Eleven011

Eleven011

Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse

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  1. HSV-1 Whitlow

    I'm not familiar with that particular virus (will have to google), but if there are lesions on his fingers, couldn't you use a dressing, followed by a rubber glove to protect from the mouth...
  2. I have returned

    I came in one morning and the maintenance man was putting in new florescent lights everywhere possible. I think I got a nice tan that
  3. Thermometer?

    I have one similar to this, and I do agree it is great for a quick temp check and not having to clean or buy covers for it. Only drawback is its not very accurate if the student has heavy bangs that...
  4. The After School Thread

    Put supper in the crock pot this morning, so at least that will be done and waiting for me. Daughter has dance right after school, so will have to run back in and pick her up later. Doing a mid week...
  5. Kellogg's to start using peanut flour

    I found a good site on FARE - Ingredient Change Notices - Food Allergy Research &
  6. Kellogg's to start using peanut flour

    Is there a link to where to company announces this? I would like to put an announcement on my web
  7. That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    I'm glad I popped into AN last night and seen the Fetch thread bumped up! Got on my pink pants and black shirt with pink
  8. Differences in US nursing vs the rest of the world

    Very interesting thread! How I would have loved to be able to just "send up a lab" when I worked in
  9. T-shirt Sayings

    What the
  10. The hamster is loose.

    Evidently the kids had already named him. Who
  11. The hamster is loose.

    Seems to be getting along just fine. We had an assembly last week where they announced that teacher was taking over a vacated position and her class would have a long term sub until the end of the...
  12. bathroom accidents

    I am blessed (cursed?) with being keeper of the donated clothes, so if a child has an accident, they come here and I can usually find something for them to change into. If I have a frequent visitor...
  13. 4/4/2016

    I was the school librarian last year before I got the nurse job. Loved it! I'll have to go say something to the new one
  14. New to School Nursing!- Advice??

    Congrats on the new position and
  15. Friday!

    Well, that's no
  16. Does your policy have "teeth"

    This is what I am proposing goes in the handbook this year: (there is nothing currently) Vomiting: Students who vomit in school (witnessed) will be excluded and parents/guardians notified. There...
  17. Does your policy have "teeth"

    My school has very few actual policies relating to medical. I think the only ones are that we need parent sig and dr. order for medication and one on communicable diseases. I asked about writing...
  18. C'Mon Now!

    I had one of those too. Kid came in, was sick, I asked who they wanted to call and kid said "dad", so that's who we called and he came to pick her up. Turns out, parents were recently separated, and...
  19. The hamster is loose.

    Thanks for the pic tining! I have changed my avatar in honor of the rouge hamster and his happy
  20. The struggle from a student who's mom is the school nurse :)

    This fall one of the teachers asked me to give a presentation of the types of birth control available and my first thought was "oh lord, my son isn't in that class is he?" LOL He
  21. The hamster is loose.

    HAMSTER HAS BEEN FOUND ALIVE!!! Apparently he has been snacking on some PE
  22. The hamster is loose.

    My second grade informant told me this morning they know that he is inside a wall, but he won't come out. Now if this is true, or is a story for their benefit, I'm not sure (haven't seen an adult...
  23. Diabetic BS question

    My diabetic 4th grader who drops to around 60/70 at times, will have a 15 gm snack and be around 100 or a bit above at the 10 min recheck. I'm not sure how far he goes up, because we don't recheck...
  24. LTC Nurse to resident ratio

    During my summers off, I work in a small 30 bed nursing home. Its usually full, so I have 30 patients with no med aide. There is one gtube and around 5 diabetics. No IV's. I have to say even...
  25. I have had this happen. In smaller towns, its almost impossible not too. I have taken care on an Aunt, and had co-workers taking care of grandparents, ect. It has never been an