katynurs22

katynurs22

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katynurs22 has 2 years experience.


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  1. PRN ideas for sub nurse

    I know we can all agree how much more satisfying it is to be a school nurse rather than working bedside. At times I do miss doing IV's and other skills we don't really do in school setting, but I...
  2. Case Study: Fever

    Emergent . Place on Droplet Precautions. Test: Chest X-ray , CBC, Blood cultures, sputum testing. Immunizations UTD? Joint & muscle aches & skin rash ??? Immunocompromised? HIV testing....
  3. When you reach that point of "Yeah, no."

    Wow, :/ well you should be proud of what you have learned and put up with so far, i wouldn't be able to last more 3 days on a psych unit. I'll just tell you that in Med/surg you will encounter some...
  4. thinking about going into pediatrics

    Thank you all! I realized I have job hopped , it was not my plan :/ (except for med/surg... most hospitals would take anyone with 6-12 months med/surg experience, so I knew i was doing it for the...
  5. What you have to consider in choosing a career, are your strengths and weaknesses. Nursing, whether bedside or not requires frequent contact with people: patients &family, doctors, managers....
  6. Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    Of course I didnt like cleaning poop on med/surg tele floor either, I was disgusted with C.diff , gagged a few times. I made sure not to breath deeply while cleaning. In my case , I always felt dirty...
  7. Grrrrr.....

    I felt the same way, I became a school nurse at 24 and it didnt help that I was 4'10. I had a parent ask me if I just applied and landed the job, and I said "Noooo I went to school for 4 years to get...
  8. I need your advice! bedside or non-bedside?

    I started on a med-surg floor (nights) and I was only there for 10 months, I would get anxiety from the moment i exited the ramp to the hospital and to top that, the unit where I was hired was...
  9. thinking about going into pediatrics

    So let me just start by giving a little background about myself. I've been an RN for 3 years, and had experience as a PCA at a stepdown pediatric unit my last semester in school. Then, when I...
  10. Cutting down on visits

    Today starts the last 5 weeks of school and by now I know which students come in for minor and unnecessary issues. I send back a FF that did not have fever with stomachache-he thinks it was his...
  11. pencil lead

    Thanks for the replies, did not know it would leave a permanent stain , never had that happen to me. I didn't think i could do much for it other than wash it with soap and water. It's my second year...
  12. pencil lead

    What do you when a student accidentally stabs with pencil lead? I know pencil doesn't have actually have lead, its graphite and harmless. A student came in with a note from the teacher asking if i...
  13. Bausch & Lomb lubricant drops, they are the only district approved eye
  14. Thanks for your reply and recommendations. Pink eye is really hard to assess to me, especially as a fairly new school nurse. I don't know what to believe sometimes. My school is a title 1;it's in a...
  15. So this is the story, on Tuesday at 0735am a 4th grader is sent to the clinic for a left pink eye where there is very small amount of yellow eye discharge, it looked like she didn't wash her face. I...