mustlovepoodles

mustlovepoodles RN

OB/GYN, Peds, School Nurse, DD

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  1. Incontinence

    mustlovepoodles replied to hobiehobie's topic in School

    I have a 14yo son who is profoundly mentally handicapped. He wears diapers, so I'll tell you how they do it at school. Christian is in a self-contained class and is trip-trained; the school nurse is...

  2. School breakfast

    mustlovepoodles replied to bergren's topic in School

    Not on the second visit. They talk with the discipline person first and she talks with the parents & child, tries to get them to understand the importance of a good breakfast. I work with K-5th....

  3. school nurse interview

    mustlovepoodles replied to spp2423's topic in School

    The thing you have to understand about being a school nurse is that you must be very comfortable working alone. You will have no backup on-site other than EMS. You will have nothing with which to...

  4. Retiring

    mustlovepoodles replied to curioustwo's topic in School

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA:yeah: This is a joke,

  5. Weird office visits

    mustlovepoodles replied to Ash_Rox87CMA's topic in School

    OMG Never saw a pocket bird leg! In the middle school setting we see a lot of weird things. I can always count on seeing at least 3-5 students the day they watch the childbirth video in health....

  6. Is nursing REALLY for you?

    mustlovepoodles replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if you had asked me this a year ago I would have said no. I was deeply depressed and thoroughly burnt out. I went out on disability for a year of rest and recovery. I really considered myself...

  7. Being a stay-at-home mom and an RN?

    mustlovepoodles replied to KSELRN's topic in General Nursing

    And don't forget your sons! My oldest DS23 started using my sewing machine at age 10. He made everyone pillows for Christmas that

  8. Cutting diabetic toenails

    mustlovepoodles replied to HmarieD's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I would not trim toenails on anyone with diabetes or poor circulation unless I had been specifically trained and certified to do

  9. Take the IV out... yourself.

    mustlovepoodles replied to Kaileeia's topic in General Nursing

    WHAT?? Who tells a patient to take out their own IV? It doesn't matter if she was waving a Red Cross flag and it doesn't matter if the nurse was angry, put-out, or peeved. That nurse was waaaayy out...

  10. School breakfast

    mustlovepoodles replied to bergren's topic in School

    Our elementary school is 100% on free breakfast and lunch and we still have the problem of kids not eating breakfast for one reason or another. The way we handle it is the FIRST time the child comes...

  11. Administering emergency medicine

    mustlovepoodles replied to Nurse_Ziba's topic in School

    Yikes! No way would I use "standing orders" for everybody. You don't know how a kid will respond to valium. It can severely depress respirations( has happened to my son) or cause vomiting and...

  12. Rules for the School Nurse's Office

    mustlovepoodles replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    Teacher, tell me this--in what alternative universe is it more important to get school pictures than allow your diabetic student to get her a.m. insulin? I actually had this happen this morning!...

  13. complaint of "my heart hurts"

    mustlovepoodles replied to mc3's topic in School

    I agree with the way you handled it. A child in no distress, except an irregular heartbeat, does not need 911. He does need to be evaluated by a doctor though. If he had been shocky, altered,...

  14. Pumping and working as RN

    mustlovepoodles replied to Summers_Off's topic in General Nursing

    I nursed all three of my kids for over a year and I worked 2-4 days a week, 8-12 hours at a whack. I started pumping the week I brought the baby home and in just a short while I had more milk than you...

  15. Not prepared for clinical!

    mustlovepoodles replied to beatrice1's topic in General Nursing

    We never had the luxury of knowing our patients the day before. We showed up and got our assignments(we never had less than 2-3 patients.) We really had to be on top of *everything* because you never...

  16. staying the night at work due to weather

    mustlovepoodles replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I have stayed at work in the NICU a few times due to ice, snow or hurricane. We were all in it together and sometimes we actually had some fun. At my hospital we were all expected to show up with bag...

  17. Being a stay-at-home mom and an RN?

    mustlovepoodles replied to KSELRN's topic in General Nursing

    If your hubby is on-board, you're halfway there. And remember, education is never wasted. You never know how that will work out but it will. I have a degree in nursing and a degree in elementary...

  18. Who me? A nurse?

    mustlovepoodles replied to PatsFan1969's topic in General Nursing

    I don't go in telling them that I'm a nurse, but they usually figure it out.I ask questions and understand their responses, so the cat is out of the bag pretty quick. I never use my RN to throw my...

  19. Entering Nursing School

    mustlovepoodles replied to maria0202's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but it won't always be this way.It's a cycle. When I graduated in 1977 the market was flooded with nurses and it was very hard to get a job(and it paid $2.70/hr!) During the Reagan years that...

  20. Trying in vain to get in a vein

    mustlovepoodles replied to robinbird's topic in General Nursing

    I remember that feeling. I started out in L&D, where everyone gets an 18ga. IV catheter. That thing's a whopper. At first i couldn't hit a thing. I'd get the flash and then blow the vein. I...

  21. Is There Hope for Me? (Warning....a bit long)

    mustlovepoodles replied to jfosterrn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, the common denominator is you. Although,you seem to have some insight into your behavior, I'm guessing this might be long-time behavior that you either haven't noticed before or hasn't been...

  22. Oh wow! I'm going to be a nurse!

    mustlovepoodles replied to colta's topic in General Students

    Don't give up hope~you can still do it. My mother always wanted to be a nurse. Her older sister became a nurse during WW2, but mom's parents decided that my mother shouldn't do that. Back then nursing...

  23. What is your favorite nursing moment?

    mustlovepoodles replied to lei7's topic in General Nursing

    I've had a lot of good moments in the last 32 years, but I think the best one occured about a year ago. I'm a school nurse and one day I had a 13yo girl come to the clinic with the complaint of "aches...

  24. I did the stupidest thing ever

    mustlovepoodles replied to shanika1m1's topic in General Nursing

    In my case, I have worked mostly prn or part-time since my kids were born. They're 23, 16, & 14 now and if anything, the younger two need us more NOW than they did when they were toddlers. We find...

  25. Latex allergy.

    mustlovepoodles replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    My mother was an L&D nurse for about 25 years, so she wore latex almost 8 hours a day during that time. She developed symptoms that I thought were suspicious but she just wrote off to excessive...