farishtaRN

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phagocyte http://www.cellsalive.com/mac.htm Here are a couple of sources that you might want to check out. Hope they are helpful!

At the school where I work, children who are going home sick must come through my office. I know that isn't the case everywhere, but it certainly makes it easier since kids can't just call mom and say "I'm sick" - the call must come from my office. It sounds to me like there needs to be some sort of care plan set up with the school. In order for it to be affective, it needs to involve the teacher, nurse, principal, counselor (if relevant), and of course at least your husband if not both of you and his birth mom as well. They need to figure out why he can't seem to stay in school and what to do to help him. I totally agree with the previous post about what things should be looked into. This is a cycle that you really want to break now before things get worse and he gets older. He is obviously struggling in some area and is learning that all he needs to do is escape his problems instead of dealing with them, and his mom isn't doing him any favors by supporting the behaviour. This is a hard situation, and I really feel for you! I hope it all works out in the best interests of everyone concerned.

I usually tell; I don't make a huge issue out of telling, but I have found that I get better answers and more info when they realize that I actually know what is being talking about. Especially with my kids; I want the staff to realize that I am very aware of what treatments/procedures they are doing, and that I know how they should be done! I guess when it comes to my kids, I don't mind keeping people on their toes; however, this has almost never happened. I have found that usually other nurses and Drs are very helpful and usually grateful to have a patient who is actually willing to take on some of the extra care and procedures if at all possible.

It is a job which of course has it's good and bad points (just like any career I'm sure!), but no, I have never regretted becoming a nurse.

Ok so I'm in Thailand right now, but I am licensed in IL and last worked in Naperville.

Had my son and daughter (twins) when I was 22 ---- I'm glad that I'm as young as I am because I need all the energy I have to keep up with them! They are entering "the terrible twos"!

I've never had a choice; we had to wear scrubs. Personally, I love the fact that I essentially get to work in pjs and sneakers - for the kind of work that we do, at least we can be comfy! I do however like to wear long-sleeve knits under my scrub tops in the winter; as long as they are a solid, matching color they are allowed. I agree however with the previous posts that talk about being neat and clean looking. I think it is pretty unprofessional to come to work looking like you just pulled your clothes out of the laundry basket. Ah well, I'm all for scrubs and am happy to stick with them, but I don't see why knits should have to be banned; especially since there are obviously so many people out there who love them!

I was a CNA/ PCT in southern IN several years ago, and made $11.50/hr working in a hospital - only $9.00 when I worked in a nursing home. The hospital was great experience though (I worked while getting by BSN). Good luck!

About half of the kids had active lice, the rest were fairly equally divided between nits and eggs. Also, the 1st, 2nd, and K teachers also had nits. I should also probably mention that I work in a private international school in Thailand, so the right to public education doesn't apply in this instance. Of course I want to keep as many kids in school as possible, which is why I'm curious about what policies others have.

just wondering what your various policies on head lice are? we currently have basically a zero-tolerance policy, and if we find eggs or nits we send them home. i didn't make the policy so i'm just following what we already have in place, but today i've managed to send home almost the entire first and second grades! the teachers and elementary principal are of course in full support (and feeling itchy just at the thought of lice!) but i'm getting yelled at by a lot of unhappy parents (quote: "its not like lice is fatal or anything!"). i was just wondering what the rest of you do? when are you sending them home?

It sounds like you could use some worksheets etc. of prefixes and suffixes - if you can't determine what those are then you won't be able to break down the words (intra, inter,-ologist, -oma, etc.). I loved med terms, but it really is important to learn a bunch of the common prefixes and suffixes. Sorry you are struggling! I hope it gets better and easier as you go. Hang in there!

I like this one: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp To bad you can't take the class...... it was one of my favorites! Lots of fun.... Good luck, hope this is helpful!

I once had a doc send a tech to get me out of a patient's room (where I was involved in a procedure) and when I get to the doc (who was in another pts room) found out that he had called me because he wanted me to put the bed in trendelenburg.......... if that wasn't enough in and of itself, he yelled at me in front of the pt for taking so long to get there. They were automatic beds with a button right in front of him to put the bed in trendelenburg, and it was not an emergent situation at all. I was so mad! Plus, I literally had to move the doc out of the way just to push the stupid button. I managed to hold my tongue, but it wasn't easy!

A agree; the best thing you can do is get a job as an aide in some sort of nursing facility. I started out working for a nursing home who paid for me to undergo CNA certification and that helped me later in getting a job in a hospital. It will be a huge benefit for you to get the experience of actually working in nursing - plus it will help you to see if this is the right career choice for you. Good luck!

I used to work (now I'm a school nurse in Thailand --- but this applies for last year) in a hospital in IL in cardiac tele and CICU. 4-5 pts per RN, 7-9 pts for PCTS (and usually one floating PCT to do blood sugars etc.). This was 6am-6pm.