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  1. PRN ideas for sub nurse

    katynurs22 posted a topic in School

    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

    katynurs22 replied to Corey Narry's topic in Critical Care

    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."

    katynurs22 replied to rumwynnieRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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

    katynurs22 posted a topic in Pediatric

    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...

  5. thinking about going into pediatrics

    katynurs22 replied to katynurs22's topic in Pediatric

    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...

  6. Could I work in a laboratory with a nursing degree?

    katynurs22 replied to Tali_'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    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....

  7. Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    katynurs22 replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  8. Grrrrr.....

    katynurs22 replied to Morganalefey's topic in School

    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...

  9. I need your advice! bedside or non-bedside?

    katynurs22 replied to jfj0710's topic in Medical-Surgical

    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...

  10. Cutting down on visits

    katynurs22 posted a topic in School

    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

    katynurs22 posted a topic in School

    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...

  12. pencil lead

    katynurs22 replied to katynurs22's topic in School

    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...

  13. What do you do when parent refuses to pick up student for a pink eye?

    katynurs22 posted a topic in School

    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...

  14. What do you do when parent refuses to pick up student for a pink eye?

    katynurs22 replied to katynurs22's topic in School

    Bausch & Lomb lubricant drops, they are the only district approved eye

  15. What do you do when parent refuses to pick up student for a pink eye?

    katynurs22 replied to katynurs22's topic in School

    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...

  16. districts cut RNs

    katynurs22 posted a topic in School

    Do any of you work for districts where RN's were cut to save money? I work at a district where only RNs with a BSN are hired and I am so lucky that our district decided not to cut any nurses for next...

  17. Testing Madness

    katynurs22 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    That's crazy. It doesn't make sense, if they aren't feeling their best, their scores could reflect

  18. Testing Madness

    katynurs22 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    This reminds me, on another test day, there was a student who had suspected pink eye (without eye discharge) and he was brought to the clinic about halfway thru his test. The principal was notified...

  19. I got a surprise this morning....

    katynurs22 replied to LACA's topic in School

    Working in the hospital while pregnant is risky too. Here in the clinic like mustlovepoodles said, kids don't know personal space. And yes my office is enclosed but I keep the door open. If teachers...

  20. Testing Madness

    katynurs22 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    I agree, in my case, there's a lot of test anxiety and they are brought in for nausea, stomachache, and headaches. I had one that who complained of stomachache during the test, I did my...

  21. I got a surprise this morning....

    katynurs22 replied to LACA's topic in School

    I just found out 2 weeks ago that I'm pregnant, I have my first appointmen in 1 week but I've had 4 positive tests. Anyway I'm really worried about protecting myself from all these kiddos. I've put a...

  22. Should I talk to principal about this? (long note)

    katynurs22 posted a topic in School

    There is a kindergarten teacher that in my opinion lacks patience with her students. She has a male student in her classroom that frequently soils his underwear (possible encopresis, he has all the...

  23. How busy are you?

    katynurs22 replied to ColleenJune's topic in School

    1.elementary (k-5) 2.almost 700 students- we also have 1 life skills class and 2 units for autism (behavioral units) 3. On a slow day 15-18 per day, most days 22, my busiest so far was 42 . 4. no...

  24. mom upset about asthma

    katynurs22 replied to katynurs22's topic in School

    Update on what happened: We had a meeting with mom (principal, asst principal, classroom teacher and I). It went well, mom was cooperative, principals expressed their concern about academic progress...

  25. mom upset about asthma

    katynurs22 posted a topic in School

    I'm new to this school and I was warned about this mother. She has a student who has permission to carry inhaler with her(5th grader), but last week, the student came in to clinic because she was in...