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Glad you had a good time! My daughter takes dance classes right by Northwestern, so I walk the campus a few times a week while she's at class. I love that neighborhood:)

I was at the game when they beat LA to go to the World Series. It was electric. We walked for a mile just to get a cab, and we were hugging and high fiving everyone. People were dancing in the streets. It was one of my favorite nights, ever:). I ...

I'm new to the school setting, so I just go to the meetings to contribute what I know about the kid (if it's someone who I interact with regularly). Our Social worker and psychologist do the actual writing/case management of it. Now I'm curious to s...

8th grade boy: "Uhh, like I was sick yesterday? But I don't have a fever, so I'm here today? What do I have?" (literally no other information was given, about symptoms, etc).

I have a 7th grader here who went for a strep test last Friday, and ended up in the hospital all weekend with a type 1 DM diagnosis! He happened to mention at the appointment that he was always thirsty and peeing. Dr. tested his urine- crazy high k...

They're great. His numbers have been pretty good, and the one time it was 80, he came down and said 'I feel weird, can I check?" I'd be freaking out, and I'm sure his parents are, but they aren't being super neurotic about it, so props to them!

Ours starts at 3PM on 3/23. We are headed to CA. My parents have a house in the desert, and will both be there while we are there, which is good, because my daughter loves spending time with them, and they will play in the pool with her while I lay...

Long walks, even in crappy weather (I'm also in the midwest- I feel ya on the long winter blahs), reading, and watching old-school Full House reruns with my 8-year-old are helpful. Hang in there! Also, my friend, Unisom, is helpful. There are diff...

I'm glad it went well! Come hang out here anytime-- I have learned a lot from my short time on this board.

Good point, Ruby_jane. My personal favorite is "he felt warm, so I thought he had a fever."

That's good to hear! I really like this kid and his family, and want him to do well.

I would also add that the police can probably give you some helpful tips/info.

Honestly, my in-patient mental health experience is what taught me the most. I worked on an adult CD unit, and I worked on an adolescent unit until last summer. I learned more in those two places than when I worked in the ED. Also, things evolve, ...

ugh! They need to be free of fever for 24 hours without antipyretics to return here.

That's great!

Congrats on your sobriety. As long as there are other nurses who will be able to pass meds/ exchange tasks with you, I don't think it will be a problem. Personally, I wouldn't mind helping pass meds if I had a co-worker in your situation. I also ...

Wow, good luck to that mom and child in life.

I really miss working adult psych sometimes. My personal favorite was a manic man who referred to Lithium as "Pink Peruvian Cyanide." Never a dull moment.

Nope. I'm in the basement with nobody around, except for the cafeteria, which is busy for a small part of the day. I have middle schoolers. No way. My door is locked, but open. I don't trust anyone behind closed doors. We have emotionally unstab...

I've given it for anxiety/impulsivity before (esp kids and teens).

There was a bomb threat and eventual evacuation not far from me yesterday. Sick and scary.

Yep. We had several kids in that boat when I worked in psych.

Yuck!! I had to block a friend who I went to nursing school with for the same kind of nonsense.

Our town has all doors locked all of the time. Visitors have to go in one door, and they have to be buzzed in. It's a nuisance sometimes, but I'm happy for the extra little bit of security. We all have badges to let us in .

I'm really struggling, too. I started crying when I hugged my daughter goodbye this morning. She's in 2nd grade. I can't imagine her and her friends living through the horror of a school shooting. There was a shooting in a school here 30 years ag...