cowboysandangels BSN

My experience is a one of caution. I was an LPN for many years and as soon as I completed by RN my manager had to tell me to find an RN position as soon as possible because they could not keep me in an LPN position for liability reasons. The pay th...

I was in a similar situation as well. I went back to school to just better myself and because I enjoy learning. I loved my job and my position there so I had not planned on making any changes in my actually career. The day I passed my exam I was s...

Adorable! I just had to send home a similar letter for the tooth fairy last week. Poor student was in hysterics over losing her lost tooth. One little note and she calmed right down and skipped to class. I did call home to let the parent know of ...

Check with your state. In our state, we are paid on the teacher's scale and the only increase we get is with the completion of our National School Nurse Certification (which is mandatory).

I trust and rely on CNAs heavily and I have worked with some amazing CNAs. As the RN, you know that your trust worthy CNA will do the right thing and notify you when something is off. A CNA is an RNs first line person. That RN may have not seen th...

I think having a nursing background is the best case scenario for a med student. You already have experience in medicine, you understand the relationships between doctor and nurse, and clearly you have a passion for it and are moving forward. I am ...

I agree with evreyone else. If it is not a great fit for you then you need to look at options. No failure in that. I work with a co-worker that hates their position. She is a wonderful nurse but it shows that she is unhappy here. It would best f...

I get it. I was an LPN for 10 years before I became an RN and the reason I did so was because I was so limited in positions. My only options were nursing homes and physician offices. All of the hospitals in my area were going Magnet and all nursin...

Is anyone making changes to their clinic practice due to the Parental Bill of Rights? Curious how other places are doing.

I am getting the same answer from my admin. "don't change anything" But.....that is not what the law says

We are in NC. They go into affect on Jan 1 here

I believe it is state specific but most states are adopting one. Ours goes into affect Jan 1. Thank you! I also feel like more are coming but it is so vague that I worry we will have a mishap without even knowing. I thought screenings wer...

That is crazy! You cannot punish a student for abiding to policy. No kiddo should return until 24 hours after vomiting. We are trying to keep the illnesses to a minimal, not spread the wealth!

In my state you must take the Certification Exam within 3 years of hire and the pay was miserable until I took the exam which bumped my pay up almost 50% which actually put me over what I was making at the hospital. Also figure in the costs of worki...

Our health department will give vouchers for lice treatment kits. Very helpful due to cost of those kits. There are also lice salons in some areas that can guarantee the treatment. Those are very costly but effective. I have reached out to local ...

We have behavior units in my school so I have so experience in this. Document and report anything you know is a red flag.

At my school the TA usually completes the tube feedings with pump because all of our students with pumps have been in the SPED classrooms. We now have someone with a pump in a reg ED class. How do you all handle that? Just have teacher turn it on ...

I work in a very rural area with a low demographic and my teachers want me to send kids home for things I just can't do. If a kiddo is acting out, they wnt me to send them home (they must not feel good because they are misbehaving) or if they have a...

Has anyone had a student with narcolepsy? Are they really hard to awaken? What do you do if they are not responded to being awakened?

What is your district policy on NON FDA approved medications and administration in schools?

Yep, even the sternal rub did nothing. Out cold.

This student is impossible to awaken. The first time it happened I called EMS to just lay eyes on him. They could not awaken him either. It has happened several times now. I call his name, tickle him, take shoes off and tickle feet, pick him up, ...

This is a student with multiple disabilities and cannot tell me what he needs. Not sure what a night time clinical would be for him. My concern is that sometimes he is very difficult to awaken and I worry I am missing something else going on.

Ditto!! I also try to hold the class right before a break (ie: Spring Break). I have found that after the class the students get a bit overzealous and so the break gives them time to calm down before returning. What I mean by overzealous is, for e...

Stop taking your eye out you are going to break it.