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1. How does your unit handle this assignment situation ?

   melanie1126 replied to melanie1126's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the replies. I've gotten several good ideas that I'm going to bring up to the nurse manager. I didn't want to make it seem like I was the only one on the floor working b/c that certainly...

2. How does your unit handle this assignment situation ?

   melanie1126 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just curious as to how others are handling this scenario.... I work on a very busy tele unit in a large teaching hospital. My guess is it's a typical tele unit, high turnover rates b/c of higher...

3. Pink Eye

   melanie1126 replied to bandaider's topic in School

   In my school district run K4 school we follow DHEC childcare rules which states to exclude from school when the student has white or yellow discharge. If the eyes are red, with clear drainage we don't...

4. Feeling guilty b/c I thought she was okay

   melanie1126 replied to kidsnurse1969's topic in School

   You didn't have an xray available to you and based on your assessment I would have come to the same conclusion with no other signs of a fracture. I agree that sometimes you have to adjust your...

5. Kids Say the Darndest Things

   melanie1126 replied to EricJRN's topic in School

   I work as a school nurse in a school district K4 program so I have only 4-5 year olds. A little girl came into the health room after falling on the playground and skinning her knee. When she walked in...