Okay, who's going to camp??!

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I leave Wednesday, 6/15. I'm going to a camp in Maine, about 4 hours from where I live in VT. I'm going to be setting up the health center, etc for a few days, then some pre-camp orientation with the rest of the staff, then the campers come. 190 girls, full-season. My dog is going to come and be with me 24/7. I just bought him a new portable crate to be his "safe place" in the health center (which is also where I sleep) and he's curled up in it already. Very cute. I think he'll be much more therapeutic for homesick kiddos than I will!

Who else is going? When do you leave? Are you as excited as I am?

Specializes in Emergency Department.

Leaving June 23 for 2 weeks at an all-girls summer camp in West Virginia. I'm really excited, I've never been a camp nurse, but I was a counselor at this camp when I was in college one summer. So at least I'll know my way around!

I'm mostly nervous about the homesickness thing...We don't see that in my ER!

Hope everyone has a great summer!

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Specializes in My first yr. as a LVN!.

Love hearing your stories .. I too am interested in doing the camp nurse as well as a nurs for the cruise lines. Of course this is still a ways away for me.. not really though! Until I get my RN, but I think its a great idea and what fun esp. if you have kids to sign up to the program while you are there. Ive researched a bit and they seem to pay well and get your kids in for free... by the time I am done w my RN my daughter may be too old... 16 then .. but I may still want to do it ... have fun!!!

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Specializes in ICU, School Nurse, Med/Surg, Psych.

I have always wanted to be a camp nurse but I can never get the time off from my regular job. How do you do it? ARe you all school nurses and have the summer off??

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Specializes in Labor and Delivery, Orthopedic.

I leave Aug 20 to be a volunteer camp nurse for 5 days with our church camp. My 2 kids are coming with me and thankfully my husband will be there as well doing the music so he can entertain them. I did this once before about 5 years ago and I think it will be fun ~ but of course also nerve wracking. The first time it was a dream. Nothing but a fe stomach aches and scratches. I am praying for the same this year. No broken bones or emergencies!

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Specializes in Peds Homecare.

I went, I saw, I left after 2 days. No door on my bedroom, people coming in our cabin while we were out to put a double bed in my room where the new single one was. Did I mention that my bed was all made? And that when I returned later that afternoon, my clean sheets were in a heap on the floor. My laptop case was knocked over. Still no door on my bedroom, but then

I had a bed that my sheets wouldn't fit! I met my charge nurse/boss the first night, she brought up me working nights, I said I can't work nights, it makes me ill. I told that to the camp owner/director when he hired me. Her answer, "I don't care." No one told me this camp followed certain dietary rules d/t their religion, and that the children who attended were all of that religion. So none of my favorite breakfast meat was going to be served. So I said well, I can eat toast or bagels, no toasters there, they consider them a fire hazard. Also my boss said if you are on the day shift, you can't eat breakfast in the dinning hall, wonder what I was supposed to do about that? She just said you have to eat before. Wonder where I was supposed to eat before breakfast was cooked? I could go on and on, wasn't my place to be. I packed my car on that Sunday morning while they all were at breakfast and i was outa there. I stopped at McDonalds on my way home and bought an egg mcmuffin. Now I love camp nursing, that is what I do during the school year at the environmental camp I work at. But that place...........YUCK:trout:

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