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Has anyone ever tried Cherokee Statement scrubs? Thoughts?

Yes, you need at least one year of experience first. No, it’s not hard being the only medical one, you just wish you had help when it gets busy bc these days kids love going to the nurse instead of being in class and go for any reason. You will also fight or bump heads with school officials bc you put health first (sending kids with head injuries or supposed concussions home) or sending kids back to class Bc there’s nothing wrong with them but the school doesn’t want to hear rich parents complain. You can go through it all and it doesn’t pay much. Many times people don’t think school nurses are real nurses. Too many attitudes to deal with.

Seafoam green when I was a health program as a student before.

I like Jaanuu, I wear a 34G and a medium shirt fits. They're shaped to our frame, so they don't hang like tents. I also wear a medium tall size pant. I'm 5'9 and a size 8

I wear my watch like a watch ad only use Siri when I'm not in my facility. I stopped using the magnetic bands bc I kept getting stuck to equipment, lol

I love 12hr shifts. After 3 days, LEAVE ME ALONE!!! Many places are only open during business ghours which means that I would never be able to make my own appts. Also, on my 4 days off, I'm sleep and in the gym, after 8hr shifts and traveling, I'm too tired to go workout. I hate working 5 days a week.

Don't do that. At my last job, my coworker took my check and opened it, after that, she always had an attitude and started lying on e to get me fired. New nurse, more education, made more money than her being there for almost 20yrs. She wasn't feeling that one bit

I'm going to look in to getting one now

How do you like Benefit scrubs? I have a stethescope case from Pod Technical Specialist Case for my Master Cardiology and bought my ex one for his Cardiology IV. I'd get a pulse oximeter for the finger that you can put in your pocket and I guess carry the same sphygmomanometer from nursing school. I know my school had us buy them with our nursing kits when we started. Get a nice size tote to put it all in, but carry your stethoscope around your neck during work.

Honestly, they're the number one nursing shoes but most nurses I've spoken to ever since nursing school hate them. They all say that they hurt. We wear sneakers and I swear by my Adidas Pure and Ultra Boost sneakers. I own about 4 pairs. One to workout in, an all black and a pair to match my scrubs and one for just plain use. I'm also in the ED, we all wear sneakers down here. Upstairs in the other departments, nurses claim their feet hurt. We work too long to have that problem throughout our shifts

I like Footloose and Laite Hebe compression socks, I get mine from Amazon. I find it easier to search for navy blue socks to match my scrubs there. For NYC winter's I like MIXSNOW's socks, also found on Amazon

Thanks, I'll look into it for my days off. I'd take them over SK any day. I do NYC school nursing on my days off now and am growing tired of it, I need to change.

I love them, the only brand I wear. I'm 5'9

All nurses and doctors I know have Apple watches. We endorse Apple and Contigo thermoses, lol

I'm a NYC ER nurse but temp as a school nurse on my off days. I hate the school I'm writing this from now. One of the bad things about school nursing is not the kids (not so much) but the administration. I hate the principal and her office staff. They're helpless with basic office supplies and common things like soap, paper towels, and printer paper. The people that work for Office of School Health sometimes arentr that much better either. The school I'm at has the neediest kids ever, for no reason. I only have 1 kid that I needed to see daily, otherwise, know the rest by name bc I see them every day for a headache, stomachache or got hit in the head with a basketball. These kids don't want to go to class and the teachers bend over backward for them so they don't get sued or just to get the kid out of their face. We can't use alcohol wipes, purell, peroxide, that exam table/bed, I can't give anything besides water and bandaids unless your doctor told me too. I've seen countless kids this past summer for mosquito bites. There's no reason for this. hat's why people hate it and no, you don't get paid well. They seem to think it's an easy sit-down job. Also, if you're out and have another nurse come in for you, they will steal your office and medical equipment. Ice packs, band-aids, gauze, ice trays, thermometers, penlights etc. It's also razy that you asked about turnover, yes it's high bc of all the nonsense we put up with but as for burnout, I've never been so tired from not doing much as compared to the ER. I'd rather be in the ER any day of the week. You don't get burned out, but it's just that frustrating. Horrible staff attitudes, no cooperation, over privileged kids that over-exaggerate everything and no supplies. Are you sure that you want this job?