ARN

ARN

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  1. Anyone get their Booster yet?

    ARN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I received my booster in october. no side effects other than a sore arm with my first two doses or my third. both my kids age 6&9 got their first covid vaccine last Thursday and they only...

  2. If your school is closed re COVID19, what is your role

    ARN replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    we start Spring break tomorrow. all of our students are taking their chromebooks home today if they have a signed agreement by parent that they can take them home. something that happens at the...

  3. my office is NOT a nap room!

    ARN replied to ihavealltheice's topic in School

    I have not. I should reach out to them. This is my second year here. we are a unique school and our kids travel to two other schools for certain classes and we don't have sports at our school but they...

  4. C'Mon Now!

    ARN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    just had a kid come in and ask me for a qtip to clean out his airpod...come on now! I frequently get asked for qtips for various reasons. the answer is always no you may not use my qtips for that....

  5. my office is NOT a nap room!

    ARN replied to ihavealltheice's topic in School

    thank you. we have a protocol but its just a flow sheet that doesn't really outline anything. so hopefully the trainer will refer him to an md. baffles me that I get no communication from the trainers...

  6. my office is NOT a nap room!

    ARN replied to ihavealltheice's topic in School

    what do you do for the kids who have had concussions recently (not that day)? evaluated by md and given instruction to take rest breaks. I had one yesterday I had to have her go to a conference room...

  7. Student Overdoses

    ARN replied to JenTheSchoolRN's topic in School

    this is so hard. we have several students who are on my radar right now as potential suicide risks. they have expressed thoughts in the past. self harm. are in counseling and have multiple supports in...

  8. Parent with Borderline Personality Disorder

    ARN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    every meeting with the mom that we had last year resulted in similar things. she demands. we meet demands. she demands it in a different way. rinse and

  9. elementary/middle school diabetics

    ARN replied to ihavealltheice's topic in School

    oh lord help my mother. this could be my brother in 30 years. my 4 year old asked me the other day "can I always be in your family even when i'm a mom". yes but you have to live somewhere else with...

  10. elementary/middle school diabetics

    ARN replied to ihavealltheice's topic in School

    even if she hates being pushed on right now (it needs to be done)....hopefully one day she will see the benefit of helping her child become more independent. personally i don't want my type 1...

  11. CBD Administration in School? Policy?

    ARN replied to SchoolNurse91's topic in School

    https://www.doe.in.gov/sites/default/files/news/sea-52-low-thc-hemp-extract-guidance.pdf

  12. Any Nursing Moms?

    ARN replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Is your office in line of sight of any other adult who can help police the door? ie send kids back if they don't go back on their own? or have a puker wait with a trash can until you get back? call...

  13. Parent with Borderline Personality Disorder

    ARN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    similar situation last year. it is so

  14. Diabetes Question

    ARN replied to Keeperofbandages's topic in School

    I edited my response above. it makes more sense to me to add both together and then round. but i am pretty sure we were taught when we came home from the hospital to round each then add. but I will...

  15. Diabetes Question

    ARN replied to Keeperofbandages's topic in School

    round each number then add together is what my sons orders say...I think....now that we pump and don't calculate as much I am really not 100% sure. we do have a rounding rule that i put in my phone....

  16. elementary/middle school diabetics

    ARN replied to ihavealltheice's topic in School

    https://www.sugarsurfing.com/single-post/2016/07/22/Gaming-Your-CGM-ala-Pokémon-GO a fun idea to get kids to engage in their care more. maybe make up a guessing game with him based on something he...

  17. elementary/middle school diabetics

    ARN replied to ihavealltheice's topic in School

    my 7 year old type 1 knows he needs to eat a starburst if he feels low or some other fast form of carb and at home he knows where they are, although we decide how many grams of fast carbs and help him...

  18. First day back after mat leave

    ARN replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    even if you can't pump at those exact times just shoot for pumping as many times as your baby would feed and squeeze it in however you can. breastfed my babes when I worked med surg and I would pump...

  19. Really not appreciating the attitude today

    ARN replied to nursex23's topic in School

    I felt like this at my hospital job. family/and patients sometimes were so extremely rude. cursing/demanding. a whole culture of

  20. Really not appreciating the attitude today

    ARN replied to nursex23's topic in School

    I feel very lucky ?. I get some behavior kids in my office as well but I feel like its probably not near as much as some other schools. our principal has really set the bar high for behavior and he...

  21. Really not appreciating the attitude today

    ARN replied to nursex23's topic in School

    My school doesn't do passes. Hs level and our three pillars are trust respect and responsibility. That being said...There are certain students that need follow up. A lot of times they will stop by my...

  22. Documentation...Can it be done?

    ARN replied to Nurs13's topic in School

    when i am out and i can't get a sub my admin team have to cover for me. I will document meds they passed while I am out and make a note of who passed the med. if i get a sub they are able to login...

  23. Coping with emergencies at any time.

    ARN replied to tomn13's topic in School

    when i got my first nursing job it was in med surg. for the first year I was so nervous that i wouldn't know how to care for my patient load. that there would be a patient that i didn't know how to...

  24. I can't win for losing

    ARN replied to NurseBeans's topic in School

    we can't be 100% sure. we are instructed to report suspicion and not to do our own investigation. that is CPS's place. we are mandatory first

  25. 504/IEP

    ARN posted a topic in School

    What is your role in the 504/IEP process? I have been sent forms in google docs from the person in our school that initiates evaluations to begin the process of requesting 504/IEP's, to fill out the...