BettyGirard

BettyGirard BSN

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  1. Wearing hoods inside your building.

    BettyGirard replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Yeah, around here girls are in short skirts and boys in shorts well into the freezing temperatures. Our building also tends to get heavily air conditioned even in the warmer weather. I tell kids...

  2. Wearing hoods inside your building.

    BettyGirard replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    No hats or hoods during class

  3. How many "school sleeps" until Holiday break?

    BettyGirard replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    We get out Friday. For the first time since they started the policy we've got an LPN to remove the catheters for the break. I can't believe I volunteered to stay and help her, but Trini says it's...

  4. Do you keep clinic door open?

    BettyGirard replied to SmileNNod's topic in School

    Mine is closed but not locked. There's a sign that says "Come In" on it. It just gets way too noisy given where I'm located (not to mention blasts of cold air as one of the main building...

  5. dread this day

    BettyGirard replied to palli's topic in School

    Not too bad for me either (though high schoolers are typically not trick or treaters in the major sense). I'm also happy they hired an LPN to pull caths for this weekend so I don't have to stay and...

  6. What tricks do you have for nausea?

    BettyGirard replied to tining's topic in School

    I'm serious, and stop calling me

  7. What tricks do you have for nausea?

    BettyGirard replied to tining's topic in School

    I guess I picked the wrong week to give up sniffing alcohol

  8. Vaping

    BettyGirard replied to JenTheSchoolRN's topic in School

    The scary part is all the uncontrolled gunk in the THC blends that is tearing up people's

  9. PreK Potty Problems!

    BettyGirard replied to guest83140's topic in School

    We don't have any "regular ed" preK. We start with K in our district. The PreK's that are in the buildings are all special needs and the district provides a low level aide (we call the attendants)...

  10. Recess/Gym Restrictions - Where do your students go?

    BettyGirard replied to k1p1ssk's topic in School

    Yep, no recess here (high school). I don't really handle temporary gym excuses, that's entirely with the PE teachers and they park the kids somewhere in their domain. If it's a long term thing,...

  11. How many?

    BettyGirard replied to JustRNingAlong's topic in School

    One school, 2400 students. Just me in the clinic. Have an itinerant nurse who works for the exceptional students (special ed) about half time. And this year we have an LPN in the main office...

  12. New school nurse- not sure if I like it. Help!

    BettyGirard replied to RNashley86's topic in School

    I agree with nursy. If it's serious, call 911. There's a limit to what you can do with your meager clinic capabilities. We don't even have what comes on a BLS ambulance, let alone

  13. Students injected with wrong item

    BettyGirard replied to aprilmoss's topic in School

    Of course, the diabetics won't fare well given TB derivative rather than their insulin,

  14. Vaping

    BettyGirard replied to JenTheSchoolRN's topic in School

    one doctor on NPR basically said smoke/eat the flower instead. I'm pretty sure this is the CDC's current recommendation. Nobody knows quite what is causing the lung injuries on the vaping, but...

  15. Transition to school nurse

    BettyGirard replied to UpliftingRN's topic in School

    The paperwork is different for sure. Rather than your typical hospital charting (I was ER nurse many years ago before I switched to this). But you get used to it in a hurry. Fortunately, our...

  16. Vaping

    BettyGirard replied to JenTheSchoolRN's topic in School

    There was just some report that nearly all the THC-laden vape juices have cyanide precursors in them. Still, it's not advisable that students vape even if it were a perfectly safe nicotine delivery...

  17. School Nurse Mentoring Program?

    BettyGirard replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Officially, we don't. Our supervisor nurse does tend to spend a lot of time with the new ones making sure they are set. When we brought on Trini this year in her role, I spend a reasonable amount...

  18. what is your process for sharing medical records to parents

    BettyGirard replied to Nurse2Kids's topic in School

    It's illegal under FERPA to deny the parents the information. Once we've verified we're talking to the parent (and it's not limited to the custodial one), we're not allowed to throw up more...

  19. High School Sports Physicals

    BettyGirard replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    I'm not involved at our school. The forms gets submitted to the athletic directors office and I presume get stored in his files. I think he gets audited by the intermural league

  20. Removing Foley’s on intubated patients

    BettyGirard replied to righteousjenn's topic in Critical Care

    I'm not sure why one has to do with the other. Intubation isn't related to urinary issues. While the need for an indwelling cathter indeed should be revisited from time to time, I'm not sure why...

  21. prn to scheduled

    BettyGirard replied to Flare's topic in School

    Any change in dosage requires it for us. It's a completely different thing to give meds to an asymptomatic child when the order says PRN is not something I'd do on a parent's say-so

  22. Should I report this?

    BettyGirard replied to Mavnurse17's topic in School

    We all typically have two masters: the medical chain of command (your supervisor and often a physician who set up the school programs), as well as the building administration. You do have to...

  23. How common are Latex foleys these days?

    BettyGirard replied to InACedarGrove's topic in General Nursing

    We use silicone-silver coated foleys here. Just easier. We don't use enough of them that cost is an issue. I don't know if we have any kids with latex allergies that need them but it's easier...

  24. Diabetes Question

    BettyGirard replied to JenTheSchoolRN's topic in School

    How do you do variable insulin dosages without understanding what the child is consuming? I've had diabetics at all grade levels, and while perhaps you didn't "count" carbs, you needed to track what...

  25. TB Assessment Form

    BettyGirard replied to Jcat117's topic in School

    This is something the district (or above) should have a policy on. We had a number of TB cases in various districts in our state over the past years, so everybody gets tested periodically....