kayakqueen

kayakqueen has 14 years experience and specializes in L&D, school nursing.

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1. standing orders

   kayakqueen replied to kayakqueen's topic in School

   Could you possibly elaborate on how detailed these orders are and the paperwork involved? Did you already have a school physician in place (we don't have one)? And a standing order for Vaseline?? I don't think of that as "medicine". Thanks for your f...

2. standing orders

   kayakqueen posted a topic in School

   Do you have standing orders at your school/district? If so, what are they for? We have been discussing this for common items such as hydrocortisone, Tums, ibuprofen, etc. but I'd love to get some feedback from others first.

3. Who's Back ?

   kayakqueen replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   I'm back today. Anyone else seeing a lot of back-to-schoolitis??

4. Master's degree

   kayakqueen replied to scrubsrn24's topic in School

   I can see why you'd say that! I thought the same thing myself before I finally enrolled. I'm in TN. The only downside I found during the entire program is that you don't get letter grades, but rather pass/fail, or basically a 3.0 GPA on the trascript...

5. Master's degree

   kayakqueen replied to scrubsrn24's topic in School

   Western Governors University is an all online program. It has flat rate semester tuition ($3250 for MSN programs) where you have the opportunity to get as much done as you wish and progress at your own rate, rather than only taking 6-10 hrs at a time...

6. Master's degree

   kayakqueen replied to scrubsrn24's topic in School

   This applies to me as well. I got my MSN-Education last year. I got it through WGU, all online, for just over $7K. The pay raise I got will make up for that in just two years. I felt like it was worth it due to that factor, as well as it opening up d...

7. C/O feeling dizzy

   kayakqueen replied to ContraryMary's topic in School

   Good assessment ideas in some previous posts....if everything checks out well and they're still complaining, I usually start with "boredom therapy" which is laying quiet on the cot in my office. Amazingly enough, that's usually just the cure. If afte...

8. what do the students call you?

   kayakqueen replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in School

   I go by Nurse First Name or often in the case of the little ones, Miss Nurse First Name As long as it includes my name, though, I don't really care. I hated it when I first took the job and I was just "the nurse"!

9. How often did YOU see the school nurse?

   kayakqueen replied to SnugglePuggle's topic in School

   We never had a school nurse. Teachers or the front office staff handled everything. Towards the the end of my middle school years, a girl younger than me got diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Her mom came in to care for her everyday. That kind of stuff...

10. going back to school

    kayakqueen replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Good luck! I went through WGU for my MSN and really enjoyed the program and their flexibility.

11. Should I give up scrubs?

    kayakqueen replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School

    This year I started wearing scrub dresses (UA has them in cute colors) and a lab coat. I still look like a nurse and retain the ease of washing scrubs, yet I feel like look far more professional for the school setting. I've gotten loads of compliment...

12. School nursing versus home health

    kayakqueen replied to babynurse73's topic in School

    I have worked in home health and am currently a school nurse. Like the others, I agree that your like or dislike of any field of nursing is based on your personality/preferences as much as anything. I found home health to be draining in a number of ...

13. scrubs or business casual

    kayakqueen replied to villageRN's topic in School

    I wear scrubs Mon-Thurs and jeans with a school shirt on Fridays. I tried out "business wear" one year but it just seemed to really confuse the students. Plus, the new students had a hard time identifying me as the nurse, even when I was sitting in t...

14. 2015 Work Thread

    kayakqueen replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

    Hi, I'm a full time school nurse taking my first camp nursing assignment this summer. It's a 3 week stint in July in the mountains of North Carolina. My two kiddos are going with me for free and I'm still getting paid! Plus I love nothing more than t...

15. Administering meds to other staff?

    kayakqueen replied to smartnurse1982's topic in School

    I really like and trust most all of the teachers/staff I work with. For this reason, I keep a small stash of the very basics (ibuprofen, Tylenol, Tums) for their use. I have never once had anyone abuse the privilege or make a continual habit out of u...