T-ROD

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  1. Ticks!

    T-ROD replied to T-ROD's topic in School

    LOL!!! Oh how I wish it was that

  2. Ticks!

    T-ROD posted a topic in School

    Our district is in the heart of the Ozarks. Lets just say we have a ton of ticks. Today alone I have had probably 10 kids in with bites. Bites that are all swelled up, knots, oozing. Pretty intense...

  3. School hasn't even started yet...

    T-ROD replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    If I didn't have at least 5 kids here before 8 I am in

  4. Mass Hysteria- FLU!

    T-ROD replied to MrsK_Nurse's topic in School

    We have the pukes here!! Last week there was several. No temps, just belly. Today right away I have a "k" come in she has vomited. Coughed and puked. Knowing this kid is a chronic allergy kid and...

  5. Grants?

    T-ROD replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    We have a local company out after we do our basic screens and they will come out and re-check and give out glasses. We are in the process of ordering an eye machine that the child looks in and it...

  6. puberty talk!

    T-ROD replied to ceelopez12's topic in School

    We do 4th girls, 5th and 6th boys and girls. The 4th grade video is the old school always video. Not as many details and still enough information. They always ask a TON of questions. Coach takes boys...

  7. puberty talk!

    T-ROD replied to ceelopez12's topic in School

    HAHAHAHAHAHA

  8. Inhalers???

    T-ROD posted a topic in School

    Finishing up my first year and am planning on some big changes for next year. My offices are both very outdated and I can not handle it. Just a tad OCD, lol. My question is.... Inhalers!!! Can they...

  9. A little Smile for your day

    T-ROD replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    Kindergartner walks in says "hey doctor". "I am not a doctor, I am the nurse" she reply's " ok lady with brown hair who is not a doctor, will you look at this" Oh

  10. What's your best catch?

    T-ROD replied to beekee's topic in General Nursing

    Group home for fragile children. I have a kiddo that because of a displaced stomach had to have a foley placed for a J-tube. One evening I came in following a temp nurse. This kiddo was brought up to...

  11. My Life with a Nurse: A Man's Perspective

    T-ROD replied to StatBlues's topic in Nursing Humor

    I loved this!! In my (extended) family we have 5 nurses, PT,PTA, dental assistant, and 3 resp. therapists!! Lets just say the conversations we have on the holidays are pretty

  12. Preparing school nurse office from the ground up...need ideas!

    T-ROD replied to Nurse2Kids's topic in School

    Something else. Here we have to go in front of the board and just summarize whats happened in the health dept and what the future plans on. We document on the computer and will print before we go. It...

  13. Ongoing lice problem

    T-ROD replied to MrsK_Nurse's topic in School

    Majority of our districts around us and including ours are all nit free schools. Now I know there is A LOT of opinions on this. I happen to love it. At the beginning I had one family that spent...

  14. Preparing school nurse office from the ground up...need ideas!

    T-ROD replied to Nurse2Kids's topic in School

    This was my first year as a school nurse. I manage the whole district PK-12. I am it except a PRN when I need her. ORGANIZATION!!!! Both my offices had files from the 1990's. I know that's not an...

  15. Manic Monday

    T-ROD replied to WineRN's topic in School

    1st year school nurse as well. I have had more issues in the last week than I have had all year. We get out May 14th and it can't get here fast enough. My own poor kids won't be seeing an ice pack all...

  16. School Nursing

    T-ROD replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in School

    I am now finishing up my first year as a school nurse. Honestly I am very excited for next year already. I have decided on a lot of changes that I will be implementing. My 2 offices are very dated....

  17. Can nurses live a luxurious life?

    T-ROD replied to Aa1Bb2Cc3's topic in General Nursing

    YES!! Well luxurious I am not sure, but a good decent one!! I think it all depends what type of nursing you plan on pursuing. I worked 10 years at a state funded group home for disabled/medical...

  18. Are they exaggerating on sepsis or am i wrong?

    T-ROD replied to stepbystep12's topic in General Nursing

    Sepsis Survivor!!! In the local hospitals here it is not something that is discussed much or spoken about among staff. Maybe because we are small town and not many cases of true sepsis has been...

  19. I just can't...

    T-ROD replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    1st year school nurse here!!! Not much has phased me. I came from a mental fragile children's home so I had seen a lot of gross things. Teeth do not bother me. I only pull if the parent is in here...

  20. Nurses cannot perform miracles

    T-ROD replied to EaglesWings21's topic in General Nursing

    I think too that previous encounters with health care workers in general can really change the way they perceive what they believe the outcome should be. I have had patients that were horrid right...

  21. "I am a nurse!"

    T-ROD replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Most of my doctors are doctors I worked for or with in my past so they know that I am and know what to expect out of me. So that kinda stinks LOL. I just want to be a normal patient sometime. BUT I...