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  1. MANY Questions for School Nurses!! Please, please answer :)

    michigooseBSN replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in my 9th year and will be retiring soon. School Nursing is a great job. 1. I'm in suburban Massachusetts 2. Elementary school with 450 K-5 students 3. I started at about 48K/Year and will be...

  2. Need Help From Nurses In Recovery!

    michigooseBSN replied to bossynurse101's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Over eleven years ago I completed a 5 year recovery program through the Massachusetts BON that was very similar to the one described by ERRN92. For the first two years I was back at my hospital job. I...

  3. My story...

    michigooseBSN replied to tiak41's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Tiak41, Thanks for posting your story. I will never forget what I said when I had my intervention at work (I had been diverting of course). I wept and said "But I am a good nurse". I thought, truely...

  4. What do you wear to work

    michigooseBSN replied to Rilia2's topic in School

    I wear "nice" casual clothes. Pants that are khakis or cords and polo shirts with collars and cardiagans or cordoroy "big shirts" over a nice t-shirt. And in hot weather I wear crops. In the hot...

  5. Activities in the clinic

    michigooseBSN replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I have a fairly good supply of easy reader and picture books based on health issues. Some are "Yikes, Lice", "Taking (diabetes, asthma, ADHD etc)to school" and "The Peanut Butter Jam". I figure while...

  6. High School Senior, needs help on Choosing a nursing path.

    michigooseBSN replied to BEEsenior's topic in General Nursing

    I think that the "whole college experience" is definately worthwhile if it is financially possible. As a high school graduate, there is tons more to learn and experience than just nursing classes. I...

  7. New to the forum

    michigooseBSN replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    SouthernBeeGirl, My story is very similar. I, too, had an intervention at work and was told "you need to get help or we will have to call the police" I did a two week outpatient treatment program and...

  8. School Nursing...

    michigooseBSN replied to Mo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on the state and on the specific school district whether a BSN is required. In my school district in Mass. you need a BSN and also to be Dept of Education

  9. Vision/Hearing screenings

    michigooseBSN replied to luvschoolnursing's topic in School

    In our district we have a vision/hearing team of sub nurses that do the rounds screening kids in every school and the regular nurse stays in the office to tend to the students. There are actually a...

  10. Idividual Education Plans (IEPs)

    michigooseBSN replied to cali_nurse_1976's topic in School

    Well, I have a physical exam report and a health history sent in by parents on every one of my 450 K-5 students. So I do know if there is a health aspect. And I'm invited to IEP meetings if anyone...

  11. Idividual Education Plans (IEPs)

    michigooseBSN replied to cali_nurse_1976's topic in School

    Hi. I used to do that also but now the SPED coordinator for our school does it. I'm only involved when there is a medical issue which isn't all that often. However, I'm more involved in 504 plans...

  12. Can you mix 3 medications in a syringe?

    michigooseBSN replied to GQRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a different concern about this. It dates back to many years ago when I was a student nurse in peds. We were taught that we should not mix oral liquid meds to give to a child because if they...

  13. Why LPN but not LRN?

    michigooseBSN replied to jackson145's topic in General Nursing

    I think LRN would be redundant. The R stands for Registered which means licensed by the registry. When it started RNs were registered and PNs were not because they didn't need to be registerd by the...

  14. So grateful I found this forum!!!!

    michigooseBSN replied to NoMoFear's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I agree with the statement "what others think of me is none of my business?" That helps me alot. I don't worry about what people who don't understand addiction and who certainly don't understand...

  15. Dry Drunk needs to get back on track

    michigooseBSN replied to Lori75's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I believe the old saying that one needs to go to meetings to hear what happens to people who don't go to meetings. Works for

  16. How do you...

    michigooseBSN replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    I usually talk with the child first to see if I can figure out why he/she is coming so often. Then I confer with the teacher to get their input. Teachers usually don't want the kids to be missing so...

  17. TB Screening

    michigooseBSN replied to zenman's topic in School

    In Massachusetts most pediatricians screen for "Tbc risk" as part of a physical. We (my state) require a negative Mantoux test or neg CXR for new enterers from abroad except from North America,...

  18. School Health Room Log

    michigooseBSN replied to pugmomrn's topic in School

    We use HealthMaster and have done so for 9 years. It is on our

  19. AA Meetings for Nurses

    michigooseBSN replied to mare4322's topic in Nurses Recovery

    When I was in a recovering nurses' program through my BON many many years ago, they told me about the various medical/nurses support meetings I had available to choose from (I was required to attend...

  20. School Health Room Log

    michigooseBSN replied to pugmomrn's topic in School

    9 years ago we went to computerized documentation. Since we have a full time nurse in each school this is possible. For several years we used it primarily for demographics and immunization...

  21. Scheduled Closings and Lunchbreaks?

    michigooseBSN replied to luvtobote's topic in School

    I'm in my ninth year and this is the first year I have an aide scheduled to cover me for a 1/2 hour lunch break (11:15-11:45). They will handle small things (they are both experienced mothers) and...

  22. Starting therapy--need opinions about past drug use

    michigooseBSN replied to imanubee's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I absolutely agree with Tweety. Why waste your time with a therapist if you aren't going to be open in your discussions. It's like going to a doctor and refusing to disclose symptoms or previous...

  23. Tired of impaired nurses

    michigooseBSN replied to epipusher's topic in General Nursing

    No Roesseba, you don't suck and you're not stupid. YOU ARE SICK. You have an illness called alcoholism/addiction. And why do we in recovery think going to meetings help? Simple. Because it does! And...

  24. Reputation of Nursing Boards

    michigooseBSN replied to extravanga's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am to the SARP (substance abuse recovery program) of the Massachusetts BON. I completed the rigorous 5 year program 11 years ago and they were nothing but...

  25. How is your summer break going !

    michigooseBSN replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    This has been the most relaxing summer for me in many years, I have decided to retire as of next Jan 5th !!! So I didn't do the school district's summer program and I feel so free. We've been to...