abrenrn

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1. Do you have a blood glucose meter in your office?

   abrenrn replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

   Why on earth would anyone check BG on a non-diabetic student who passed out? Especially one who is sitting up and drinking by the time the nurse got there? Hypoglycemia would be on the bottom of any list of what could cause this. In most kids, it'...

2. Experience before school nursing

   abrenrn replied to NJgirly86's topic in School

   Enough experience so that you feel confident with your assessment and decision making skills - as a school nurse you are usually out there on your own. Some of that has to do with your own sense of independence and confidence - I have met a couple o...

3. Thinking about school nursing..

   abrenrn replied to bknyrn's topic in School

   In NYC there is usually one nurse per school. Depending on circumstances, may have a non-nurse to help out. Also, some schools (with high numbers of kids requiring special services) may have 2 nurses. I was in elementary but now am a supervisor. I...

4. Thinking about school nursing..

   abrenrn replied to bknyrn's topic in School

   From your screen name and the school nursing open house you mentioned, I assume you are in NYC. Did you go to the open house? I hope so. I'm a NYC school nurse - and I like it a lot. I did have peds experience but many come without and end up lov...

5. Why do you send a student home?

   abrenrn replied to whiskeygirl's topic in School

   With stomachache, I always try to do palpation for rebound tenderness; if present, home or ER.

6. AUUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!!(i.e.head lice)

   abrenrn replied to jen42's topic in School

   One more question. What about malathion? While I was researching this, I came across it a few times. It is also mentioned on the CDC site (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/lice/factsht_head_lice_treating.htm#best_medicine) as being effectiv...

7. AUUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!!(i.e.head lice)

   abrenrn replied to jen42's topic in School

   Wish I had all Martha's information when I was trying to help out a relative with this problem recently (BTW - lice do not discriminate, this relative lives in a very affluent community - and picked up the lice in said community). Just one question...

8. No Nit not

   abrenrn replied to bergren's topic in School

   Thank you for the wealth of info you provide. I'm glad to see this as I saw so many problems with "no nit", etc. in Fl. - kids out of school for months. Later, working as a clinical instructor in peds, saw a kid with horrible 3rd degrees burns becau...

9. anyone ever think about getting out of nursing for a while?

   abrenrn replied to johnson0424's topic in General Nursing

   I left nursing for about 4 years - and am going back into it next week - and I'm even looking forward to it. I tried teaching for two years in the NYC teaching fellows program. Eight grade math in a difficult neighborhood. Nursing started looking ...

10. I must not be cut out for nursing school....

    abrenrn replied to Steffani's topic in General Students

    Before you decide you are not cut out for nursing school - Grades never tell the whole story. Do you think you understand what you are being taught (forget about the grades for the moment)? Have you started clinicals? If so, how are you doing? Wh...

11. Confidential Health Lists

    abrenrn replied to kilbylake's topic in School

    Bergren - Thanks for all the information you provided. I will be starting as a school nurse next week - this wiill help a lot. I did school nursing several years ago in Florida (now in NYC) and we were expected to make up "Health needs awareness li...

12. Salaries in NYC

    abrenrn replied to bjlesm's topic in New York

    Did you look into nurse externship programs as opposed to paying for CNA school? While I was in nursing school, I got a job at NYU as an aide over the summer (they hired nursing students as long as they had completed some clinicals) - classmates work...

13. geez, these stories freak me out!!

    abrenrn replied to baker90803's topic in General Nursing

    One thing about nursing - reason I chose it when I changed careers - are all the different opportunities there are. Some are exceptionally high stress (physically and emotionally), some are much less so. Some depends on you and what you like, some ...

14. SUNY-Downstate & Pre-reqs

    abrenrn replied to kgrands's topic in New York

    As I said, my very old experience at SUNY was excellent. I'm not sure how it is now. Best clinicals I had were at University Hospital - peds was great, saw things you hardly ever see - and an underserved population. Also had a great community heal...

15. What punishment should this nurse get?

    abrenrn replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    It has been a while since I've been to allnurses.com - a couple of years, in fact. I still get the newsletter and glance at it - and I was intrigued by the title of this thread so I came to see what it was about. I read the situation and my first r...