's topic in School

   I am 24 years old. I worked in the hospital setting for a little over 2 years before starting school nursing. Initially I was in a float pool working between a cardiac stepdown, med surg, geriatric psych, and adult psych floors. Initially I was exact...

10. How many kids do you see in a day?

    basketball13 replied to RNLisaC's topic in School

    At my busiest and biggest elementary school (around 230), I see around 20-35 (for a full day that is, on my half days I see around 15). Some days are easier than others. Some days it is mainly very minor reasons (bandaid for a cut, ice pack for an im...

11. Nursing with anxiety

    basketball13 replied to bsn46's topic in General Nursing

    I myself have battled depression and generalized anxiety since I was a teenager. I wrote it off during my teenage years as hormones. I went to college and started nursing school. I was a nervous wreck for clinicals. I was so terrified of hurting some...

12. Sweet, Honey

    basketball13 replied to LikeTheDeadSea's topic in School

    I too am younger, 24. I get it all of the time from staff. Occasionally from parents. I don't mind it though. In fact, I can of like it. For some reason it puts me at ease lol. Growing up, when I would go to the dr. or dentist and I was greeted like ...

13. Spin off- what's been your biggest emergency as a school nurse

    basketball13 replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    I am the one who started the original thread regarding my first emergency scare and it was similar to this! I had a girl come in for a super small paper cut with just a scant amount of blood. I put a band aid on it and she said she didn't feel good. ...

14. First Emergency Scare

    basketball13 posted a topic in School

    So I had my first real emergency scare in the school nurse setting. A fifth grade student walked into my office with a very small paper cut (and minimal blood) requesting a band aid. I finished putting a band aid on her and she then said she did not ...

15. handling a willful child

    basketball13 replied to basketball13's topic in School

    THankyou!!