LikeTheDeadSea MSN, RN

School Nursing

MSN, M.Ed.

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    TODAY!!!!!

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    I have very choice words to give to the scheduler who made the day before Winter Break a full day. A school I was at a few years ago had a half day and would do an all-school sing-a-long. Now THAT...
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    When admin fails to share "critical" information

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I had TWO emails this week from when I reached out to parents about pretty extreme stuff saying "Oh we e-mailed everyone but you. Somehow the nurse slipped our mind." And this was about HEALTH...
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    New School Nurse - how to prepare

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to ChristmasNurse's topic in School

    Welcome! One of us! One of us! One of us! The beauty of a Health Office is that once you're settled, it truly is YOUR office. The person before you may have laid a foundation with the building, so...
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    Ugh...what would you have done?

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to ERschoolRN's topic in School

    I'm on board with everyone else - no asking permission. It's YOUR office, no need to ask
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    Help me with Health Office Protocols

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to stephrooth's topic in School

    I think this is too wordy. I'd honestly address it at a faculty meeting verbally. Framed as a "what the health office looks like." The day I told the whole staff I see 70+ visits a day and having...
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    Assessing the student on drugs

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to cjl_RN's topic in School

    One of us! One of us! Welcome! Edit: This was supposed to be in Capslock but it's converting it to regular for some
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    How do you get paid?

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to scout mom's topic in School

    No one has made a lovely heartwarming post about how we're paid in the smiles of small children and warm thanks of parents. So that's a fun bonus when they do
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    Need to vent and process this

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to jess11RN's topic in School

    I've written about my poor experiences with EMTs and even ER docs telling me I shouldn't have given Epi with facial swelling and breathing pattern changes because the kid was fine by the time they...
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    The Big Chill

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to beachynurse's topic in School

    "Ice Ice Baby" is playing in my head while reading this
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    The mid-day blues.

    LikeTheDeadSea posted a topic in School

    Sitting here with post-lunch nausea/fatigue setting in. Took my own temp. Ate a peppermint. There is no one to show my best sad face to. There is no one to ask if I should go home or not. There is...
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    All I want for Christmas is... (the school nurse list)

    LikeTheDeadSea posted a topic in School

    Comments are for those big-ticket items you longingly admire in the catalogs for your
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    May the odds be ever in your favor...

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    dear sweet Jesus my
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    NBCSN

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    I debate doing it eventually, but my state awards a CSN with grad school, so it's just something I want to do for my own ego / benchmark. Once I'm done the next 45 credits of grad school I need to do...
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    C'Mon Now!

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I just snorted this made me laugh so hard. We can't make this
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    C'Mon Now!

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I knew some guys who would rub that on their eyes before meetings so that they would stay away because it makes your eyes sting. Well look at that, I guess there was more to it! In 2010ish I remember...
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    Need help from anyone crafty

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Make a model dancer out of tongue depressors, bandages and cotton balls. Gauze
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    C'Mon Now!

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Student diagnosed by a fancy doctor with ALLERGIES yesterday and cleared for school related to his lovely red eyes. Teachers FREAKING OUT that another cherub today has red eyes today AND IT MUST BE...
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    First day of the rest of my life

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    Congrats!!
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    Leaving on a jet plane

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to dd_txrn's topic in School

    Woo hoo! Do you think you'll do school nursing once the program is
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    Pursuing Lead/District Nurse Position

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to GdBSN's topic in School

    There are districts where I live where the person in that roll is still in a Health Office all day with those duties additionally - some districts with an additional staff member in the office and...
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    Help Please!

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to JLA's topic in School

    1)What do you like/dislike about school nursing? The independence. I like running my own show most of the time. I enjoy the students I work with, I am in the demographic I prefer. I like seeing kids...
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    "Miss, I'm Dying" the musical

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    [tune of Round Here by counting crows] Maria came from 2nd grade with a suitcase in her hand she said she'd like to meet the nurse who will send her home and she walks along the edge of sickness and...
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    Random Lice talk!!!

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to T-ROD's topic in School

    I was just going to write the above - I ALWAYS try to get one of those buggers on scotch tape. Or at least some nits on strands of hair. Usually parents are like "ew I don't want that," but I present...
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    That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Pink in my shirt!
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    Anyone gotten a non-nursing masters?

    LikeTheDeadSea replied to Rebelution's topic in Nursing Career

    Wrapping up my Master's in Education (I'm a school nurse, this is relevant to my long-term goals of education