CrazySchoolNurse LPN

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    Cartoon Caption Contest WIN $250! Nurses Week 2018

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to Brian S.'s topic in News, Announcements

    Upper GI code
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    Nurses Week Giveaways - WIN Up To $4,000! Nurses Week 2018

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    that when you walk into the room the patient states " I just wanted to see your &*^ as you walk away
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    Am I overreacting?!

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    The safety of the children will always be a concern, the safety for myself isn't what I am worried about. I can handle my own if something were to happen. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion....
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    Am I overreacting?!

    CrazySchoolNurse posted a topic in School

    Since the shooting in Florida, the security policy at the High school is changing (which is a good thing); one of the changes that I am iffy about is the teachers now have to keep their doors locked...
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    Am I overreacting?!

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    That is what I thought but I wasn't
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    Am I overreacting?!

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    We talked again yesterday and I now can keep my door open as long as it stays locked (which it does). The principle had thought about it after we talked that first day and realized that would not be...
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    Am I overreacting?!

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    I have no outside access I have concrete walls all around me. I don't even get cell service in my clinic, but I do have Wifi. I too have a walkie talkie that never gets used by anyone in the...
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    Am I overreacting?!

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    I want a Panic Button
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    Am I overreacting?!

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    My door does stay locked but open. So all I have to do is lift the kick stand and it shuts. My clinic is essentially a broom closet with a bathroom. I'm isolated in the way that there is not a...
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    Thermometer? Looking for cost Effective and Reliable

    CrazySchoolNurse posted a topic in School

    I have to purchase a new Thermometer for the clinic (the one here is a dinosaur that doesn't work when you want it to). I am currently using a cheapo digital that takes about 2-3 mins to get a...
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    CPR in school

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    Well I got the approval for the kit, I pitched it to the principle who loves the idea of the kit and the fact that the teachers can teach it as well! The only pitfall was that I can't purchase it till...
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    CPR in school

    CrazySchoolNurse posted a topic in School

    Can anyone help I am trying to find the CPR in school Kit for a better price currently the only place that I found it was with School Heatlh for 649.00 for a total after shippping 699.00. I am a...
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    I did something wrong. Help!

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I could be wrong, but isn't the person who diagnoses the one who reports to the health department? I just came from Infectious Disease office, what we did is if we tested for it it was our...
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    Lonely in the office

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to plainfieldguy's topic in School

    @ rnknsn: That was me at the beginning of the school year! There are still students that will not come down to the clinic they will text their parents to just come pick them up and by pass me...
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    Lonely in the office

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to plainfieldguy's topic in School

    I feel you on the 10-15 minutes?!?! Since this is a private school and a small one at that (249 students) they all go to lunch at the sametime I try to get to the cafe to get my lunch and I hear my...
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    CPR in school

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    MrNurse(x2) I too have a budget of 300 which I am already way over. they didn't have a nurse on site for almost 10 or more years so with that being said I needed to ensure that we had everything in...
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    CPR in school

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    it is part of my contract that I be a CPR
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    CPR in school

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    I agree OldDude, I taught my first CPR class about 2 weeks ago and had to turn someone away cause they couldn't grasp the concepts of anything that I was teaching. Not to mention this person was...
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    CPR in school

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    Since this is a private school everything has to be paid for. The only staff or facility that does not pay for the training are those that are on the crisis response team. All the others have to pay...
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    CPR in school

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    Jen- Elizabeth and OldDude, you are right it is expensive. I am CPR instructor for AHA (it was part of my contract to become certified), I wanted to become independent of a training center and start...
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    Lonely in the office

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to plainfieldguy's topic in School

    I too am new school nurse but on the high school level. I still don't get to many students that come in which is fine I am really enjoying the break! Since I am new to the school not many students...
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    CPR in school

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    We do have a group like that but I believe all the funding goes towards helping the families and tuition. I don't think they ever did anything like that for the clinic. This is my first year here at...
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    Help is needed

    CrazySchoolNurse posted a topic in School

    I recently (like started yesterday) became a school nurse I have completely changed fields from working as floor nurse med/surg, ER, to working as Infectious Disease Nurse to now being a school nurse...
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    Help is needed

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    Thank you all for the positive feed back I am glad that I am not the only one who is going through this or has gone through this!! I have taken most of today to clean out the paper work as more is...
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    Help is needed

    CrazySchoolNurse replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    thanks OldDude. I am really excited to be in this position but feel kind of lost since it is only my 2nd day and I have to weed through all the paper work that is in the filing cabinet with no rhyme...