RuralMOSchoolRN

RuralMOSchoolRN ADN, RN

ER/School/Rural Nursing/Health Department

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  1. Reported to the BON for cellphone usage?

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to Lady_Leijing's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think hospitals have to report to BON if they fire you. It doesn't mean you will lose your license. At the most they might censure you for a day (our state sends a quarterly paper that has all the...

  2. Should hospitals inform patients and family that COVID positives nurses and staff may be working on a unit?

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Apparently the CDC would like hospitals to do just that... New regulations state that positive but asymptomatic healthcare workers should NOT quarantine and instead continue working. Also, they want...

  3. Imposter Syndrome as a New Grad NICU Nurse

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to JoyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was a new grad in the ER so I understand feeling overwhelmed! Write things down! I wrote down what I all need for a chest tube and what I needed to do for the doc during an LP, etc. Or which...

  4. Shiftkey agency

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to neuron's topic in Agency Nurses

    I worked as a "private contractor" which means taxes aren't taken out. I set up a separate bank account and placed the taxes that SHOULD be taken out into the account each paycheck. Then at tax time...

  5. Injection Nurse Question

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to kristiRN12's topic in Aesthetics

    I have no experience in this but sounds like a good situation. I would just look at what you need to price your treatments at to encompass the 10% to the physician, your product, and your insurance....

  6. New hope in transplant medicine?

    RuralMOSchoolRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    The first genetically modified pig heart was transplanted into a person last week! They inactivated a few genes and added a few human genes to the pig's genome. Pigs are able to grow an adult size...

  7. Am I crazy or too old for considering this??

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to Seaturtle01's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 40 and have a K and 5th grader at home. I took a job with our local Health Dept which farms me out as a rural school nurse a few days a week. I LOVE the hours, no weekends, no holidays and the...

  8. Gobbledygook In Nursing

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to Guest 1152923's topic in General Nursing

    When I first graduated as a nurse I worked in the ER which turned into the ED (what was wrong with ER and isn't ED insensitive to those with erectile dysfunction??) We were also allowed to...

  9. Positive drugs screen

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to itsme233's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Levofloxacin and ofloxacin are both antibiotics than cause a false amphetamine positive. Sudafed type products also can-especially if you had been taking them scheduled for several days (as opposed...

  10. Accused of False Charting

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to blueskyssssss's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the ER we rarely had time to chart--I'd often have pages of notes on my patients and would back time important things but otherwise chart midway and at the end of the shift. It was...

  11. When the Nurse Becomes the Patient: What I Learned Sitting on the Other Side of the Triage Desk

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to echmorrill's topic in General Nursing

    My son had to have major hand surgery at 1 year old for bilateral syndactyly. I was an ER nurse and this was a totally new field for me--my husband was always waiting for me to ask the right...

  12. Currently a Travel Nurse - feel free to ask me anything about it.

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to TRVL.RN's topic in Travel

    Thinking about local traveling--what experience is needed? I worked 3 years in a level 1 trauma ER. Then I worked as a nurse coder online for 6 years while I had small children. Now I am...

  13. RAPID rapid test

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

    I'm in a small rural school district--we have the BinaxNOW tests through a state program. But you also have strep, flu, and mono tests in your nursing office? Who gives those to you/who do you get...

  14. Students Faking Illnesses

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to MsNurse1997's topic in School

    I agree with RatherBHiking. I have a group of kids that I check in with and its amazing how less I see them for "sick" issues. These are kids who parent isn't involved for whatever reason and just...

  15. Please Help: Should I Pursue My Passion? Being a Nurse With Bad Anxiety/Depression and more....

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to Amanda J's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    My first month of training in a level one ED--I cried in my car every day. To the poster--there are so many facets to nursing. If you continue to do well in your treatment and prereqs then of...

  16. Bill Approved to Limit Treatment for Transgender Youth

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    Medscape recently had an article regarding transgender teens and young people and guidelines for surgical procedures. An interesting research study is in the article... The most recent...

  17. Complementary Therapy

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

    I don't use aromatherapy but I definitely use "complementary therapy" in my school. I utilize sugar free peppermints for stomach aches, I have a bottle of baby safe lavender lotion I sometimes use on...

  18. Students Faking Illnesses

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to MsNurse1997's topic in School

    That is often what I see in my office. I had one kid earlier in the year throwing up outside my office (in the garbage thankfully!) turns out her was running in PE (August) and then drank THREE water...

  19. Students Faking Illnesses

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to MsNurse1997's topic in School

    I think you did exactly the right thing and I'm sorry the staff didn't back up your decision. I work at 3 different schools and they run the gamet from wanting them to go home for any little thing to...

  20. New to work and School Nursing.

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to coldcasejustice's topic in School

    I am a RN and have been in school nursing for 3 years now. Honestly, it depends on the school/population of kids. I work in a very rural area and out of 600 kids only have 1 type 1 diabetic, a...

  21. Omicron Variant Update

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you for this! I really enjoy immunology/virology-and seeing how the mutations "change" the virus is interesting to me. PBS had a 3 episode series on different virus' awhile back and learning...

  22. Omicron Variant Update

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    So far it appears to be more easily transmitted but less virulent. It will be interesting to see what the multiple mutations do for the virus since Omicron has 10+ which is abnormal (Delta had only...

  23. Imagine If You Will...

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am in Missouri. I have heard from multiple nursing friends who's hospitals are mandating the vaccine that they are not accepting any reasons for not becoming vaccinated. My best friend is OB...

  24. Imagine If You Will...

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I had a severe allergic reaction to the first Covid vaccine I was given and it also set off my autoimmune disease. I cannot receive additional vaccinations for medical reasons which my rheumatologist...

  25. Life in the vaccine clinic (can I whine for just a moment?)

    RuralMOSchoolRN replied to klone's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Hugs girl! I'm part of a rural Health Dept mainly as a district wide School Nurse and helped in our vaccine clinic the other day. Its crazy-and I can't imagine doing it every day like you are! I...