BunnyBunnyBSNRN replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School
yes! I carry so much of these kids home with me - despite the fact that I often come off as uncaring or uncompassionate. This is my 5th year as a school nurse and I still carry kids from my first...
BunnyBunnyBSNRN replied to NurseMrn's topic in School
I'm in Howard County in MD and we are really well set. We have several float nurses and subs as well as some agency nurses that get called in to sub when needed. This is the first district I've...
BunnyBunnyBSNRN replied to Flare's topic in School
I just polished off a bag of pork rinds! :) The great thing about having an amazing health assistant is that I can totally slack and still look good - and busy! 56 more school days! (14 school days...
BunnyBunnyBSNRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School
That's brilliant! In my former life, I worked for Travelocity. Whenever travel information would change, we would have to call to notify the traveler - after getting hung up on several times, it got...
BunnyBunnyBSNRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School
Tell this parent that of course ABX aren't completely necessary to treat OM. But they will be necessary when the infection moves to his mastoid and then to the meninges. Of course, at that point,...
BunnyBunnyBSNRN replied to jess11RN's topic in School
My favourite is the ones (elem) that don't know how to talk on a phone. I'll hand them the phone and have to put it to their ear and then say, "Say 'hello', Mom doesn't know you're there if you don't...
BunnyBunnyBSNRN replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School
On the other side of the spectrum, you have my kids. They are all grown(ish) now, but when they were in school, I would tell them to go to the nurse if they didn't feel well. My youngest one came...
Like you, lotion and vaseline (plain, no cocoa butter) are the only things we do have. In the past there was one parent who fussed about lotion being put on her LD, however this is a parent that is...
BunnyBunnyBSNRN replied to Keeperofbandages's topic in School
I ask the teachers to call me "Nurse (first name)" when telling their student's who I am. It makes me crazy to be called "Nurse (last name)" or "Ms (last name)" - it's an old scar from a previous...