EnoughWithTheIce

EnoughWithTheIce

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  1. I can't win for losing

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to NurseBeans's topic in School

    So very sorry!!! I was pulled into a child custody battle this school year and had to appear in court. Though nothing at all was called into question about my nursing judgment, it was still scary! I...

  2. How? Just, HOW?!

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to ihavealltheice's topic in School

    Even pediatricians won't do certain things in their office, they refer to a specialist. A good medical professional knows their scope of practice, limitations, and what tools they have (or in our case...

  3. Reaching my breaking point with middle schoolers

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to nursex23's topic in School

    I got a call this morning to come to the gym. I was in the front office so I started back to the clinic to get my go bag. Coach is freaking out - "no time because we need you now - IT IS REALLY BAD."...

  4. Vent Sesh

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to BrisketRN's topic in School

    Lanyards as passes are the bane of my existence!!!! They swing them around and practically hit me in the face, I find them under cots, behind the toilet. They use them to wipe their snot, they bleed...

  5. New School Nurse looking for liability advice

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to duluthRN223's topic in School

    I don't care if I have a note from a parent, physician, psychologist, superintendent, president of the united states - when that kid is in my clinic and my nurse gut tells me to call 911, that is...

  6. Christmas Break

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to Purple036's topic in School

    I have 6 minutes to go!! Praying nobody gets hurt on the way out of the

  7. tick tock....1 more sleep

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    It needs to get here!!! I just had a kid come down carrying a plastic chair because his hand was "stuck" in a hole in the seatback. All I did was align his thumb with the rest of his fingers. tilt...

  8. C'Mon Now!

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I am so tired of kids telling me they are fine, good to go back to class. Heck, sometimes even telling their parent the same thing on the phone. THEN - 18 minutes later mom is here to pick up because...

  9. dizziness?

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to nursex23's topic in School

    I have a lot coming in after Athletics / PE. Dehydration and not eating seem to be big

  10. School Nurse: Managing a scene/coworkers

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to guest464345's topic in School

    I had a situation years ok similar to this years ago. Everybody talking, trying to assess and administer interventions. I yelled "get out of my way and shut up." Was it the most professional thing to...

  11. If your teacher says you should go home, you're probably ok to stay

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to nursex23's topic in School

    Any student that says they are good to go back to class is more than welcome to do that!!! Unless they have an excludable

  12. Happy Thanksgiving

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to Glitternurse's topic in School

    Bell rings in about 18 minutes. Get a kid running and writhing in back pain. Now, he was sent by the theatre teacher who "borrowed" my heating pad 2 weeks ago for her writhing back pain and has yet...

  13. Really?!

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to ihavealltheice's topic in School

    My prior school was horrible. EVERY.DAY with the wheelchair. Half the time the kid would not even be there on my arrival "oh, he is better so we sent him to the clinic." It got to the point that I...

  14. Really?!

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to ihavealltheice's topic in School

    My tongue is very loose today!!! First, i saw the teacher in the hallway that sent a kid because he had a 98.4 "fever" and asked her if she has a thermometer in her class. Then, I was trying to scan a...

  15. When parents are barriers to care

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    These kind of situations are what has me considering leaving nursing in general. It just sucks the life out of you when it is a daily struggle for parents, staff, kids to follow the rules and give you...

  16. Staff/faculty

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    I have literally taken the temp of every SPED staff member in the building today!!! Suck it up people, we only have 2 more days until the break. If I can do it, you can do it!!! Why is the SPED people...

  17. "The Nurse doesn't really DO anything" -Middle school students

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to RNTadaaaa's topic in School

    Luckily, our policy states exclusion after 2 bouts of vomiting in 24 hours. I am in MS and if I sent every gagger, spitter, phlegmer, unwitnessed vomit in the bathroom or locker room - the school...

  18. C'Mon Now!

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I am just sooooo tired!!! Dealing with a situation that I cannot discuss. However, it has become a giant time suck. This, on top of the usual stuff has got me beat down. So, when kid is sent to me...

  19. Screenings

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to Kerber's topic in School

    You have to spell it out for them. I always include "Emergencies such as............" I also specifically state that old injuries, etc. ARE NOT emergencies. Of course, they still send that stuff...

  20. Texas School Nurses

    EnoughWithTheIce posted a topic in School

    Have you ever been asked to give a non FDA approved medication with a student that is part of a clinical trial?? Every fiber in my nurse being says no but the NPA is written so vaguely......... We...

  21. Texas School Nurses

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to EnoughWithTheIce's topic in School

    It is prescribed QID. It is actually a "medical

  22. C'Mon Now!

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I was slammed yesterday morning!! WhenI got to kid #6 waiting in line out the door - he had been sent to get a plastic baggie for his skittles. C'MON ON

  23. Do you ever miss bedside?

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to JLA's topic in School

    DO NOT miss bedside nursing at all. I would not go back for a million dollars. What I do miss though is being surrounded by medical professionals. Peeps that understand mild vomiting from a viral...

  24. "huge puddle of blood!"....oh boy

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to guest464345's topic in School

    I sometimes get called when a kid is vomiting because "it is a lot and they just won't stop." Yet, every single time I get there - the vomiting has in fact stopped and is not a lot by my standards....

  25. What School Nurses REALLY Do?

    EnoughWithTheIce replied to Kittery's topic in School

    I wish people could see how often we juggle many things at once. A kid vomiting in the trash can, a parent trying to check in meds, the phone ringing, a kid running in from PE saying they can't...