abreezies

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1. Nurses Day...are you forgotten ?

   abreezies replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   My last school gave me a card and gift. This school did absolutely nothing- not even a verbal anything. But they had a big cookout luncheon for teacher appreciation day! Oh well, I do it bc I love it.......

2. When do you report to CPS?

   abreezies replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

   Have you talked with the counselor and principal about this. I work very closely with my counselor! She does the actually calling and reporting, I only answer questions with regard to my physical assessment if asked.

3. Student wants to go home...

   abreezies replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

   One of my 4th graders was vomiting one day, the teacher insisted that I needed to check his blood pressure. Instead of arguing, I checked it......and low and behold.....it was a little high.....hmmm I wonder why. Afterwards I explained to her that o...

4. What would you have done?

   abreezies replied to LACA's topic in School

   I follow this procedure every time, especially on the younger children - it's policy. If there is a head injury- no matter how minor, must do thorough assessment, including pupils and many questions. Rest with cold pack for at least 10-15 min. We h...

5. Fire Drill...

   abreezies replied to lovepink's topic in School

   I mostly do that same at my school as far as the nurses office, but our secretary has a big black bag that she keeps in the office full of more supplies and she takes that out as well (our offices are at opposite ends of the building), and if any of ...

6. Rude Doctor!

   abreezies replied to ohioRN09's topic in Relations

   UGH.....working at the hospital was a BIG wake up call for me. I used to have one idea about doctors, but now I know the truth....lol. Had one ortho doc yell at me for wanting an order to hold/decrease coumadin considering PT/INR was too high. He ye...

7. understaffed and dangers to license?

   abreezies replied to lpn2b2006's topic in General Nursing

   This is the main reason I quit floor nursing! I was put in this situation many many times.....and to top it off, most of the patients blamed me when I couldn't answer the call light the second they pressed it.....stress, stress, stress! It was hard, ...

8. info for parents

   abreezies replied to manjaNurse's topic in School

   We actually keep a Comprehensive Health Services Plan notebook in all the health offices. Included in it are a lot of Communicable Diseases from chicken pox to scabies to the common cold etc. which describe on each page the incubation period, mode(s)...

9. Complaining nurses

   abreezies replied to kevinsnurse's topic in School

   In the situation that the student had no medical reason for incontinence we would call a parent to school every time to clean the child up if they did not send clothes- pretty soon they quit forgetting to send clothes.

10. Pregnant in Nursing School....

    abreezies replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Another living example, had three stepchildren (16, 14,9), one of my own(3) and a newborn two weeks before last yr of nursing school started. Husband had a job where he was gone 1-2 weeks every month and I worked part time as an in home aide. Whew.....

11. Speaking of Head Lice...

    abreezies replied to DistrictNurse19's topic in School

    Our school does not send letters home either. We can do classroom check if there are 3 or more reported cases from the same class within a limited amount of time. I always e-mail the teacher to keep a look-out and send any suspicious itching to me ri...

12. Complaining nurses

    abreezies replied to kevinsnurse's topic in School

    I agree that cleaning up "poo" is not and should not be labeled a "Nurse only job". Do we do it......yes! Do we have to like doing it.....no. Some of us probably don't even mind doing it......I was blessed to work for an awesome elementary school ...

13. What do your students call you!

    abreezies replied to nuwbee25's topic in School

    Our teachers all use last names, our secretaries and lunch staff use first names.

14. Head lice concerns!!

    abreezies replied to manjaNurse's topic in School

    Hi, I am a school nurse in a mid- sized town in Missouri. Our protocol for head lice is that if they have live lice or a lot of knits, then they are sent home. They are allowed 48hrs to take care of it without being considered truant. We give the...

15. What do your students call you!

    abreezies replied to nuwbee25's topic in School

    Miss Amanda or Nurse Amanda. It was my preference. I am in my late 20's and really prefer using my first name!