Eleven011

Eleven011

Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse

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  1. Sticky situation

    I had a teacher at the beginning of the year call me in a panic because as she was showing a new aide how to use the epi pen one of her students kept in the classroom, and she accidentally injected...
  2. If you don't pray. Please don't take this offensive.

    I'm so very sorry for this tragic loss. Too many of these lately. Many prayers to all who need
  3. Lunch/break question

    I wish I could order food in!! We don't have any place in town that delivers, or I'd probably be doing that every day! Gotta pack a lunch if I want to
  4. SNOW!!!

    Here in the dakotas it takes ALOT to call school off. Basically a full blown, can't see your hand in front of your face blizzard before its called off. Plenty of 2 hour late starts to let the plows...
  5. Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    We should all be giving out Jr. Mints, not saltines
  6. Planning Periods

    I almost always get lunch, but don't get any type of planning period. I guess school is dismissed at 3:20/3:26 and I stay until 4, so I get a bit of time without
  7. How many students do you treat on a regular day?

    I see 15-25 usually, up to 40 on a full moon day. I also have 20 daily medications and one diabetic. That's not including the masses that come in for hats/gloves/snowpants/boots on a daily basis...
  8. School Nurse Lifehacks!

    Warm salt water gargle for those pesky sore throats/coughs. It helps, plus its just yucky enough that they won't keep coming back to bother you!
  9. "School Nurse" Pilot

    Someone made a pilot for a show about being a school nurse. I would watch
  10. School Nurse Lifehacks!

    Mini club crackers are my goto. Like them even better than saltines! I fill up a water cup about half full and cure many stomach aches that
  11. School Nurses Save Lives

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  12. Counselor, too?

    I feel very lucky after reading this thread! We have two full time counselors - one elementary and one jr/high school. They are awesome and handle many of the emotional issues. The most I do is...
  13. Favorite resource sites

    I visit the NASN website often and get a daily digest of their forums where they talk about some very interesting topics. I also visit my state chapter, but they are much less active. Also the...
  14. What every school nurse needs:
  15. Just shaking my head

    I will have kids come in from recess in snowpants/boots/coats/hats/gloves and cheeks as red as apples asking for icepacks from falling down and getting a random bump! Umm..your as cold as your gonna...
  16. Far?? You still doin ok??

    Hope you are doing
  17. Charting!!??

    I do a combination. I chart visits on a google docs sheet on the computer, but chart medications on paper. Health screenings are inputted into our schools computer software program. I am hoping...
  18. MacGill is now selling the most important item!

    Just go ahead and give them 4. Keep them fed and they won't be stealing
  19. I'm bored

    I'd rather recite the value of Pi to the 100 th
  20. CEU'S

    I was just looking around at nurse.com and seen they had some you could take, in fact there were 66 listed under school nurse! I have never used them before though, so you might want to check it out...
  21. How does prn home health nursing work?

    It depends on your state. I don't have to have any special certification in my
  22. School Nurses Hoping for a Snow Day

    Its been a really mild winter up here in dakotaland. I could use a few good snow
  23. How does prn home health nursing work?

    I work in the school system, so I have summer's off and I do HH prn. I worked for them for 8 years prior, so I am comfortable doing prn now. My Home Health agency is a little different than most (...
  24. helene fuld new entrance ex

    Happy Sunday to you! You've wandered into the School Nurse forum as many do. Please check with the student nurses forum - they will have much better advice for
  25. New to school nursing

    Welcome to our corner of the world :) I'm fairly new too, just started this august, so I'm learning stuff every day. It's quiet in here on the weekends, but stop back in on Monday and it'll get...