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  1. Unplanned extubation while on orientation

    tictac posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm in my third week of orientation and just finished my third shift of caring for stable, intubated babies. While doing my assessment on one of my patients, after inline suctioning, his HR and sats...

  2. Do you keep clothes in your office?

    tictac replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    A sign out sheet is a great idea! I just consider the clothes I give out as gone the minute they walk out the door. I do send a note home stapled to the bag asking for them to be washed and...

  3. Ridiculous Reasons to See the Nurse

    tictac replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    My guess would be CYA. They've probably been complaining all day and the teacher didn't want to send them. Teacher figures if they send them even during the last 10 minutes, they can say that they...

  4. Most Frustrating Thing ?

    tictac replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I was JUST complaining to my aide about this. We have a new principal and I'm quite sure she has no idea what my name is, as she always refers to me as "the nurse". I also love it when they stand in...

  5. Yik Yak...its an app :(

    tictac replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    Yik Yak was a (horrible) thing here last year and once word got out, the district quickly banned it and made it unaccessable at school. It died down pretty quickly after that, thankfully, and hasn't...

  6. Do you keep snacks in your office?

    tictac replied to nurseshajwani's topic in School

    My clinic assistant used to have cafeteria duty in the morning and would grab the cereals, bananas, milk, etc. that were left untouched. Someone from the cafeteria told her that she wasn't allowed to...

  7. Why do parents get mad when you send their kids home???

    tictac replied to NurseEllie13's topic in School

    I had a dad call me yesterday morning to let me know that his daughter has an earache and she will be "coming in to see you all day because she's in a lot of pain". She can't stay home anymore or...

  8. Why do parents get mad when you send their kids home???

    tictac replied to NurseEllie13's topic in School

    I love it when I send home for possible fracture and not only do they NOT take the child for an x-ray, but the child reports to me first thing in the morning, telling me their parents said to go to...

  9. New Grad

    tictac replied to Loxam10's topic in School

    I had 2 years of NICU experience before I became a school nurse. I wish I would've had a more well-rounded background, especially since we're expected to know absolutely everything medical by staff...

  10. CPR Renewal

    tictac replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    Our district provides free CPR classes during the summer for all interested employees. Nurses are required to take the instructor course and we are the ones who teach the classes. We check each...

  11. School Nurse Salary?

    tictac replied to kegreat's topic in School

    They just increased the starting pay in my school district to $50,000. I'm in

  12. That's a new request...

    tictac replied to Cackalacky's topic in School

    That's hilarious. Probably spread more lice with the head

  13. Do You Like Being A School Nurse?

    tictac replied to Jules0612's topic in School

    This is my 4th year as a school nurse and I think it will be my last. I'm not sure if it's because of the environment I work in, the work itself, or a little of both. Our assistant principal is a...

  14. Wetting accidents

    tictac replied to Tamara421's topic in School

    So true! I'm also the dress code enforcer and apparently a hair stylist if they come to school with their hair in their eyes or spiked up in a mini-mohawk. Our AP tries to send them to me but I tell...

  15. Lunch vent

    tictac posted a topic in School

    My assistant usually covers my 30 minute lunch, but on days when the front desk, or other front office employees are out (which is often), they use her to cover for them. I guess they assume I can...

  16. Lunch vent

    tictac replied to tictac's topic in School

    Nice to know I'm not alone, but gosh it burns me that we get treated like

  17. Staff that are frequent fliers

    tictac replied to schoolnurseamy's topic in School

    I'm more than happy to take their temps, but they're adults and should be able to make their own decisions on what to do with a 99 degree temp. I bought a wrist BP cuff and showed my frequent fliers...

  18. You can't fix stupid!

    tictac replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

    And more importantly, what do they expect us to do about

  19. Elementary vs. High School

    tictac replied to tictac's topic in School

    Okay, going to have to bump this thread to the top again. I just got called for an interview at a high school tomorrow. Can anyone offer any words of wisdom for the interview? For example, things I...

  20. Elementary vs. High School

    tictac posted a topic in School

    I'm currently at a PK-6th grade campus, and while I appreciate my job, I've been considering switching to high school if a position opens up. My clinic aide used to work in a high school clinic, and...

  21. the Dale Gribble effect

    tictac replied to Flare's topic in School

    No, I wish! I have them repeat their symptoms to me as I document it in the computer. They don't care. The only time their symptoms magically improve is when they know they're going

  22. School Nurses: Non-Nursing Tasks????

    tictac replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    Ha! True. I'm actually amazed that I have yet to encounter gum in the hair. I guess I'll leave that one to the parents. I did get one sent to me because a child cut a chunk of another child's...

  23. School Nurses: Non-Nursing Tasks????

    tictac replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    I'm getting annoyed just reading these. It's that time of year when I'm just done. Some of my requests have been: flossing a piece of food out from between teeth (I only did it because I'm also a...

  24. Sore throats

    tictac posted a topic in School

    I feel really dumb asking this (especially since this is my 3rd year as a school nurse) but what exactly are we supposed to look for with a sore throat? I don't send anyone home or even call home...

  25. No, I'm Not a Beauty Shop!

    tictac replied to mysixlittleones's topic in School

    I had this happen a couple weeks ago again and thought of this thread. I had the time, so I tried to help her. I did ask if her teacher tried, and she said yes, so I wasn't annoyed at the teacher....