NurseBeans BSN, RN, EMT-B

I have a little one who has OI, I have never seen any documentation but mom says that she has it and I'm not going to doubt her. She stated at the beginning of the year that she needs no accommodations and has no restrictions, just that I need to cal...

Consider locking up your toilet paper as well...word has it you can't get a single roll at the Walmart!

These comments used to irritate me until my sister sent me a picture of a flyer from one of her childrens' schools, it basically said they would pay substitutes a little extra to sub for the "health office". Which it is called because they do not hav...

Got a call from my state board of nursing this morning...that's right, I'm being investigated for false reports to DFS. Some angry parent decided to call the BON and lodge a complaint about me. Yesterday another parent was making vague threats of "cu...

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you are 1) not a school nurse, 2) not a nurse or healthcare worker of any kind and 3) a parent who has recently been investigated for child abuse? Maybe because of a report by a school nurse? Just a gu...

When I worked elementary I drafted a letter I liked to give out when they do their kindergarten assessments (May and June). It included all the basic information the parents wouldn't necessarily know, like when to keep your kid home, why the nurse ma...

Until this year they were supposed to keep hoods down at all times here...this year they do not care. Having said that, the older nurse I work with has a conniption every time a kid walks in with a hood up. She feels that it is disrespectful, which I...

That orange spray we used to use in the hospital...think it's called Citrus II

UGH--artificial nail nurse visits? Unless it's bleeding, and unless you are in fact a nail technician, that needs to stop now. She has had a week to take care of that at home and hasn't--so the visit is nonsense. Put a stop to that. In general, any v...

This frustrates me...because as much as I understand having to work and not wanting/being able to leave work or take time off work, isn't it one of those things you have to consider before having children? Like, you may have to pick them up at some p...

I am on the East coast so I can't speak to LA, but I can say I had to pay for my own credentialing/certificate. It was through one of our local universities. I also had to pay to take the Praxis because we are on a teacher's contract. Than about a y...

Ok, I have a middle schooler with interstitial cystitis, which I know is rare for the age group but from the looks of it, she has had issues since early childhood and is a chronic truancy problem. I'm sure not all of her absences are due to her medic...

You know, I had thought this too, and the other nurse I work with said the whole situation is giving her weird vibes. The student has a clotting disorder according to mom, and she told me early on this year that her father had died from a blood clot....

2 nurses, 900-1000 students we really are lucky!

Thank you all--I have not been able to speak with parent or doctors yet. Admin had come to me to see what her story was regarding truancy, and all I could say was she has no 504 but she has had this condition and chronic absenteeism since first grade...

I don't still have a copy, but from what I can recall, it was pretty much "send child to nurse if any c/o pain or any witnessed fall/bump/impact". Like, be more cautious with this child than the rest. No other restrictions were desired from her physi...

I feel like if you are asked to keep track, then you should absolutely be checking rosters. Otherwise they need to keep you out of it. Best believe it would come back to the person tracking things if something went wrong. I would either start pullin...

I am a bit late to the party here with a comment, but we have two nurses here (MS, 900 plus students) and last year we saw...brace yourselves...150 students a day. Yowza...the other nurse has been here quite some time and she would put out an entire ...

Agree with this. Maybe just make sure your head is not one of the rollers. As far as the zen, I have learned to do as Old Dude suggests. Control what you can, let go of what you can't, enjoy the little things the job has to offer (like lunch with you...

This one goes back to my days in the OR: I am scrubbed to assist a surgery that is either a new type of procedure or it is a mean surgeon I have never worked with, but either way I am confused and disoriented, and I keep contaminating my field and th...

I've just recently come from a K-4 to a middle school, 7-8. I have to say, I love these older kids. They are funny, you can have a conversation with them, some of them are very reasonable and you can work with them to keep them in the school for the ...

Well, you have a legitimate infection control concern with it being flu season and LD being healthy, and only being there for a nap, which does not need nursing supervision. I would try to see if there is a reason he can't nap somewhere else. If the ...

From the OR world...don't finish your cases too quick or you WILL get someone else's work! If you go get one suture, just grab two. If you grab one you WILL drop or contaminate. All redheads wake up from anesthesia like wild animals. Actually that on...

You are correct about school nursing being desperate and paying poorly. But I would really not recommend it for a new grad nurse. It takes a few years of clinical experience before being able to function alone, responsibly and confidently. In my stat...

I'm going to suggest school nursing because although it is not NOT nursing (really, we are real nurses, I swear) it is so different from inpatient nursing that it might be a better fit. And psych experience will dovetail nicely into dealing with the ...