Finally2008 replied to Txschoolrn's topic in School
Absolutely! I feel like I was just trying to get a handle on working in the school setting my 1st year and then, in my 2nd year, I thought I should know everything by then and was easily frustrated and overwhelmed (more so than my 1st year, I think)....
Finally2008 replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School
Teacher walks a kindergartner to the clinic. "Could you give him another pair of pants or a belt? His pants won't stay up." I look at his (obvious) track pants with a string tie, lean over, tie his pants tighter and say "you see the nurse really is a...
Finally2008 replied to taylorstevenson's topic in School
I am going to be very honest---my interest began with the schedule! I mean, who doesn't want to have a school schedule with weekends, holidays, and summers off?? I also love kids and always loved my days volunteering at school when my children were i...
Finally2008 replied to bluebonnetrn's topic in School
I usually call on earaches just as a heads up (but not for headaches or stomachaches). Often, my parents will come on up and get them. But, my clinic is small and I have more time to call on things like this than someone who is seeing 60 kids a day.....
Finally2008 replied to JayneC84's topic in Pediatric
I don't work in the hospital, but I'm a school nurse. In cases like this, there are some parents who are not going to be happy, no matter what you do. I was told something very important when I first started working in the school setting after my fir...
"Someone spit in her hair. Can you wash her hair somehow?" Let me break out my shampoo chair and take care of this. Maybe I can cut her hair, too, while we are at it.
Don't be discouraged! I would probably say, 4 months into my job here at school, I had called 911 twice. Now, 4 years later, I have only called 911 about twice in the whole year. As you become more comfortable in this role, you will feel a bit more c...
Finally2008 replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School
Had the same exact thing happen this morning...poor little girl looked miserable. Mom asked for a temperature check "because she was so hot yesterday and was throwing up.". The child proceeded to vomit as I was giving my 24-hr fever-free/vomit-free s...
Finally2008 replied to jack1971's topic in New Nurse
I was on the floor only 7 months when I left for a county health department position that I loved for 4 years. Looking back, maybe if I had kept pushing through the anxiety, it would have gotten better for me, but I am so happy with my life as a nurs...
Finally2008 replied to ruralSchoolRN's topic in School
Yep, I have done the same and am now posting the pollen level, along with whether that is low, medium, or high. It is going to be a rough pollen season, I'm afraid.
Finally2008 replied to ruralSchoolRN's topic in School
I even sent an email to all the teachers with this same information and they continue to send kids who have runny noses. I don't quite know what is expected from them sometimes....I wish I had a magic pill that I could give them, but I don't....I als...
Finally2008 replied to jack1971's topic in New Nurse
Just wanted to let you know that I worked in the hospital for 7 months after graduating and didn't like it either. I was so discouraged because I felt like I had wasted so many years of working towards becoming an RN. However, the most wonderful thi...
Yep, I did the same thing! Now, there is less "I threw up in the bathroom" and I tell teachers that I want to see the vomit :) I got mine at the Dollar Store and I line them with a garbage bag for easy clean-up.
Finally2008 replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in School
Yes, I agree!! I can't tell you how many times my secretary will call me to her desk, "Nurse!" or teachers will say, "go see the nurse". Student also get so frustrated if I have to ask their name (That's a good thing if I don't know your name...). Th...
I think this one might be the winner of my clinic: "We were sitting on the floor answering questions. The boy next to me answered too loudly and now my ear hurts." I just sat and looked at her with my mouth open. She asked for an ice pack and I told ...
I see 25-45 in a school of 450. I have 6 daily meds and several before PE/recess inhalers. I document everything--even the silly things--because they are still coming to see me, I am assessing whatever is going on, and I am taking my time with them. ...
This story is my worst nightmare! I have seen an increase in playground injuries lately, due to our nice weather we have been having, and almost every one of them is due to students not following the playground rules. I have forwarded the story to my...
I am in the sunny south! (Georgia). I love my position here. In our county every school has a school nurse. My school has 450 students, but some schools have up to 1500. The pay is not great (we are paid about the same as a new nurse) but time is mon...
Finally2008 replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in School
Yes, this bugs me, too! I don't know why it is so hard to call me by my name. This is how the secretary refers to me. I am going to start saying, Thanks, Secretary!