MHDNURSE

MHDNURSE

Pediatrics, Community Health, School Health

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  1. Not good at change

    MHDNURSE replied to JMoney's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You have already gotten some good advice but I want to add that you are only 4 weeks in. There is a reason orientation is 12 weeks. If they thought you'd feel comfortable and know it all in 4 it...

  2. Any CNA Teachers here?

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am an NP with an opportunity to teach a CNA class for high school students. I have many years of precepting students in a clinical setting, but have never taught theory in a classroom setting. Can...

  3. Any CNA Teachers here?

    MHDNURSE replied to MHDNURSE's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thanks so much! Seems like a great opportunity but feeling overwhelmed when I think about it. I'm in MA so will have to look at the requirements. My interview next week is kind of informational for...

  4. Parents with poor compliance/lack of follow-up

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    I think one of the things I like least about this job is feeling like I am chasing parents down for follow-through on returning forms, bringing in medications, notes from doctors, etc. We have a...

  5. Guess where I found a tiny piece of cardboard?!?

    MHDNURSE replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    My first nursing job was at a community clinic. There was a teen who came in c/o ear pain. Doc looked into ear and asked me to do an ear lavage (we used a water pik) so she could see into the canal...

  6. A first grader just brought the following for lunch

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    Two hostess chocolate cupcakes A bag of mini chips ahoy cookies A chocolate yoohoo drink A strawberry gogurt A Danimals yogurt drink A bag of Jax cheese puffs THAT was his lunch! No sandwich, no main...

  7. Dealing with those teachers that just rub you the wrong way

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    I will start by saying that almost every teacher at my very small school is amazingly dedicated, puts her students first always, 100% values and respects my opinion regarding the kids...except this...

  8. School nurse hacks

    MHDNURSE replied to ann_kristen's topic in School

    I made mini first aid kits for each of the classrooms with ice packs and band-aids. Amazing how many visits that cuts down

  9. What illnesses are you seeing already?

    MHDNURSE replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Totally forgot about the three cases of HFM two weeks

  10. Any Power School Experts?

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    Can anyone tell me if there is a way to print out an entire grade alphabetically in Power School? I need to generate a class list and wondering if I can do this myself on PS.

  11. Any Power School Experts?

    MHDNURSE replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I can bring up the names but not able to print as a

  12. Dealing with those teachers that just rub you the wrong way

    MHDNURSE replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Is she still in Middle School? I mean, seriously, that is

  13. Things that make me grumpy

    MHDNURSE replied to Flare's topic in School

    I got snapped at this morning when I called a mom to come pick up her Kindergartener who had vomited three times in 20 minutes. She says "THAT'S strange because she was FINE over the weekend" in a...

  14. Not sure this is the right place for me after all...

    MHDNURSE replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    These feelings might come and go throughout the school year. I am in my second year and I remember feeling sort of like I was thrown to the wolves my first few months. It was a brand new school and...

  15. Teaching classes

    MHDNURSE replied to ann_kristen's topic in School

    I am in a K and 1st grade school. I had to write the lesson plan for the nutrition curriculum I teach for K and then teach several classes in the classroom. For first grade it is more of a health...

  16. How do you feel about going on field trips?

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    I LOATHE them and have to go on every.single.one I have my own kids and NEVER once did I volunteer to be a chaperone. I feel like all the kids go nuts and act like fools and I just hate it. I work...

  17. A first grader just brought the following for lunch

    MHDNURSE replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    TOTALLY!! Our kids all qualify for free breakfast AND lunch here. I see more often than not, kids in the lunch like carrying a Dunkin' Donuts bag, a McDonald's bag, etc. They still take the free...

  18. Tell us about your school

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    Mine is a new charter school (opened August 2015). Started with just 120 Kindergarteners last year. This year we got 120 new Kindergarteners and last year's K kids are in first. We will continue to...

  19. Calling EMS

    MHDNURSE replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    At my old job (I was not working there as a nurse at the time) one of the teachers who was a known hypochondriac and highly anxious person started having symptoms of a panic attack. She came looking...

  20. Parents with poor compliance/lack of follow-up

    MHDNURSE replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Well, the good news is I finally go the kid's epi-pen. The bad news is, it expires this month so I am sire I will be chading her down for a new

  21. Tell us about your school

    MHDNURSE replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Yes, I work with a very similar (almost identical) demographic and the families are warm, caring, and give everything they can to their

  22. Tell us about your school

    MHDNURSE replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    So interesting to read about all the different

  23. Parents with poor compliance/lack of follow-up

    MHDNURSE replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    We send out forms in June and then in August when school starts I make calls to the kids on my "list". We do have 2 sets here with standing orders for emergencies, but the idea is that those are for...

  24. np testing

    MHDNURSE replied to pfsbroker's topic in General Nursing

    That sucks. I am a PNP so obviously mine were all peds questions, but I do remember when I took the NCLEX many moons ago (1991) and I studied drugs, drug calculations, etc. because I was told to be...

  25. Advice needed for Anxious Kindergartener making himself barf

    MHDNURSE replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Update: He did vomit once yesterday but we cleaned him up and sent him right back to class. No tears or anything. No vomiting today so far. His teacher is great and 100% on board with our plan, as...