Purple_Scrubs

Purple_Scrubs BSN, RN

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  1. How has having/not having children affect your career?

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Ellean55's topic in General Students

    OP, I don't have children, so I sort of get where you are coming from, but I think you are getting flack because the tone of your posts seems angry, and you seem to resent nurses who do have children....

  2. Someone talk me down...

    Purple_Scrubs posted a topic in School

    because I am about to jump (figuratively of course!) Too angry for details right now, but in short a parent is upset with how I handled a fracture. Everyone I have talked to agrees I did everything...

  3. Someone talk me down...

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    THanks for the tips! The newspsper/magazines and tongue blades are great ideas, I will keep that in mind for the inevitable next

  4. suggestions for part time nursing jobs that work around family hours

    Purple_Scrubs replied to thekid's topic in General Nursing

    Depending on the requirements for school nurses in your area, you can apply as a substitute school nurse in some districts around you. Very flexible to sub and

  5. Racist Patients

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Williss2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just to add another dimension to this issue...I am white. I am from South Louisiana (with the thick Cajun accent to show for it). People assume that I am racist, and it is deeply hurtful to me. I get...

  6. Would you work in your child's schoo?

    Purple_Scrubs replied to linda1959's topic in School

    ^ I have seen the opposite situation also. The nurse who I replaced left the school because she was bullied by her child's teachers, and when they were not happy with her decisions regarding kids in...

  7. "Atypical" Nurse? How discouraging...

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Darjeeling22's topic in General Nursing

    I get this kind of sentiment all the time. I am 31, married for almost 10 years, childless, and a school nurse. People just don't get why I chose school nursing "since I obviously don't like...

  8. Would you look at your friend's bottom if they asked you to?

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Sash123's topic in General Nursing

    Any line of questioning that begins with "hey, you're a nurse, right" is T-R-O-U-B-L-E! In a case like this, I don't know what you could have done anyway. I don't mind keeping an eye on a wound for a...

  9. Someone talk me down...

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    It is a new week (and the last week of school) so I am feeling better. Basically the parent was upset because "if I had told her it was broken she would have gotten there faster". How she would have...

  10. What to engrave on my stethoscope?

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

    I would think your phone number might change, plus it would not really help with identification. Could you do your first name only, then later when school is done come back and get your last name and...

  11. Field Trip!!

    Purple_Scrubs replied to pugmomrn's topic in School

    If you need proof that a school nurse needs to be giving meds, here is some for you. I have been out sick for 2 days with gastroenteritis, and I did not have a sub for the first day. One of my kids on...

  12. How many days until you're out ??

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Just today and next week for me too! Then half days for summer school until July 1, but it is usually really quiet and I can get some serious organization done (which I secretly

  13. Question...what's your HONEST opinion?

    Purple_Scrubs replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in General Students

    I would HOPE that this would not happen any more than someone being not offerred a job because of their skin color, or country of origin, or gender, or sexual orientation, or age. However, weight...

  14. Let's All Celebrate for nursing student 19 !

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    :yeahthat: :clpty: :dancgrp: Don't forget to visit and say hi on the school nurse forum every now and

  15. LOL !

    Purple_Scrubs replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in School

    There is a sweet little ESL hispanic PK student who constantly calls me doctor. It is so cute! She comes into my office holding her finger or whatever the ailment is and calling "docTOR, docTOR!" I...

  16. Need bulletin board ideas

    Purple_Scrubs replied to blue bag nurse's topic in School

    I had a cute idea for a bulletin board I am going to work on over the summer. I was thinking of all the different "hats" school nurses wear, so I am going to have someone photograph myself wearing...

  17. Mom suffocates child, revives w/ CPR, then suffocates again...

    Purple_Scrubs replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    No words...only

  18. Something very strange going on at my school

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    I thought about the "q word" thing too! Even with the scalp lac, I am only at 10 kids for the day with only 30 min. left, so still way under my normal. I do have a pretty "easy" school, only inhalers...

  19. Something very strange going on at my school

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    Well, I just knew I spoke too soon! Not 30 minutes after I posted this I got a scalp lac, thankfully it was just one of those little punctures that bleeds a ton! Mom came and whisked him to the MD...

  20. Girl Raped at school !

    Purple_Scrubs replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in School

    That is just one of the many attributes that will make you a fantastic nurse,

  21. I hate it...

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Aneroo's topic in School

    :icon_hug:Hugs for you and the student. All involved are in my

  22. Student Lies on Me !

    Purple_Scrubs replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in School

    When I was still brand new I had a student lie and tell their mother that he had come to my office and I had put ice on his arm (he had claimed that a staff member assaulted him). I had not seen this...

  23. Teacher injury

    Purple_Scrubs replied to Rosie67's topic in School

    I don't recall saying anyone was ignorant??? Did I miss that??? I can only go by what you state in your posts, and you have not said anything about standing orders or your state's policies when you...

  24. Am I a mean, horrible school nurse?

    Purple_Scrubs posted a topic in School

    First thing this morning I had a kid come in saying their tooth fell out. I always look at the socket to make sure it is not bleeding, and this kid's socket was strangely perfect. I asked her when the...

  25. Make Me Marketable!

    Purple_Scrubs posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a school nurse and love this specialty. However, my husband may be getting a promotion in the next year or so which will move us from N. Texas back to Louisiana where we are from. I realize that...