Purple_Scrubs

Purple_Scrubs BSN, RN

School Nursing

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  1. Sketchers

    Purple_Scrubs replied to pagandeva2000's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have been wearing mine for almost a month. Loooooove them! My heel pain has disappeared. It was so bad that when I spent all day on my feet, it would be excruciating to drive home because you have...

  2. Hello from Illinois! few questions about school nurses

    Purple_Scrubs replied to ShavonKirk's topic in School

    Check out the NASN website

  3. school nurse salary in fort worth/have BSN

    Purple_Scrubs replied to texasbsn's topic in School

    In most areas I've found in N. Texas, nurses get paid on the teacher's scale. You can look up the info on the website for the individual school you are interested in. Be warned that you will probably...

  4. snotty office staff

    Purple_Scrubs replied to rdsxfnrn's topic in School

    No real good advice here, but maybe it will get better. It could be that you are new and no one likes change...maybe give it a little time and see if it improves (not sure how long you've been there)....

  5. FNP with little inpatient/hospital experience

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The school based clinics in my area are run by John Peter Smith hospital (JPS), which is the county hospital. You can google their name with or without school based clinic and I am sure it will bring...

  6. FNP with little inpatient/hospital experience

    Purple_Scrubs posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I posted this on another thread, but I don't think many saw it to respond. I am hoping to enter a FNP program next year or possibly in 2011. Most of my nursing experience has been as a school nurse....

  7. Diet Sodas - bane of my existance

    Purple_Scrubs posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I am trying very hard to live a healthier lifestyle and lose some weight. I am significantly overweight, and I have decided I am giving myself until April to get this under control or I will have to...

  8. Trying to avoid a confrontation...

    Purple_Scrubs replied to LACA's topic in School

    Do not have any interaction with this woman (and preferably with her child) without a reliable adult witness. Document the heck out of everything. Chances are she is not going to raise too much of a...

  9. Diet Sodas - bane of my existance

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Just an update in case anyone is interested...I am off the sodas! I have been drinking nothing but water for about a week and I am feeling really good. I weaned myself down to a can a day for about a...

  10. Nursing Superstitions?

    Purple_Scrubs replied to JustEnuff2BDangerous's topic in Nursing Humor

    All of the above, plus...things always happen in threes. Deaths, codes, people quitting, even weird injuries or illnesses. As a school nurse I might not see an earache for a couple months then,...

  11. Factory worker one day ... nurse the next?

    Purple_Scrubs replied to helikias's topic in General Nursing

    Regarding the schools promising jobs and false advertising - maybe the local media would be interested in running an "expose" on the unethical practices of local schools of nursing? My local news has...

  12. How do you deal with a crying child?

    Purple_Scrubs replied to bambam1288's topic in General Nursing

    Not that this is helpful in your situation with a 3 year old, but maybe for other scenerios. If it is an older child and a minor wound (I'm a school nurse and thankfully most of the wounds I see are...

  13. Are we covered to give Employee H1N1 Shots???

    Purple_Scrubs replied to guest83140's topic in School

    If there are not protocols or standing orders, there is no way I would give a vaccine. It is a medicine, and giving it without orders is not within my scope of practice. This is very shaky ground,...

  14. Has reality TV and Hospital Drama effected the applicant pool & work environment?

    Purple_Scrubs replied to 13905 BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Come to think of it, I don't recall ever seeing a nurse actually chart on tv. No wonder patients and families think all we are doing is just sitting around when they see us as desks or computers...

  15. bad experience with a male nurse

    Purple_Scrubs replied to bigd123's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I swear some days it feels more like 99.9%, but that is a topic for another thread

  16. Entrance essay: I cannot write a 200 word essay!

    Purple_Scrubs posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know this is a little OT, but I did not know where else I could vent this. One of the requirements for entrance to the FNP program that I want is a 200 word essay. There are no topic guidelines, so...

  17. Entrance essay: I cannot write a 200 word essay!

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for the advice! I have an English teacher reviewing it for me now, and I told her to be brutal, I can take it! I did not mention it being technically over the limit, so I may email her that and...

  18. Why scrubs?

    Purple_Scrubs replied to dancer_meggs's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Amen,

  19. I'm beyond upset over this

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Flare's topic in School

    Geesh, that is a new low for irrational parents. Hello, screenings are usually a state law, they are not ways that the evil school nurse comes up with to torture innocent kids. I think all this parent...

  20. Nurse practitioner

    Purple_Scrubs replied to tolerantgirl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My plan is to get my FNP and nurse educator certificate simultaneously (it is only a few extra classes for the educator cert). Once I am in practice if I am seeing a lot of psych patients, I might get...

  21. FNP with little inpatient/hospital experience

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for that input! I really don't want to leave my school nurse job...I love it not to mention the great hours and time off. I may get a PRN at an urgent care for summer and school breaks. Now to...

  22. I can't let you do that- it's against policy!

    Purple_Scrubs replied to RhiaRN75's topic in Nursing Humor

    Very sweet stories! I had a "pet sneaker" once too. Thankfully they were at the end of the hall and very discrete about it. I know if I was in the hospital I would be miserable without my little mutt,...

  23. Sick of the same old game

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    It's so sad that they take advantage of you that way. Ugh. I am so lucky that probably about 75% of the time when my teachers send me a kid for "just ain't himself", they end up febrile or even if...

  24. School Nurse Job Interview

    Purple_Scrubs replied to evangpate's topic in Emergency

    No offense taken here, there is no doubt that school nursing is different from emergency nursing. What is often missed is that subbing is much different from the being the day-to-day nurse. Subs...

  25. Kids that you KNOW are faking it???

    Purple_Scrubs replied to safarirn's topic in School

    LOVE