CampyCamp RN

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    Bad week

    CampyCamp replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    God forbid they have a stomachache! There's no pill for that?! "I triiiieeed laying down! 3 minutes! It still huuuurts!" More and more, I find out that they are getting tylenol at home for...
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    Pedi Book Recommendations for New Pedi Nurse

    CampyCamp replied to vballnurse's topic in Pediatric

    Have you read, really read the PALS book? There's so much in there outside of codes. Harriet Lane Handbook which comes with an e-book for extra features. I used to have an awesome peds nursing...
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    Distractions & interruptions: ICU vs. other units?

    CampyCamp replied to Lemon Bars's topic in Critical Care

    Cowboyardee's experience is not everyone's but it is mine. I'm not hyperactive (not by a long shot) but I have difficulty with time management. I also have tenancies to hyperfocus. Having 2 severely...
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    Pure curiosity :)

    CampyCamp replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    I have PALS and ACLS for my other job. Someone was surprised that PALS wasn't required for school nursing but what would be the point? I can't monitor, give fluids or meds, or defib (non-auto) anyway?...
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    AED

    CampyCamp replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    I always think if you get to choose, ask the local EMS if they have a preference. If you use the "right" AED, the pads can go seamlessly with their defibrillator. I hated the model we had at camp...
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    Heard a heart murmur

    CampyCamp replied to nursekoll's topic in School

    Fever is known to produce innocent murmurs because it increases cardiac output- blood rushing faster through the heart produces turbulence (the murmur) even though the structures are normal. It would...
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    Measles

    CampyCamp replied to tining's topic in School

    I'm confused... if essential oils cure autism, then why don't they all vaccinate and then buy the magic mix? There's no reason for concern. Sighhh And here we are starting Kinder registration. The...
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    Diastat for the seizure student

    CampyCamp replied to cjl_RN's topic in School

    Benzodiazepines also work on GABA receptors to inhibit neuro firing so it has efficacy in most types of
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    PARENTS say the darndest things

    CampyCamp replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Alert everyone! It sounds like bored-itis is going
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    Latex Balloons

    CampyCamp replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    I know of a kid with an allergy to airborne gluten, corn, and egg. The kid is allergic to everything though. They're on my periphery because mom home schools but the siblings allergic to many common...
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    C'Mon Now!

    CampyCamp replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I've told so many kids today that stuffy noses and sneezing are part of winter. No you can't lie down. No you can't go home. No I don't think you need tylenol (no headache, etc), No I will not alert...
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    SCHOOL NURSE INTERVIEW WITH PRINCIPAL

    CampyCamp replied to Nurse Tilly's topic in School

    I also got question about dealing with a secretly pregnant student or suspected addictions. Some things caught me off-guard because school was a new and very different environment. I seemed to get by...
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    Latex Balloons

    CampyCamp replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    A lot of fruits can cross react and it seems to vary by person. Some people can't seem to eat any tropical fruit or melon and the next can't eat any stone fruit or chestnuts. (and who even knows if...
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    PICU Intubation-New Nurse

    CampyCamp replied to Caroline0322's topic in Pediatric

    Maybe being territorial. I'm in the camp that prefers experienced nurses recording codes and emergencies and newer nurses free to get their hands
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    Working as a peds nurse pregnant?

    CampyCamp replied to 2015Kayla's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I'm not sure if I'd continue there but not at all being worried about my baby. Unless you have reason to suspect that you would be high risk, belly babies are resilient. Your body is designed to keep...
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    Storybook Character Day Nurse ideas?

    CampyCamp replied to Keeperofthebandaids's topic in School

    The nurse from "Curious George goes to the hospital", Nurse Nancy (little golden books. I used to work with a Nancy), or the nurse who said "Measles!" and "Castor Oil!" in "The Lady with the Alligator...
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    Asthmatic emergency

    CampyCamp replied to nicole.schoolRN's topic in School

    PeakRN covered a lot of the "extra" clinical pearls that I talk about when I teach PALS. (and the need for maintenance meds!) Rate and WOB always carry more weight with me than pulse ox- especially...
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    When parents are not upfront on medical forms

    CampyCamp replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    We have the opposite. Once it's in our system it's there until we remove it. Families think if they don't list the illness each year, it goes away. Every year, we have to chase down kids listed as...
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    Child Abuse

    CampyCamp replied to cjl_RN's topic in School

    In this case, I prefer to report together. Otherwise I fully expect EVERY adult who had suspicions to call. I imagine one full report is easier for CPS to handle than 3 separate reports each missing...
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    Lice, Lice and more Lice...

    CampyCamp replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    I wanted to react with one of the faces. But I don't disagree with you and I'm not sad. Those faces just match the ones I made reading this!
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    Lice, Lice and more Lice...

    CampyCamp replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    Oh no! Not
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    Lice, Lice and more Lice...

    CampyCamp replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    Not at all just a personal conviction in the protocol that she wrote years ago for her building. She was upset because we were using a different approach and that I had given my principal CDC and AAP...
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    Lice, Lice and more Lice...

    CampyCamp replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    We tried this type of approach with our sibling group. I hate missed school days and parents missing work days. However, these kids have a sibling in another building and that nurse went to the top to...
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    PA: State Cites WilkesBarre General "Systemic" Failure to Provide Adequate Nursing Staff

    CampyCamp replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm only somewhat familiar with this area being about an hour away. The area is not metropolitan and this is a community hospital that has about 400 beds. I'm not sure how those openings correlate to...
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    Field Trip Bags

    CampyCamp replied to k1p1ssk's topic in School

    HS is a small first aid kit ready to place a bandage or give tylenol and student inhalers/epi pens. (most carry their own and diabetics are expected to self carry although the RN is assigned to that...