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nightie-night nurse

School Nursing, Critical Care

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About nightie-night nurse

nightie-night nurse has 6 years experience and specializes in School Nursing, Critical Care.


School Nurse with background in Critical Care

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  1. Help what would you do?

    How physical and active you are really all depends on the student population and their needs. I have been in a school with classes of medically fragile kiddos and I was pretty active and busy all day...
  2. Contract?

    I actually have a two-year contract. They have an option of offering a one-year or two- year contract. We have had a couple of nurses leave mid-way through the year these last couple of years. They...
  3. HELP Pink Eye Question

    If a student meets the criteria for exclusion and cannot be picked up, I will keep them in the clinic in order to protect the other students from exposure. Keep in mind this is after I have exhausted...
  4. New School Nurse CPS situation has arisen

    I have heard the same thing. The officers do not want too any people questoning the potential victim because it may damage the integrity of the investigation. So, when a teacher sends a student to...
  5. No, I'm Not a Beauty Shop!

    I said that same thing to my principal last week when I came to her with a concern. Her reply was that it we could give people common sense or figure a way to teach it, we would be millionaires....
  6. hot cheetos & GI probs

    My kids eat the flamin' hot cheetos occasionally and they don't get sick because of them. They also don't eat a lot of other spicy food, so I am not sure the correlation. But, I think it may have...
  7. School nurse denies inhaler

    Mrs. H. has a good point. This situation would be good evidence as to why it is ideal to have an RN in every
  8. What do you go by?

    My principal calls me "nurse" ex: "Hey, Nurse. How's your day?" So I call him "principal". "I'm great, Principal" When I answer the phone or make a call, I identify myself as Nurse (last name). I...
  9. Just Amazed

    I just assumed she was describing the problem. There was no outcry for saying she had multiple head injuries in the clinic. Peepee pants was a quick way to type it. That was my first thought, I am...
  10. Teaching CPR ??

    All of our nurses are AHA certified CPR instructors and teach classes that are arranged by our department and also we arrange for classes as needed on our campuses. This is an expected part of our...
  11. Diapering and toilet accidents

    I work at a school with K - 5 students. I do have students come in with soiled clothes. Very seldomly do I cahnge them. I ask the student if they can clean themselves and if not I call home. I do...
  12. Am I hard of hearing?

    I admit, I have done this, but I did not last very long. I quickly tired of them staring at
  13. What Teacher's Really Want ??

    I have had teachers call the parents right after I had seen the student and deemed them well enough to return to class. This made me feel undermined because this was one of the student's who was...
  14. School clinic substitutes- help!

    I was actually told by my director that it is difficult to find a sub for my clinic and many of the ladies who have subbed for me before will not come back. They say because it is very busy and the...
  15. Electronic Process You Would Like to See in Schools

    The hand-held device could be something like a blackberry or other smartphone that would have your electronic records and charting system on it where you could chart away from the clinic, but without...