New to school nursing

Welcome to our crazy world! I think public health and school nursing are first cousins. There is a definite uniqueness to our job and a bit of a learning curve, but you are way ahead of someone who comes in with only hospital experience. This is a great place to hang out and learn and share because we "get it".

Welcome to our corner of the world :) I'm fairly new too, just started this august, so I'm learning stuff every day. It's quiet in here on the weekends, but stop back in on Monday and it'll get rolling!

Welcome! We are here for you!

These nurses bring a wealth of knowledge. Learning so much from them. Welcome.

goldilocks-- Yaaaay!! So glad to have a new friend to hang out with us!! Welcome to our playground!!!

Yup, we are the way cool kids!

Yup, we are the way cool kids!

Darn skippy!

Thank you for the warm welcome.

I am happy to see such an active group.

I must say, there are some days I think I have finally found what I have wanted to do. Then there are other days when I feel like I'm not sure I can juggle it all. There is a lot of autonomy, and with it a lot of responsibility.

Some things are so restrictive, and some things are as "clear as mud". LOL. My latest example: Epi pens and the California Senate Bill 1266.

Some funny things. I found a staff first aid kit in the break room with Latex gloves in it, eye wash with an expiration date of 1999, and a pack of aspirin expired in 1996.

Some annoying things:

Our county can give out nothing except sunblock. No lotion, no Chapstick, just sunblock. And peppermints. They are candy.

Also, going back to school to get a credential in school nursing. Not cheap. So far I have spent $$ on an audiometry class, and now am enrolled in a Special Ed class that will cost about $1100 after books and materials. For 3 units. Ugh. I keep saying it will all be worth it to do something I enjoy, and education is never a waste.....

Anyway, thanks for the vent and I am so happy to have found you!

Some funny things. I found a staff first aid kit in the break room with Latex gloves in it, eye wash with an expiration date of 1999, and a pack of aspirin expired in 1996.

Thanks- This cracked me up! Soooo true, I am sure we have all found the lost treasure in the first aid kits of old. Yet, another episode of fun that only "we" can appreciate :)

Welcome! It's a wealth of knowledge and camaraderie here. :)

Thank you for the warm welcome.

I am happy to see such an active group.

I must say, there are some days I think I have finally found what I have wanted to do. Then there are other days when I feel like I'm not sure I can juggle it all. There is a lot of autonomy, and with it a lot of responsibility.

Some things are so restrictive, and some things are as "clear as mud". LOL. My latest example: Epi pens and the California Senate Bill 1266.

Some funny things. I found a staff first aid kit in the break room with Latex gloves in it, eye wash with an expiration date of 1999, and a pack of aspirin expired in 1996.

a gem from a first aid kit I found in my office when I started 2 years ago.

Oh yes. It's an EpiStick.

Wow an Epistick. LOL. Oh, I love the keepsake picture. I took some too. LOLOL.

http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac217/cdgoldilocks/IMG_0027_zpsj4ieut2c.jpg

Sorry it is huge.

The summer after I first started I cleaned out all the cabinets in my room and found some real gems: sanitary pads in the box stamped with "belt no longer needed" on it was the best! I mean seriously have they been in there since the 70s? Needless to say we got a good laugh out of that one!