mustlovepoodles

mustlovepoodles RN

OB/GYN, Peds, School Nurse, DD

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  1. Nurse trying to get NON-nursing job....impossible!!

    mustlovepoodles replied to nervousnurse's topic in Nursing Career

    There was a time when I was completely burnt out on nursing and I would have done almost anything OTHER than nursing. I looked for other non-nursing jobs and had the same problem you had--everyone...

  2. If you are working and celebrate Christmas

    mustlovepoodles replied to kay0324's topic in General Nursing

    As an RN for the past 35 years, i have worked a lot of Christmases, and I have to say I never minded it. Never. My kids grew up with a mother who is a nurse and they understood that sometimes they...

  3. What are you good at?

    mustlovepoodles replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see...I'm good at putting children at ease and getting them to tell my what's wrong. I'm a school nurse, so a lot of my nursing is actually good listening skills, a little teaching, a little...

  4. People calling out for the holidays

    mustlovepoodles replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I have only called in once during a holiday. I came home Christmas Eve from working a 3pm-1:30am with a temp of 102, chills hacking cough, the whole nine yards. Woke up Christmas Day with full blown...

  5. underweight kid

    mustlovepoodles replied to kingsmiley's topic in School

    If the kid weighs 37-lbs and has a BMI of 14'.6, he would have to be 3"6", right? I dont' think that is terrible, if he is very young. I have a couple of kindergarten kids at school who probably are...

  6. The crazies are all in my office this week...

    mustlovepoodles posted a topic in School

    Oh, my. I had my first Doomsdayer today. My little diabetic guy came to me all in a dither this morning because he heard the world was going to end today 12/12/12. I didn't bother to tell him it's...

  7. witnessing a DNR

    mustlovepoodles replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I can't imagine asking visitors to sign a DNR. How is this NOT a violation? And for the record, from what I read in your post I think you did try to strong arm this visitor. As soon as you...

  8. The crazies are all in my office this week...

    mustlovepoodles replied to mustlovepoodles's topic in School

    Sometimes my teachers just don't use good sense. I sent one home this a.m. She came to get her temp taken because she didn't feel good. Temp normal, but she casually mentioned that she had a fever of...

  9. Pulse oximetry in health office?

    mustlovepoodles replied to misty_dawn's topic in School

    I have a small battery operated pulse oximeter in my office. I don't use it on everyone, but if one of my asthma kids comes in c/o coughing, chest pain, SOB, etc, the first thing I do is put the pulse...

  10. Patient Picking At Clothing/Bed Linens

    mustlovepoodles replied to 84RN's topic in Home Health

    My grandfather did this in the days leading up to his death. He had been completely cognitively normal up to the last week. By then he was only semi-conscious. He spent hours raising his hands in the...

  11. Do you enjoy being a school nurse?

    mustlovepoodles replied to walkingonsunshine's topic in School

    Everything has a season. When I was raising babies, school nursing would have decidedly been off the table. I needed great flexibility then and I could not have been happy with a ridig 8-3 schedule....

  12. Asthma issues and sending kids home....

    mustlovepoodles replied to mysixlittleones's topic in School

    This is my policy as well. I have had to threaten a few parents with CPS for medical neglect when they refused to pick up. The fact is, if they're having an asthma attack and they don't have a MDI...

  13. Enough already.... no, really

    mustlovepoodles replied to SchoolRNAmy's topic in School

    LOL I'm the same way. I was raised by my mother, a hard working night shift LPN. We understood that we better not wake her up unless it was a *true* emergency. Because if it wasn't their would be...

  14. Nurse parapros

    mustlovepoodles replied to Vtachy1's topic in School

    My son is in a class for children with severe/profound intellectual disabilities. He has had several paraprofessionals who were nurses. They are not technically school nurses. Their role is to assist...

  15. Enough already.... no, really

    mustlovepoodles replied to SchoolRNAmy's topic in School

    Actually, I think calling you was the absolute RIGHT thing to do! Especially when there was a big knot on his head.And most especially because the school secretary likely has no medical expertise!...

  16. Enough already.... no, really

    mustlovepoodles replied to SchoolRNAmy's topic in School

    I'm seeing the same stuff. I had a teacher today call my office about 2 minutes before I was set to leave. She knows what time I leave. She said this kid had been c/o her mouth hurting all day, but...

  17. Tired of it all

    mustlovepoodles replied to DSkelton711's topic in General Nursing

    I soooo understand. I've been an RN for 35 years and I can attest that hospital nursing is not the same as it used to be. There was a day when I could actually sit down and talk with a patient, give...

  18. Hand Washing

    mustlovepoodles replied to ColleenJune's topic in School

    Every kid who comes to me gets to use my special foam hand sanitizer. They love the stuff! Of course, that doesn't get the other 420 students in the school, but I do have some teachers who are big on...

  19. Would you do this?

    mustlovepoodles replied to mc3's topic in School

    Absolutely, I would too! Here in GA we do have some legislation that protects us. Unfortunately, we do not have an epi-pen stocked in every school. But we have a parent who has graciously allowed us...

  20. When parents should keep their child home.

    mustlovepoodles replied to tanna898's topic in School

    Good luck with that. In my school that flyer would be universally ignored. Parents know what the rules are, they just feel free to interpret them any way they please. The rules are always for someone...

  21. End of life "gibberish" - are we missing something?

    mustlovepoodles replied to bryce's topic in General Nursing

    My grandfather spoke the number "gibberish" during the last hours of his life. What I found out later is that he had been a supervisor in the boiler rooms at the local shipyard in his young adult...

  22. Musculoskeletal Injuries

    mustlovepoodles replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

    I think you are describing a pretty common experience among school nurses. I worked in a middle school before I transferred to elementary and I have to say, middle schoolers were waaaaaay worse about...

  23. Another soiled clothing vent

    mustlovepoodles replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    Hah! I know just what you mean. I actually had a little girl look at the tag in the clothing and turn her nose up! Apparently they were a designer brand family. I told her this isn't Macy's. She could...

  24. My Encounter With A Health Room Sub

    mustlovepoodles replied to bleemadden's topic in School

    This is where I got my diabetes training video. Look at "Diabetes Care Tasks at School: What Key Personnel Need to Know." It comes with a power point and a DVD. I dispensed with teh power point...

  25. What do you bring to eat?

    mustlovepoodles replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a school. Even though lunch is only $3.50, that translates to $17.50/week or $70/month. Some of the staff orders out, but that's even more expensive at about $7 a pop. Since I don't want to...