Alex Egan LPN, EMT-B

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    2013 Camp

    Alex Egan replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

    I've never trained tuition for work so I can't help there. However I agree check the Internet. DO NOT go through an agency. They take your money for no
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    I am confused...

    Alex Egan replied to livtek's topic in Private Duty

    Yep...I have had that knife in my back. Stabbed harder in fact. The truth is you can't understand why people do what they do. Crazy people, or hurt people will lash out in bizarre awful ways. Get your...
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    Weirdest, funniest, grossest male teenager pt. Stories

    Alex Egan replied to Mtb97's topic in Nursing Humor

    I work summers at a camp. Co Ed 7-16 plus counselors 20+. We have observed that two boys in a room will quickly develop bunk funk, to the point we have to air it out after they leave. Girls in the...
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    Is the nurse being taken advantage of, and by whom..

    Alex Egan replied to StinkMomBomb's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    PT, OT, ST regimes are all nursing duties. As is anything you would normally have a CNA for in a facility. Laundry, meal prep, and cleaning are all parts of maintaing a healthy environment. So by...
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    What do you do when you have cancelled shifts?

    Alex Egan replied to tots24's topic in Private Duty

    I would drop this case, generally the only dropped shifts that I will tolerate regularly are when the child is hospitalization. The case wouldn't like you taking personal days with no notice, you...
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    At scene of fatal accident yesterday...

    Alex Egan replied to jamieslovingmom's topic in General Nursing

    General practice Nurses receive next to no emergency training beyond Cpr. They have no training or expearence with the nuances of working at the scene of accidents. It is unrealistic to expect others...
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    background check?

    Alex Egan replied to kristen908's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Spend $10 and find out. You can run a check on yourself using the PSP website.
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    Guys, do you take this personally?

    Alex Egan replied to bethannie's topic in Men in Nursing

    Godwin's law in only eight posts. I will stay away from alagory this time. The dictionary defines discrimination as: treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a...
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    Guys, do you take this personally?

    Alex Egan replied to bethannie's topic in Men in Nursing

    I never stated or suggested that the patents should not be accommodated. I certainly never suggested that patents be forced to have caregivers who they are uncomfortable with. I am simply stating...
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    Guys, do you take this personally?

    Alex Egan replied to bethannie's topic in Men in Nursing

    I don't think my first post gave the right impression. Here's how I feel discrimination in any form is wrong. We may accomodate it, but in the end I resent the general conclusion that gender...
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    Guys, do you take this personally?

    Alex Egan replied to bethannie's topic in Men in Nursing

    Do I take it personally? No. It is anoying, and I do then to resent the implication that I am a dirty minded pervert. I do home care, pediatrics, so my patents generally don't care. However the...
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    How Do I get a Camp job for next summer?

    Alex Egan replied to GoosbyLPN's topic in Camp

    I think some camp directors are completely ignorant of the differance between RN and LPN. I agree with Sue I have never felt restricted in my role as a camp nurse. As a matter of fact the only static...
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    How Do I get a Camp job for next summer?

    Alex Egan replied to GoosbyLPN's topic in Camp

    I got my first job through this website... http://www.campnurse.info/ they wont start posting new jobs until around february or so. I recomend against going through an agency, they take massive fees...
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    How to cope w/ chaos - camp nursing

    Alex Egan replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Camp

    The thing with camp nursing is its more than anyone thinks it is. The motto this year at our healthcenter was "some days you eat the bear, and some days the bear eats you" the one thing that really...
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    Head Lice - Protocol at camp

    Alex Egan replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Camp

    Back to the real world. I have a PDN job most of the year. Camp nursing is a lot of fun. It I don't know if I will be doing it many more years. It doesn't pay the bills or allow for a regular
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    Head Lice - Protocol at camp

    Alex Egan replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Camp

    The perscription comes from the camp doctor. It seemed to work pretty well. Knock on wood...still four days
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    Head Lice - Protocol at camp

    Alex Egan replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Camp

    We use olefcia. A prescription lice treatment on the kids we identify as having lice. We then treat the entire bunk with olive oil and a shower cap overnight. Then we repeat the perscription in one...
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    Very High Fevers

    Alex Egan posted a topic in Camp

    Hay is anyone else seeing extremely high fevers this year? It seems like every child we have in the health center is spiking fevers in the 103-104 range. One kid doing this every so often is not...
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    Very High Fevers

    Alex Egan replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

    It doesn't present as heat stroke at all. The temps respond to Tylenol and Motrin but they spike very high and fast. We do our own blood draw and have the shopper drop it off at the local hospital. We...
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    2012 work thread

    Alex Egan posted a topic in Camp

    Hi all! I thought I would be good to start a thread where you can post who you are and where you will be working in the 2012 season. My hope is to get in touch with other nurses that will be attending...
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    Good camp nurse nicknames?

    Alex Egan replied to CloudySue's topic in Camp

    Nick names can only be given...you can't choose your own. At my camp everyone's job is their last name. So I'm Alex Nurse. A counselor would be Joe CS (cabin specialist) ect. We have some cool...
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    What forms do you use at camp??

    Alex Egan replied to jmsmith5000's topic in Camp

    Your camp should also a form made by a lawyer, authorizing them, and in extension you to act in parentis loco. That way, in an emergency, you can authorize medical treatment without the parents...
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    What forms do you use at camp??

    Alex Egan replied to jmsmith5000's topic in Camp

    Have a demographic form with all the usually stuff. Be sure to have a copy of Insurance cards for each camper, for prescriptions, and outside medical care if needed. Have a form with all the PRN...
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    Multiple nurse schedules

    Alex Egan replied to kampnurse817's topic in Camp

    Question one. How many nurses do you have exactly? Also if you NEED all hands for oth med passes is anyone getting a day off? My camp has six nurses, plus two part timers. So we have a little more...
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    Can an LPN.....?

    Alex Egan replied to KATRN78's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Yes LPNs may change Mickey buttons. I do home care and we do it all the time, both routine and