nurse__ab19 replied to Nurse ABC's topic in School
I'm in a high school as well and I unfortunately have one of these; MINIMUM 3 times EVERY DAY!! Brought it to the attention of the teacher and he doesn't care, administration aware, have had 2...
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First year school nurse here. How do you guys handle pregnant students? I have ZERO background with OB and have never had kids. Every time I had to deal with OB patients in the ER, I got...
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Just curious if you have any advice about this.
Some background: I have a diabetic student who is a very sweet kid but has been known to use their diabetes as a "get out of jail...
This is absurd!! Educate the first time that this is not appropriate and then any time again after that and I would absolutely have security escort you out! That is such a huge patient safety
This 10000%. I work in a peds ER on the weekends and holy cannoli. Parents bring their kids in for every crossway fart and scratch expecting a diagnosis. Now I totally understand and sympathize with a...
Had never heard of this until now. I emailed our state department of health and from what they explained, any testing (fingerstick, urine ketones) that the nurse "interprets" the results and makes a...
nurse__ab19 replied to AlpacaTraveLlamaDNP's topic in Nursing Humor
I often wonder what it would be like to be a nurse "back then". Maybe not even the '70s but just pre COVID. I became a nurse right as COVID started and the unit I hired onto turned into the primary...
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I am a school nurse at a high school and have a lot of kids who identify as trans or non-binary and don't go by their government name and use different pronouns than what are...
nurse__ab19 replied to AlpacaTraveLlamaDNP's topic in Nursing Humor
Absolutely I would change career paths. While nursing has been good to me, it's not my passion in life. It's always made me feel guilty listening to other nurses talking about how they live to be a...
Hello! I recently took a new job as a school nurse at a technical school (grades 11&12). I have worked in the ER and critical care settings for the last 4 years, so I am very comfortable with...