Eleven011

Eleven011

Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse

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  1. My school doesn't "do" Halloween

    We do Halloween here, but it was celebrated Friday in conjunction with our end of the 1st quarter rewards party, had movies, class parties, kids got to dress up in costumes (staff too - our floor were...
  2. I missed that too. I thought maybe a post was edited and I missed all the
  3. Subs

    A dr. appt or event a couple months out, I usually don't have a problem with. I have two subs and both are willing to pick up those kind of days and then will schedule their lives around it. But...
  4. What is that saying....

    Is it "Out of the frying pan into the fire"? Sorry your new school isn't any better! Maybe time will soften her to you?? You can win her
  5. That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    It's Red ribbon week here too. Only today is "yellow shirt and sunglasses" day?? Friday we are supposed to wear red. Only Friday is our Halloween fun day, and my floor informed me we are dressing...
  6. That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    Darn. Pulled out my Halloween scrubs the other day, and am rocking a purple Charlie Brown pumpkin patch scrub set. Ah well, at least I'm
  7. Name change and stock epi

    Love the new name! I go through Epi Pens for Schools also. They have all the paperwork you will need and I believe sample policies too. I got the program started at the end of my 1st year here....
  8. Who is responsibile for field trip info?

    What Wine said. It's on me. We get emailed a "weekly activities calendar" that will list all field trips and what time they are leaving. I can also look ahead on the school websites main...
  9. What are you seeing in your office?

    We had a run on mono at the beginning of the year. My high school kids passed it around like candy. Now we are seeing strep and head colds/sinus infections. And of course the dreaded hangnail in...
  10. That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    I was standing there wondering what to wear today, and I realized it was Wednesday! Pink and black scrub set it
  11. Health screening questions

    We don't have any requirements for a PE in elementary, and only need them in HS if they are playing sports, so that doesn't really affect my screenings at all. I screen everyone in K-6th. I screen...
  12. Joining the group!

    Welcome!!
  13. Prayers for Las Vegas

    Horrible, horrible news. Prayers for all those affected. Do we have any school nurses in that
  14. Miss being a school nurse!

    Congrats on the job! Must be fate to have all that work out like it did! I worked in Dialysis for a short time. I too was interested because my youngest had E.Coli causing HUS when he was 4 and...
  15. Math help

    And generally, we tell nursing students who post in the School Nurse forum by accident, that they should find the right forum. I was just trying to answer her question. To the OP: This is the...
  16. Math help

    600,000 mg is half of 1,200,000 - so you would do 1/2 of 2ml, which would be
  17. Best attendance excuse

    Totally understandable. Although I'm more likely to be leaving my house with a snake in it, rather than staying
  18. Do You Have Down Time?

    I have "not busy" times and then "down time". When I'm not too busy, I'll file papers, work on inputting screenings, research topics for my newsletter, organize or clean the office. If I have...
  19. Throwing up

    I was allowed to update the Health section of our handbook at the end of my first year, and this is what I put in for vomiting: Vomiting: Student who vomit in school (witnessed) will be excluded and...
  20. Friday!!!

    We have PT Conferences today, so non-teaching staff have a work day. Ya for getting caught up on filing! Everyone is off on Monday, so looking forward to the long
  21. Just got REAMED at...

    We actually have very full bike racks from kids riding them to school. Also in summer, bikes can outnumber cars on the roads by the city pool. Small town
  22. I don't have much advice since I'm no where near Cali, but we school nurses have our own forum here on AN under the Specialties tab. Come join us and I'm sure someone there can help
  23. Sad Day....

    So
  24. What happens when the nurse is sick?

    Believe me, If I had a sub that I felt WANTED to work and that it wasn't a huge inconvenience to be called in, I would be using my sick time alot
  25. Tips for....

    I had our Lion's club come and use their Spot Screener for vision this year. It works great with the little ones. Sorry I can't help with hearing - our SLP's do