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jess11RN

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  1. Help with new grad RN orientation/Added shifts

    I read your post and I can't help but feel for the new grad. When I graduated from nursing school, I KNEW I wanted to be in ICU. When I wasn't hired for ICU, I accepted a telemetry position. With 7...
  2. Advice

    Apply! You have 3 years of experience under your belt. That will look great on your
  3. C'Mon Now!

    I have the same
  4. C'Mon Now!

    Oh wow. That would have made me more upset than the teachers response. It seems like they don't understand the severity, I'm sorry you have to deal with
  5. C'Mon Now!

    Who the heck makes play dough out of peanut butter? I hope you reported it to admin after you spoke with the
  6. Snacks?

    At my previous district, I handed out bottled waters (because I was a brand new school nurse and that's what the nurse before me did). Well, when I started going through a case a week, I decided...
  7. Multiple schools

    Actually, now that you say that, I think you're right. My bad!
  8. Multiple schools

    Here's my issue with overseeing a health aid, CNA, LPN, or anything other than a Registered Nurse in each health office: they are working under your license, therefore, you as the registered nurse are...
  9. Snacks?

  10. Snacks?

    Is that why those tiny humans won't leave my
  11. Why ? Just Why ?

    I had a situation where I was following the state law and the parents weren't too please. Admin tried to throw me under the bus. Superintendent backed me up. And that, folks, is another reason that I...
  12. Peanut Flour in Cheese Crackers

    I grab juice boxes from our cafeteria for my diabetic who never seems to have his own. I feel better hearing that others face the same issues as I
  13. Multiple schools

    And keep in mind that you're still professionally responsible for all of that level of care, especially in the event of an
  14. Multiple schools

    Thanks, OD for reinstilling my greatest fear! I'm half kidding....maybe...I think
  15. Multiple schools

    Don't do it! I cover 2 schools and it's difficult
  16. Peanut Flour in Cheese Crackers

    Oh yes, this caused a HUGE uproar in the allergy community. I remember it like it was yesterday. However, they've always been off limits to those with peanut allergies due to cross contamination. I...
  17. Snacks?

    Nope. Not a snack factory. If they haven't eaten breakfast, then they can always head down to the cafeteria. Our ladies down there are
  18. rant Bulletin Board...ugh!

    I had worked very hard on a bulletin board a few years back and was very proud of it. Apparently the letters weren't straight enough for a teacher and I found her one day with a yard stick fixing my...
  19. What do you do for principal's day?

    We do something as an entire school. Usually some sort of combined gift or
  20. Epipen for classroom teaching?

    Our 8th grade health classes receive epi pen training along with CPR and first aid, so I think that's a great
  21. advice please!

    Things have been very rocky throughout my district and many people have been unhappy, we are in the midst of a mass turnover as a result. I have been struggling myself at times. I applied for a...
  22. What's your favorite nursing task?

    lab draws and everything central lines! Now that I'm in the school setting, I don't get to do it anymore and I miss it so much! It was always the best feeling to successfully access that difficult...
  23. advice please!

    Thank you so
  24. hot glue guns

    I am officially calling for the ban of student hot glue gun usage!! It won't happen, but at least I can protest here
  25. hot glue guns

    Which is why it's nice to come on here and vent in a joking/halfhearted manner to those that get it because we don't have a "nurses station" to be able to do so. Please know that I am not up in arms...