RobotechTD

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  1. Do I need a Pennsylvania license?

    RobotechTD posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Pennsylvania is a compact state. I have a Maryland RN license, and I want to have clinicals in Pennsylvania for my NP degree. Do I need to get a Pennsylvania

  2. Who is back already?

    RobotechTD replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I have another two weeks until I'm back in the health office. Then another week until the kids are back in

  3. General Question about LPN

    RobotechTD replied to Holder.natasha115's topic in School, College Programs

    I know an LPN who worked in L&D for 20 years in the Southwest area of Pennsylvania but that was about 10 years ago. As others have mentioned, you should check your area if they hire LPN's in...

  4. Please help. Career over before it starts.

    RobotechTD replied to Emjked123's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    You should try school health or case

  5. End of year

    RobotechTD replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    Last year I busy to till the very end. This year I am so caught up that I'm looking at allnurses threads all day. I finished sending letters for med pick up and med orders. End of the year stats are...

  6. Concerns about Transition to School Nurse

    RobotechTD replied to zurie's topic in School

    You are like me. I was in med/surg then emergency but I longed for the M-F work week in my previous career. I had no peds experience but the hiring manager said that I have two kids so it's good...

  7. Student loans killing me!! stressed!

    RobotechTD replied to Nurselyfe92's topic in General Nursing

    You could hire a lawyer to help you. I knew someone who paid for his education using credit cards. He had 2 credit cards with a debt of $20,000 each for a total of $40,000. He hired a lawyer who...

  8. New School Nurse!

    RobotechTD replied to Mr.Nurse190's topic in School

    Welcome to School Health! Remember that ice packs cures everything. Read the the threads in school nurses. You could clean a lot from them. Also see the video for Barb G. She has a lot of good...

  9. I nearly lost my cool this morning...

    RobotechTD replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    Don't get angry. Maybe she was thinking that you could do some maggot therapy in the health office. Some of the students may have dead skin on their wounds that need to be cleaned. Lol! Your story...

  10. Sub

    RobotechTD replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    I agree that it is important to have color coded keys. I was a "new" sub in a non-busy school. I had a diabetic student feeling low and tested with a BG of 20 something but all his emergency carbs...

  11. School Health vs. Community Health

    RobotechTD replied to Parrhesia's topic in School

    In Montgomery County, MD the school nurses are called school community health nurses. They put SCHN next to their

  12. Seriously?!?!

    RobotechTD replied to SuperNintendoChalmers's topic in School

    I love poop stories. Somebody please start a new thread called Poop Stories. I'm sure everyone here has many poo

  13. Sub

    RobotechTD replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    Make a note for the sub of which students forget to come to the health office for medications and where they usually are when they get their meds (ex. before 1st lunch, or after 2nd grade recess). You...

  14. Summer 2018 Plans?

    RobotechTD replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    I'm looking forward to my vacation at Myrtle Beach, SC for a week in July. The hardest thing I'll do this summer is being a chauffeur for my 2 kids going to baseball, basketball and robotics camps....

  15. Doctors Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

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

    As a favor, another nurse asked me to give discharge papers to a patient who was also a doctor in the hospital. When I went into the room the wife said "hey it's a male nurse!" The doctor said, in a...

  16. C'Mon Now!

    RobotechTD replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    It's now your turn to annoy someone. Call the parents to let them know that their kid came to the health office for

  17. Here's one...

    RobotechTD replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    So, what you're saying is when God created the earth, He created an elementary school, inhabited with lice, that wasn't recorded in the Bible and thus the genesis mechanism for the proliferation of...

  18. School Nursing

    RobotechTD replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in School

    A student was just diagnosed with TIDM. What is your nursing plan of action? I had to write my answer on a piece of paper before I was interviewed in a room with four school nurses and one nurse...

  19. Is school nursing stressful?

    RobotechTD replied to blueindigo79's topic in School

    I worked in med/surg and emergency before going to school health. For the first time in my life I looked forward to

  20. Here's one...

    RobotechTD replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Lice come from the schools. Parents always tell me that's where their kids got it. It's not in their

  21. Non compliant Diabetic Students

    RobotechTD replied to NurseVal93's topic in School

    I substituted in a school that had eleven students with diabetes and about 20 daily medications to be given at lunch time. There was no time to look for students who forgot to come to the health...

  22. Marijuana

    RobotechTD replied to JadaM96's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Marijuana stays in your hair for longer periods than urine and blood. My last employer gave me a 1 cm bald spot so that they could test for drugs. Is shaving a head an

  23. Why are nurses the only profession that cannot accept gifts?

    RobotechTD replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    When I was new nurse, I had to deal with the most difficult elderly patient for a whole week. Just before discharge she surprised me by giving me a $50 dollar bill and an apology for her rude...

  24. National Walkout Day March 14 at 10am

    RobotechTD posted a topic in School

    Just a reminder to those who have high schools. Tomorrow is National Walkout Day for high schools to protest gun violence. I am all for students voicing their opinions on such a strong issue. What are...

  25. New School Nurse, do you work per diem somewhere else?

    RobotechTD replied to Syane's topic in School

    I am currently in an online Masters program where we have discussions every week. I use my school health experience most of the time in these