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I couldn't find a nursery forum so I posted this here and the NICU forum. Hello all I need some advice. I have been a NICU nurse for the past 7 years. 4 years I worked full time in a small level 3 and level 2 NICU and then 3 part time agency work. I ...

Hello all I need some advice. I have been a NICU nurse for the past 7 years. 4 years I worked full time in a small level 3 and level 2 NICU and then 3 part time agency work. I decided to go back to the hospital full time and went back to the hospi...

I agree 100 percent. I know both specialties work very hard having done both. For us the incidents are not isolated it's every time I or anyone else walks through the doors. The past few times for me I have not even gotten report when I get commen...

I agree with all that was said---i feel I have a GREAT relationship with the students---i am very nice to all of them but do not coddle and am very firm about who I send home--you have to be that way or you WILL get walked all over!! esp in junior/h...

that' not very nice---they aren't losers they just have a different job with different benefits to them...sounds like to me you are looking down on them for choosing a job with shift work as well.......we should as nurses and people respect eachother...

yeah i am not sure what the point of the contract is....i have seen nurses teachers and para's quit mid year,quit mid semester, quit at beginning of school year!! No penalty was ever mentioned!

Problem is you can't force them to medicate her........so do what you can........

I subbed for a year before I became a school nurse and I think you get a very good picture of what life as a school nurse is like. (try it more than one day though.....you may have subbed on a busy day) That being said I am leaving this year becaus...

i got a really cute crystal heart key chain from hallmark store that you could put little charms in and she put nurse's charms--that was probably my favorite sentimental gift--i also call my self a "soap snob" so I just loooove to get antibacterial s...

I have gotten a small token each year from my principal/or staff--not big kudos but enough--I will tell you though my children's school nurses are remembered by me!! :)

Got a job offer this week!! Woohoo!! pulmonary/endocrine floor at awesome children's hospital. I have to work nights for the first time ever!!--i have 4 years of NICU experience (days) and have been a school nurse for the past 3 years. In theory i ...

I feel your pain--i had a previous thread with your same issues. This is my third year--2nd school--from elementary to junior high. i have 700 students i see 20-30 a day--I have one diabetic and 7 students with medication--i am up to date on ALL my...

Curious what different specialties are on this forum? I applied at the biggest/best Children's Hospital in my city (maybe even state)--it can be difficult to get your foot in the door. I got an interview for a renal unit and pulmonary unit--both so...

i love wearing scrubs!! I am a jeans and t-shirts kinda gal so the more comfy i can be at work the better!! :)

I have been a school nurse for 3 years now--i moved from elementary to junior high this year and I really don't like it. Before being a school nurse i was a NICU nurse and very proud to be. If people asked me did i like my job my response used to b...

Go ahead and go to fair but the best way to get your foot in the door is to substitute for the nurses--they are the best reference afterall!!

i have called CPS before re a student with CHRONIC head lice and also missed a week of school because mom didn't feel like treating it and they told me it was a truency issue and wouldn't do anything

My funniest visit of today was "burning nostrils" any one else have a visit that has made them smile??

I have a recent trend in JUNIOR HIGH of students who think they are pregnant. Most of the time they are sent to me so i can talk to them. Problem is i don't know what to say! I live in Texas where they teach abstinence only education but I have ne...

just have to say---just because you ask a parent to provide clothes doesn't mean they do--in fact in my experience normally doesn't happen--what seems like a simple solution may not in reality work! this forum is a place where school nurses can shar...

Teachers--do not send a student to the nurses office 15 minutes or less before the end of the day unless it is a true emergency--they have made it this long they can make it a few more minutes! Teachers--do not send students to the nurses office with...

800 students 6-8th grade i see between 20-30 a day--i have one diabetic and pass 4 meds--2 in morning 2 at lunch

Some districts require a bachelor's degree others do not--you will need to find that out first. If they don't require bachelors egrees you should SUB SUB SUB for the school nurses in the district you want to work. It is how I got my job and I know m...

This is a very thankless job--it is one of the reasons I am leaving. The only time I hear from a parent is when they are angry and when teachers send students to my office and don't like my evaluation they are all of a sudden experts!! Know that all...

we have an electronic system that is great but before this I used excel log sheet to file visits--much faster than paper and if you need all of one students visits you can sort by alpha and there you go!!