MHDNURSE

MHDNURSE

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  1. New here

    I work with the same number of kids and a very similar demographic. It is extremely draining at times. I look at the fact that you think about your actions as showing you care about your kids and...
  2. My patient committed suicide last night

    I'm so sorry. I think the hardest part about suicide is all the unanswered questions left behind. I had my first personal experience with suicide when I was in 10th grade, and a good friend of mine...
  3. Nope, not for all the money in the world. For me it would mean spending all day anxious, waiting to be yelled at, talked down to, etc. I would always be on edge. That is no way to spend your
  4. Feels like -20 here today

    I'm just North of Boston and man is it cold. I wanted to die at 6am when I was out walking my dog this morning. A few towns are closed or delayed start. We have 60 kids out of 220 out
  5. Seriously???? How can I even float the idea of staying to a 6 year-old who was told this by her mom upon arriving at school today? The kid is FINE. A little flushed, afebrile, nothing found on...
  6. "I have a headache" he tells me "How long has your head been hurting"? I asked him "Three years", he tells
  7. When teachers go behind your back...

    Ouch! I'd be pretty mad. I too hate confrontation though but I guess I would muster up the courage to have a "crucial conversation" as we lovingly refer to it here at my
  8. School Nurse Gives Wrong Medication

    This was a story on our local news last night. Would love to know what really happened. Parents: Child Gets Wrong Medicine at School Nurse's Office in Blackstone |
  9. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    We have several students in my school where I work that I feel for: Remenity Tuna (pronounced Too-nay) Arisleidy There are a
  10. MedStar Washington Hospital RN Residency Program

    Good luck everyone! I was the Nurse Manager in Outpatient Pediatrics (CYAS) for 4 years and I miss it so much!! Georgetown is a wonderful place to
  11. How much time for break?

    Our last day is 12/21 and we go back
  12. Funny Teacher Referrals

    I love that the teacher has a sense of humor about it. I feel like in my school, it's usually the teachers who are the ones panicking and making a way bigger deal about it than the
  13. Is it just me?

    My own 11 year-old is a frequent flyer and is usually c/o a stomach ache. Drives me (and his nurse) bananas. I have a few of those here at my school as well and it drives me nuts. And I always have...
  14. Pregnancies on Campus

    Poor kid- so she is no older than 8th grade? That makes me so
  15. Interview questions to ask Camp Director

    Thanks for the advice. I met with the director and it sounds like a LOT more work than some of the other camps I have spoken with. He says the nurses are basically "ON" 24/7 and when there is any...
  16. Based on what you described, it sounds like either social work or counselling might be more up your alley. My sister went back and got a Master's in social work and is a LICSW (Licensed clinical...
  17. Suspected Drug Use

    My students are only in K and first grades, but let me tell you there have been MANY dads that have shown up to school reeking of pot and clearly under the influence of other stuff. Really
  18. School Nurse "Holiday Wish List"

    The post the other day about how excited Jen was to get an ice maker made me think about what I would put on my imaginary "Nurse Wish List" for the holidays I would love a microwave for my office to...
  19. C'Mon Now!

    I just dismissed a girl in K with a textbook scarletiniform rash on her face and upper body, fever, sore throat. Told dad when he arrived that he needed to take her to the doctor to have a throat...
  20. It's ok to look at their....

    I will help change an accident if they need help but always have a second staff member with me so no adult is alone with a kid getting changed. I will look at a rash if it is under a shirt, but not...
  21. SO many kids out sick today

    I have 10 kindergarteners and 8 first graders out (my school is small), as well as 4 teachers. My own son (11 years old) has a bad ear infection and cold...'Tis the
  22. Resources and Training - What do you use and what do you need?

    Is it one of these? http://ssom.luc.edu/media/stritchschoolofmedicine/emergencymedicine/emsforchildren/documents/resources/practiceguidelinestools/Emergency-Guidelines-for-Schools_SECURE.pdf...
  23. SO many kids out sick today

    Wow! What was the illness? How do you actually close the school? I think it was maybe two years ago that a school (or two maybe) in the Boston area was closed for Norovirus, but haven't heard of...
  24. I live in an affluent town and there are so many classmates to my kids who get pulled out of school numerous times a year for family vacations. While I understand the cost of travel at times other...
  25. It's been a little over a year....

    The 2016-2017 school year is my second year as a SN. Last year my charter school had just opened and they hired me 2 weeks after the school year had already started. They had nothing in place, not...