123sunnid

Tell her you are out. Every time. Works great for me. : )

I think am going to be leaving nursing for awhile to pursue other career interests as well as fullfill family needs. I have two children who will be in K-5 in the fall, and my husband and I decided it would be great for me to be able to be home with the children this fall and to volunteer at the school they attend. So now that he has agreed with me, and everything is set for me to quit my school nurse job with the end of this school year in mid June I'm wierded out. I was so excited all year knowing it was the last year for me, but now that I have the contract in my hand for '08-'09...I'm not sure. I want to be home, I know that part. I'm excited to work less and be with my children more. The problem I'm wresting with is ambivalence. My husband and I met in college while were both already pursuing degrees/diplomas. Our reasons for pursing such accolades were different, which we did not figure out until after we were married with kids. Assumptions.... I pursued nursing first and foremost as a way to support myself anf my child I had at a young age. My now husband chose his career becasue he has a guinuine love and interest in his chosen field even to this day. It is a hobby for him to go to work. It changed my perpective about careers and employment after comparing the way he felt and the way I felt about a work day. I started taking classes toward something I have found to love, floral design. So now everything is set, we're financially ready for the difference in pay, he's set to have a wife who's at home/working part time at something new, but I'm freaking out....I never expected to be wishy-washy about what it would be like to quit my identity that I've had the last 10 years... Anybody else going through/ has been through, the what if's...?

What do you guys do about parents who lay you out about thier child not getting an ice bag for no appearent injury? I've had parents call and say their child was in your clinic today because they (barely) bumped thier (fill in the blank) on a pole, their friend, a bathroom door, and "you didn't do anything"? Child walked in laughing and playing with their friend...parents don't want to hear about that...child is in "so much pain" now 8 hrs later because I didn't "do anything"...ugh

June 13th @ !:00...HERE I COME!!!!!

A med/surg, floor in a hospital will give you a nice, well rounded view of the profession, with much opportunity for learning. With your experience there (especially if you have to float, and who doesn't???) you can then decide on a specialty that interests you if you so desire. For example, during the 3 yrs I did med/surg, I floated to urology, cardiac, ortho, and neuro. When I switched to an OB (high risk antepartum, postpartum, and NBN) floor, I floated to L&D and peds. I feel the experiences in all these areas has made me well rounded as an employeee. That caregiving now directly inpacts the comfort I feel in proividing care to the students I now see in my school nurse role. Not a day goes by that I do not rely back to prior learning that took place in a hospital on various units. It is my opinion that hospital nursing on a general floor will best serve you in the long run. You will have ample oppurtunity to find what suits you best.

I'm a school nurse and this just happened today. I had a child come in with obvious conjuctivitis, which had reoccurred from last week. (meds weren't completed) Low income family, lack of knowledge, etc. I called the mom, who was working at the local fast food joint (bless her, she's the only one working...) who sent the 22 yr old unemployed, high school drop out brother to pick the child up. (I explained to mom on the phone about the importance of finishing meds, s&s, etc. and SHE seemed to get it.) Long story short, brother comes to pick up his 8 yr old sister and proceeds to nastily tell me I have no idea what conjuctivitis is and I need to "look into it". All the while he is standing over me and jabbing an unlit cigarette in my face presumably to make his point. It this repeatedly abusive and uncalled for behavior I have experienced as an RN over the last 10 yrs that has me decide to leave the profession for awhile, if not all together. I will keep my license up to date, but after this school year, I have no desire to continure to try to provide care i the face of this abuse/ignorance. I have worked in a variety of settings, hospital, dr's office, ins comp, and school, and it has never been worse than at the hospital and school level. If I had a nickel for everytime I was told "the school and that nurse" gave someone's kid head lice...I'd be a millionaire...