Eleven011

Eleven011

Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse

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  1. Last day?

    Student are out May 18th, Staff are done May 19th! 12 more
  2. Organizing end of the year paperwork

    Every student has a health file in my office. There we keep each years Health History form, immunization records, any hearing or vision evals done, doctors notes, etc. I also file away each year...
  3. What's in your Field Trip bag?

    I don't go on field trips either, I send along the little fanny packs like the other said, filled with first aide supplies. Any meds the kids need also are set up in envelopes and put in the front...
  4. "the nurse"

    All staff are issued laptops here. Vinyl letters are used to label them with the owners name. So all the teachers, aides, counselors, etc. laptops have their names on them. Guess what mine...
  5. Possible new (nursing) drinking game

    Take a drink every time a student says "I feel like I'm going to puke". I'd be quite the sight by end of day. And I'd be the ONLY one puking
  6. The "Best" Nurse Pass Notes

    I saved picture day for a young lady this same way. Bloody nose all over her white lacy dress. H2O2 to the rescue! She was almost crying she was so
  7. Does this weird anybody else out?

    The first year I was here, my desk was in the middle of the room and the cot behind my desk. I quickly figured out I didn't like it that way! So first chance I got, I rearranged and put the cot...
  8. Fidget Spinners

    I few of my med kids (ADHD) have shown me theirs. I don't think they are so plentiful they are causing problems at my school yet. My son showed me a video just the other day and asked if I'd seen...
  9. Lice suicide!

    He jumped to his death He could no longer live with the fact that he was the most hated bug that ever lived on a precious snowflake. Also, the mean school nurse had earlier taken his wife's life,...
  10. Minor Questions

    Amazon.com : Tick Twister Tick Remover Set with Small and Large (Pack of 2 Sets) : Pet Supplies I use this from amazon to get ticks out. Works really
  11. Minor Questions

    I clean them every friday or end of the week and let them air dry over the
  12. Pet Peeve Friday

    My oldest son, who is a computer programmer, gave me a trick to creating (and remembering) those horrible passwords that require everything under the sun. Think of a word or phrase from your favorite...
  13. Stress Level

    I think it gets better with time. This is my 2nd year and last year was pretty stressful as I didn't get much orientation and never knew "what was around the next corner" so to speak. This year...
  14. Would you call an ambulance?

    I really think that is excessive. An ambulance for a child in NO distress, who *may* have taken an OTC pain med (I'm assuming tylenol/motrin)? I think it would have been parents decision to...
  15. end of year sending meds home

    I send a note home a few weeks before school ends, letting parents know that I have _______ meds left in the office for Billy. Then I have a space for them to sign to either send the meds home with...
  16. Would you call an ambulance?

    No. I see no reason to call an ambulance. No evidence that he took any meds. No distress. I'd call home and ask about the meds in the
  17. 4 days- The countdown has started!

    I put up my "keep calm and countdown to summer" bulletin board! 24 days
  18. 4 days- The countdown has started!

    We don't get a technical spring break, but out next two weekends are 4 day'ers! So I'm quite
  19. Today's grossest lunch award goes to...

    LOL Vienna Sausages where my Favorite lunch to take when I was a kid! I can't count the number of times I cut my finger trying to get that first little bugger out of the can! And I was/am a very...
  20. I. CAN'T. DIAGNOSE.

    I try to remind parents that unless a limb is hanging at a 90 degree angle where there isn't a joint, not even a doctor is going to tell you its broken until they do an xray. I usually go the "if it...
  21. Friday!!!

    It is unseasonably warm here right now, so I hope to soak up the nice weather - or at lease open up the doors while I clean house! Saturday my daughter has a band contest where she will play with...
  22. What is on your Health Bulletin Board right now?

    This year I am sharing my board with the counselor. Its on the wall between our two offices. She has something up right now, but in a few days I'm going to put up my "keep calm and countdown to...
  23. Just a Rant

    Yep. And they have a tank top, shirt, hoodie and jacket
  24. High school nurses

    I work in a PreK - 12 school so I have all ages. I greatly prefer the younger ones to high school. My older kids here don't want ice packs or crackers or any of that jazz. They know what they...
  25. New to School Nursing

    Sorry that the current nurse has made it seem like having your child at your school is a drawback. Hard for me to understand as I bet 80% of our staff have or have had kids going to our school. I...