momnurse23

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About momnurse23

momnurse23 has 4 years experience.


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  1. New Medicine Cabinet/Storage

    What about a locking tool chest? Something like this: Husky 37 in. 5-Drawer Mobile Workbench with Solid Wood Top, Black HMT-305MWB at The Home Depot - Mobile I have also heard of some nurses just...
  2. "My tooth is loose"

    I get this a lot too. I usually just look at them and very excitedly exclaim " Hooray. You have a loose tooth, how wonderful. Just keep wiggling it and it will come out when it's ready" and then send...
  3. underweight kid

    I think this part is important and may "soften the blow" so to speak. Even our vision/hearing screening referral letters say something to the effect of "this is only a screening and does not...
  4. Kind of pathetic I have a "vent" and I haven't even gotten the job yet

    Or Diastat
  5. canker sores

    Any tips on relieving the pain from canker sores? I see this a good bit and I know how painful they can be. Certainly not something to send a child home for, but I would like to be able to offer a...
  6. Diapering and toilet accidents

    I haven't had to do too much of this while in school nursing but from my experience during nursing school while working in the nursing home: 1) Have lots of wipes handy and already out of the...
  7. What's on your walls?

    I have some health related posters like diagrams of bones, heart, brain (appropriate for elementary - not cartoonish but not college anatomy either), tween themed "remember to brush your teeth"...
  8. What do you wear to work?

    I wear scrubs but it's what is expected at my school. On school spirit days I can wear jeans and a school t-shirt. I am actually thankful that I get to wear my scrubs. I love the ease of it and I...
  9. considering school nursing--questions

    hope this helps a
  10. Does your school have nebulizers there?

    I have machine but they have to supply the tubing and mouthpiece/mask along with the med. Most don't have trouble getting extra supplies to keep at school. My machine was donated by a
  11. Ice Packs vs Portable Ice Maker

    I get ice from the cafeteria each morning in a small cooler to make ice packs as I need throughout the day. The ice keeps pretty well and most days I only have to make that one trip to the cafeteria....
  12. Questions about school nursing

    "what's your least favorite thing(s) about this job? honestly, it's the hours. i love the time with my family. but i also very much enjoy what i do. i tend to be a mothering kind of nurse and...
  13. AED

    Thank you all for your
  14. AED

    Do any of you in elementary have an AED? Where do you keep it? Thank
  15. Help!!!

    Maybe some probiotic yogurt each day for digestion along with her apple :) I have a 2nd grader who "vomits" periodically, really it's more gagging and mucous - he has history of reflux and anxiety,...