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  1. Gave my first epi-pen yesterday...

    rbytsdy replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    Awesome job!! When in doubt go for the EpiPen. I gave my first one in December (I just reach my 2 year anniversary in school nursing). It was a staff member (a young one!) who presented with hives....

  2. Previous Experience to be School Nurse?

    rbytsdy replied to thefuture88's topic in School

    I didn't have a lot of experience before school nursing. I worked adult med surg but that doesn't give you a lot of skills for school nursing. I also teach parenting classes for the local hospital....

  3. Your thoughts on ice....

    rbytsdy replied to SnugglePuggle's topic in School

    I have the little 5x7 ice packs from School Health. I order a lot of boxes so I'm pretty liberal with them. In the beginning of the school year, I sent out a "when to see the nurse" guide. My boss...

  4. Epic excuse

    rbytsdy replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    And let me guess..... he was a

  5. Help me please New substitute school nurse.

    rbytsdy replied to Yulie's topic in School

    Another quick tip: I document demeanor. "C/o stomach pain. No apparent distress. Ambulated to health office with a steady/erect gait. Smiling, chatty. Coloring is not pale or green. Began...

  6. Here I Am!

    rbytsdy replied to SnowyJ's topic in School

    Is that a gun in your R hand? Or a

  7. New school disease & New treatment regimen

    rbytsdy replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    I have become a big fan of this approach.... particularly when I know a teacher has sent the student down for something completely ridiculous. Student gets bored and wants to leave. But the wasted...

  8. New school disease & New treatment regimen

    rbytsdy replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    *Guffaw*

  9. Thirsty?

    rbytsdy replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    It is a cultural Hispanic thing. I had a K student last year c/o of tachycardia. I would take vitals which were normal and call mom. Finally learned she was drinking coffee in the morning!!! I...

  10. Pledge of Allegiance?

    rbytsdy replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    We say the Pledge *when* the class of the week remembers to send kids down to lead the Pledge. NJ public

  11. Live Lice Experiment, Game On

    rbytsdy replied to GdBSN's topic in School

    My plan is to move the specimens to scotch tape. I worked hard to de-louse a kid. Feels like a trophy. Too bad I don't make $100/hour like the Lice Doctors. That is my future

  12. Least stressful nursing specialty

    rbytsdy replied to Svkd's topic in General Nursing

    i think it depends on the school. It's not low stress when I can't get a student's asthma under control and my diabetic student's BS is 30. That happened at the same time. I had a staff member go into...

  13. Live Lice Experiment, Game On

    rbytsdy replied to GdBSN's topic in School

    I've been wondering for weeks if I am the only school nurse to pin baggies of lice to my bulletin board. The corpses are still there. I use them for training

  14. Full moon

    rbytsdy replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    *Raises hand* 33 sick visits, 6 medication visits and about 25 screening visits. I had a sub in with me today (I get her 3x a year to help me with screenings) and it was still nutso. Then I got the...

  15. Cough Drops/ OTCs

    rbytsdy replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in School

    Oh, and as far as cough drops go, I get the really gross ones from School Health (honey flavor). No kid is purposely trying to come down for my cough

  16. Cough Drops/ OTCs

    rbytsdy replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in School

    My daughter was in Catholic school up until a couple years ago. There was a nurse from the state that came in to do screenings and paperwork. She was allotted so many hours at the school based on the...

  17. New school Nurse, Struggling!!

    rbytsdy replied to KSM-RN's topic in School

    I originally wanted to go into OB! That is really my passion. I started per diem working as a childbirth ed instructor. I love it - I would do that full time if I could. Then a school nurse...

  18. Why?

    rbytsdy replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    It depends on the parent. One of my lice kids came down with a note from the teacher that I was supposed to call if Princess wasn't feeling well. Of course I called. Since I obviously gave the kid...

  19. Guess what I got to do today. Hint: lice related

    rbytsdy posted a topic in School

    So today I got to do... FULL CLASSROOM LICE CHECKS!!!! Because it's so "best practice." It's so "evidence-based." Thank heavens I did since I found 0 cases of lice among 150 students I checked. On...

  20. If you don't pray. Please don't take this offensive.

    rbytsdy replied to Cattz's topic in School

    What a heartbreaking loss!! I am so sorry. Prayers going out to

  21. minor complaints

    rbytsdy replied to Flare's topic in School

    Yesterday 2 smiling giggly little girls ran into my office 10 minutes after arrival. I asked the teachers not to send kids (except dire emergencies) for the first 30 minutes so I can get attendance...

  22. minor complaints

    rbytsdy replied to Flare's topic in School

    They were merciless in my school's town about me when it came to the big lice outbreak which was clearly going around the school even though the only kids that seemed to catch it were on the...

  23. How many students do you treat on a regular day?

    rbytsdy replied to Bevp's topic in School

    I see 20-40 on average. That is what I chart - that doesn't include some of the ridiculous stuff that doesn't warrant charting. That doesn't include our tuition-based preschool that isn't not in my...

  24. I could feel the love.

    rbytsdy replied to Cattz's topic in School

    I tried that - the parents called the Superintendent, the BOE and the Department of Health demanding to know about the lice. Seriously??? Of course they all wanted to know AFTER they all posted on...

  25. Policing Parents and illness

    rbytsdy posted a topic in School

    How do you all handle kids that come down after they told their teacher they "threw up last night?" The teachers constantly send me these kids. I know they want me to call the parents and send the...