mamunsey

mamunsey

school nursing, Dr. office

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  1. School nurse and pregnancy

    congratulations, I just came back from my maternity leave! being preggo at school was the best, I always had someone looking out for me, making sure I was drinking and not pushing myself too hard to...
  2. I'm in the teacher dog house again !

    I had a teacher do this to me not long ago, she had sent the child to me twice, I called and spoke to mom both times and she said she wanted the child to stay at school unless they had a fever or...
  3. I would like to try camp nursing

    Hi! I have never been a camp nurse, I have been asked to be one for the past 2 years at a church camp. Had to decline, it interferred with my families summer vacation. I would be interested in doing...
  4. Boredom on the job

    You will learn that the computer can become your best friend during down time. Also it's a great time to catch up on all the news here. I also find release by getting out of my "cave" (office) and...
  5. thermometer & ice bags

    I always take temps on my middle school kids, sometimes it is the only symptom they have, and sometimes it is leading into something else. I use the reuseable ice packs on kids I can trust to return...
  6. NOPE!!
  7. Down time

    Clean, usually germs are everywhere, catch up on documentation, help the office staff. go to all nurses! catch up on the news there. Catch a potty break, call my hubby. take a well needed and deserved...
  8. Do LPN's get pinned?

    I graduated in 1996, at my ceremony, I remember getting a lamp, and cap, but I remember no pin. Is this common practice for LPN's to be
  9. Supplies for your clinic

    Does anyone out there know of any companies that donate supplies to the school health clinic? I'm in need of several things. Thanks!
  10. Supplies for your clinic

    I have tried to get my school to purchase these things and I just get laughed at, they buy the basic stuff, band aids. personal products, eye wash etc. I'm asking for things that would make my life...
  11. Quick Question School Nurses

    I will remove old band aids and bandages if placed by a parent or the student, evaluate and recommend. I also tell students that if they need more than one band iad during the day, that they need to...
  12. What is your BIGGEST pet peve about school nursing ?

    parents that you can not get in touch with or will not bring on supplies for their diabetic children, and students that come in and say that mom told me if I got worse to call and she would pick me up...
  13. Come on...share your silly clinic visits

    I had a studend sent to me by a teacher for coughing, no fever, etc, etc. he called his mon for meds. sent him back to class, teacher sends him back, wants him to stay with me until mom arrives, it...
  14. What nurse role/skill did you once fear, but now enjoy?

    iv's, injections and blood draws, still hate the 1st one and love the 2nd and
  15. If You Could What Halloween Costume Would You Wear?

    "nurse Good Body" Like The One On Hee
  16. What do you do to make extra money?

    I work a few nights a week a pizza place that my husband manages, Great
  17. MRSA scare !

    Ditto , we have several cases of MRSA at a local high school, and is spreading everywhere! none at my school
  18. Correct me - MRSA

    we say "mer-sa" or M- R- S- A but then again I am from the
  19. What was your firdt LPN/LVN job?

    Monday through Friday 8am-2pm, holidays, snow days, and summers off. I son't have to pay for
  20. What was your firdt LPN/LVN job?

    LTC facility on the 3rd day after graduation, I worked there 3 yrs and loved it, my starting pay was 7.20/hour, but that was in 1996!, left there to go to a hospital for 9.20/hour, absolutely hated it...
  21. mutli colored pens

    ditto also wal mart has many, many items in their school supplies that may be of interest, I just always confinscate some of my stuff from my
  22. What's your best weight loss tip?

    add more H2O, no soda pop, eat 1 plate instead of 2, cut back on sugars and eat healthy snacks, and find time to move a little more has worked for me in the past and is currently working for me now, I...
  23. Do LPN's get pinned?

    thanks guys, as i look back at my pictures and video's i saw that i was pinned as well, sory for the trouble. the lamp is kinda hard to explain knida looks like a jeanie lamp with a candle in it, ours...
  24. co workers who stab you in the back and people who donn't appreciate all that you
  25. So I'm fired. Again.

    Sue, hope things are getting better for you! you sound like a great person! you will make a great RN! keep your chin up and look to the future. In my thoughts and prayers. you're an inspiration to me...