rbytsdy

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1. Increase in bad student behavior.

   rbytsdy replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   I do ❤️ the stare-downs I get when I am on the phone and a student walks in. I give them a quick look (no bleeding, unlabored breathing, no bone deformities = you can wait). But they stare until I...

2. Teacher’s Union?

   rbytsdy replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

   I was a member of the teachers union when I was full time. They were useless in helping me when administrators ordered me to improperly administer a medication. As I was dealing with that, I called...

3. 1 wk into School Nursing ready to quit!! Is this normal?

   rbytsdy replied to StressedRN76's topic in School

   I’m a Nj SN. I’m subbing right now. I’ve been in 4 different high schools and your situation is ridiculous. I don’t blame you for resigning. If you are open to another SN job, they aren’t...

4. Good PRN job for school nurses

   rbytsdy replied to Nursetravel246's topic in School

   I teach childbirth classes and parenting classes at my local hospital. But you could work prn with a home health agency too. They are always desperate for nurses and you can usually negotiate your...

5. Shake it off

   rbytsdy replied to Rizowe's topic in School

   It’s frustrating! There was a mom in a local school who tried to get a sub teacher fired. Why? He was the 5th kid in a hour to ask to see the nurse (and the kid, of course, never asked to see the...

6. Managing allergy symptoms

   rbytsdy replied to ConnecticutMassRN's topic in School

   I had a teacher who was so tired of sending me kids that she kept a cooler of ketchup packets in a cooler in her classroom. She had the kids put those on their

7. Parents keep medicating their febrile kids in the morning

   rbytsdy replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

   In my kids school they get a cookie. Seriously. Every month of perfect attendance = cookie from the cafeteria. My daughter was fighting me to go to school on the last day of Feb so she could get a...

8. Here's a new one

   rbytsdy replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

   Send her home!!! Uneven piercings sounds emergent. We need a big cut-out check mark ✅ to hand to kids. That way they can return to their respective classrooms and there will be no doubt that they...

9. Advice for New Grad School Nurse

   rbytsdy replied to kwhavlik's topic in School

   Those are good documents!! I used the “when to see the school nurse” document and it did help. I should clarify- I was in my first school nurse job for 2.5 years. My first principal was very nice...

10. Advice for New Grad School Nurse

    rbytsdy replied to kwhavlik's topic in School

    Does your state require any kind of certification to work in schools? In my state we need a bachelors and a post-baccalaureate certification in school nursing which teaches a lot about working in...

11. Parents keep medicating their febrile kids in the morning

    rbytsdy replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I want to shake these parents. I used to work in an all walker district. I had 1 nervous teacher that used to send me a lot of kids. I didn’t think much of this one student coming in a 9am (school...

12. What's the oddest thing you've done for a student?

    rbytsdy replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    No, not mean at all!!! I was in a huge school with a needy population. The “it hurts” were becoming overwhelming. The teachers would say, “I can’t assess” so every little ache would be sent...

13. What's the oddest thing you've done for a student?

    rbytsdy replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    I used them on the “it hurts” areas. That is, the areas where student didn’t bump, fall, or injury in any way. But they still expect you can take away that random hurt on the back of their...

14. Complaint of the Day

    rbytsdy replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    Oh and Monday’s CoTD came on a post it from a sub teacher: “upper bridge of nose

15. Complaint of the Day

    rbytsdy replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    I had a student today give me a 10 minute explaination of how he tripped over the dog bed (story included pertinent information on picking up soiled puppy pad and retrieving new one) and hurt his...