OhioBPH

OhioBPH

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  1. School Shootings

    OhioBPH replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I am listening to old podcasts, and in the episode of Still Buffering from June, 2016, right after the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting the teenager in that pod talked about her high school. About the...

  2. Tis the season

    OhioBPH posted a topic in School

    My secretary is still compiling the absence list, and multiple teachers have stopped down because they have had 7+ students absent from each class. I have had 22 visits already. Last week I had 25-30...

  3. That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    OhioBPH replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    You guys got me all messed up. For a minute I was like, wait, is it

  4. Vitals question

    OhioBPH replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I just spent some time reviewing the Texas nursing board's regulations on nursing delegation, and it is similar to my experience here in

  5. Vitals question

    OhioBPH replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I want to remind you that I am a medical assistant, granted in another state, but have been working for seven years under this title. Just some thoughts based on my experience. First, a physician I...

  6. Vitals question

    OhioBPH replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Nail polish and artificial nails are the biggest problem in accuracy of a pulse

  7. Vitals question

    OhioBPH replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Why not a temp on a stomach ache? Thats one of the few things I always get a temp on. Sorethroat, stoamch ache. Temp

  8. Tri-C ADN to CSU BSN

    OhioBPH replied to OhioBPH's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Time and money. Many accelerated programs are days, and I work 830-1330 all school days. Also, Kent has ad evening co-hort, but will cost 15,000 more than my current

  9. Vitals question

    OhioBPH replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I would review your scope. Here in Ohio anything I do is delegated to me, which means a physician or nurse tells me what to do, and what to do with the results. So if I listen to heart rhythm and it...

  10. Vitals question

    OhioBPH replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Are you trained to listen to breath sounds? I am not, so if I have someone I am worried about I call the district RN. I just get temps, sometimes a pulse. Occasionally I'll get a pulse-ox to reassure...

  11. I passed!!

    OhioBPH posted a topic in School

    I scored very well on the entrance exam (HESI A2) and now I just wait for the nursing department to receive the scores from Elsevier and contact me about officially applying for a spot in the fall...

  12. Stress

    OhioBPH posted a topic in School

    I hate when personal stress clouds my work day. I take the HESI A2 entrance exam for the ADN program I hope to start in the fall. My cat vomited 3 times in 12 hours. I did not get enough

  13. Stress

    OhioBPH replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    That stinks! My husband's car is in need of some work, and he is just driving it to and from work because it'll make it that

  14. I passed!!

    OhioBPH replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    Actually I did not study. My education through my bachelors degree and the prereqs was enough. However, there are good recommendations for study resources on the HESI board here on

  15. Bathroom accidents...

    OhioBPH replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    Although I do not actually clean any accidents. I call home, parent comes to clean up/student takes care of

  16. Bathroom accidents...

    OhioBPH replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    I have a pants pooper. We work as a team with his counselor, a "preventionist", a therapist that sees him at school, his intervention specialist, and his teachers. It becomes my duty to attend to this...

  17. Cough Drops

    OhioBPH replied to HighSchoolNurse18's topic in School

    This is the guidance I was given, as well. No cough drops here. I did look for non-medicated drops but they do not seem to be commercially available. Essentially a non-medicated drop is just a cherry...

  18. Keeping resolutions, school nurse style

    OhioBPH replied to Flare's topic in School

    I am trying to avoid grains before dinner, and bam, first day back we have a birthday breakfast. I ate a banana and bagged a slice of cinnamon cake for

  19. New Year, Same Stuff.

    OhioBPH replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    here in NE Ohio we had three snow days (basically the whole region) after break was due to end. It's pretty queit here, especially since these kids havent seen each other in darn near a month. We are...

  20. HAPPY FRIDAY

    OhioBPH posted a topic in School

    I have never been more happy to have a week end! This week had more downs than ups, and Monday as my birthday! I just wanted to thank you all for being such a great support system for me in my new...

  21. Diabetic student not wanting to drink water

    OhioBPH replied to Amethya's topic in School

    You can try setting goals for him. Find out how much water his provider or mom wants him to drink, in ounces, and set a plan to refill at certain times to get him close. For example, I will tell...

  22. That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    OhioBPH replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Ugly sweater day. I do not own christmas clothes, so I have on a blue sweater with a GIANT homemade silver bow on the shoulder. But my pants have a hot pink stripe on the drawstring...sooo...still...

  23. Christmas break, when do you start yours?

    OhioBPH replied to mag426's topic in School

    5 more hours! Today is an early release AND a 1 hour assembly end of day, so we are in 26 minute class periods. So, hopefully smoothe

  24. The mile run-- hold me!

    OhioBPH replied to nmr79's topic in School

    Our MS does PACERs like every other week. And they do alot of conditioning. Usually it's the 8th graders in here with sore legs and feeling

  25. Part Time school nurse

    OhioBPH replied to nycNurse2b's topic in School

    I also work for a hospital staffed school health department. We serve dozens of disctrics, and only a handful contract for full school day staffing. Most of us (LPNs, RNs, MAs) work 5 hour days. The...