pineappleupsidedowncake BSN, RN

pineappleupsidedowncake has 5 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in School Nursing/Med-Surg.

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1. What do you do when parents scream at you?

   pineappleupsidedowncake posted a topic in School

   I typically don't mind "difficult" parents. Most of the time I can sympathize because I understand anger mostly comes from parental concern. But flat out - rudeness - (screaming, cursing, etc.) is what I HATE about this job. Why do some people ...

2. Can we share covid policies?

   pineappleupsidedowncake posted a topic in School

   I'm sorry if someone already posted about this! I haven't seen a post dedicated to covid-19 policies for the new school year. Has anyone's policy changed from last year? Or is it generally the same? Despite asking multiple times, my school (a p...

3. Anyone else seeing sneezing with Delta?

   pineappleupsidedowncake replied to jnemartin's topic in School

   Me too! A lot of just sneezing/runny noses are coming back positive. But I have also been seeing a lot more fevers than last year as well.

4. Do I have what it takes to be an ER nurse?

   pineappleupsidedowncake posted a topic in Emergency

   Hello! I’m a relatively new nurse (going on year 3). Currently I work in a school setting, and before that I was on a med-surge/ortho unit. I really like working in a school (especially during covid!), but I don’t feel like there is much room for gro...

5. Fainting at school - a very anxious school RN!

   pineappleupsidedowncake posted a topic in School

   Regarding a student fainting (lasting less than a minute, with no other symptoms) would you always call 911? I had this situation last year and I called EMS - although she ended up not going to the hospital. However, I read somewhere (I don’t remembe...

6. Should Have Called 911

   pineappleupsidedowncake replied to Sxhoolnurse1991's topic in School

   This happened to me today ? It was a faculty member experiencing nausea/vomiting. They asked me to take their BP, which was high (PMH of HTN). It wasn’t high enough to be considered a “hypertensive crisis” but my mind automatically went to cardi...

7. Predatory New Grad Contracts

   pineappleupsidedowncake replied to CreamCheeseRangoons's topic in General Nursing

   I ended up leaving my first nursing job early and breaking my contract. Why? I was sick of being constantly understaffed and felt very unsupported by management. I also simply realized that I hated adult med-surge. I was also very anxious. I'm not tr...

8. pink eye season!

   pineappleupsidedowncake posted a topic in School

   Does anyone have a specific pink eye policy they would be willing to share? This has become the bane of my existence. As the pollen increases, the number of students coming to me with "pink eye" has sky rocketed. The teachers always think that ...

9. Headaches and covid 19

   pineappleupsidedowncake replied to Sxhoolnurse1991's topic in School

   I don't send home every headache. Our current policy is that a new onset severe headache must go home, especially with a fever (this is based on the CDC recommendations). Sometimes it is hard for me to distinguish a severe headache when in comes to t...

10. Staying or Going?

    pineappleupsidedowncake replied to BooBooCrew's topic in School

    I'm trying to hang in there and stay for at least another school year. This was my first year as a school nurse, and a crazy one at that d/t covid. Still, even the worst days in the school setting were FAR better than a normal day at the hospital. Ho...

11. What are off-limit medications for school setting?

    pineappleupsidedowncake replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    This is very helpful, thank you! I'm not sure why I have never heard of that rule of thumb, but it makes sense.

12. What are off-limit medications for school setting?

    pineappleupsidedowncake posted a topic in School

    I had a parent try to have me administer prednisolone to her child. The prescription was once a day for 5 days and the reason was for an asthma exacerbation. However, for several reasons, we decided that she should administer this medication at home....

13. doubting myself...

    pineappleupsidedowncake replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    No cough, but mom did say she gave him robitussin yesterday... so that is definitely possible!

14. doubting myself...

    pineappleupsidedowncake posted a topic in School

    I have an elementary age student with history of asthma complaining of "throat" pain (he points to the center of his neck) when he breathes in. I gave him his albuterol, vital signs look good, lungs sound good, and there are no other symptoms. He sta...

15. Frustrated about covid symptoms. Does everyone need to go home?

    pineappleupsidedowncake replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    Thanks for all the responses! I really have tried to be super cautious, and the only students I have sent back to class have been those with one symptom who stated they felt completely better after a few minutes. But now I’m thinking I should just...