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In my current facility we take 3 couplets. This is manageable when we have 3 healthy couplets, but this is never usually the case. We have sick Mom's down here with high BPs, drug use, scant prenatal care etc etc. Subsequently our babies are SGA, LGA, GDM and req blood sugars, we give IV abx amp/gent to newborns on our PP floor that were exposed to GBS and mom not covered. We have no techs, no lactation at night and we are responsible for all Mom and infant care, VS, baby baths, hearing screens, 24 hr testing, CBC/bilis etc etc. Also, my floor take GYN surgeries and sometimes you can have a mixed group. So to be fair, it really depends on your population and what the RN is responsible for. When I lived in CA, we had 4 couplets and it was a whole different ball game with techs, hearing screens were outsourced, labs came and did our blood work and PKUs too. Find out what these PP/Mother-Baby nurses do and consider the question again.

Thank you for your perspective on home visits. I did interview yesterday and got a lot of good information about the program from the field staff. It is very successful in my area. I can definitely see the benefits and obstacles moving forward.

Thank you for the helpful feedback.

Has anybody made a hospital move (from LD PP, Nursery etc) to NFP? I am interested on hearing about your transition and if you like the program. How about personal safety and job satisfaction? Appreciate any feedback. Thanks

Has anybody made a hospital move (from LD PP etc) to NFP? I am interested on hearing about your transition and if you liked the program. How about personal safety and job satisfaction? Appreciate any feedback. Thanks

I only stayed as a school nurse for 1 year. I went back to the hospital setting. I got an MSN in Nursing Education and teach adjunct in a BSN program. Later on, I will try to teach full-time and get my summers that way :-)

I purchased: AWHONN Perinatal Nursing IBSN 978-160913-622-2 and CCPR workbook (Maternal Newborn Nursing) Good luck. :-)

I am looking for any good resource tips/ and recent personal experience for RNC-MNN specifically. I am only finding old threads on allnurses and am looking for something more current. I have all the info on how to register with NCC etc, so I am more looking for any suggestions for study (resources, length of time to etc). I am very experienced and will be studying alone and cannot attend a review course at this time. Suggestions? Thank you

I have worked all over the USA in Mother/Baby and in NBN and have only seen Male RNs in NICU or NBN. Good Luck :-)

Yes, I have a passport and NI number. All my family is there; I married an American and am US trained. Just something to ponder with my parents getting older...not a process I would really like to endure with NMC. Thanks

I wonder how it would work for me. I have a BSN, but I have a British passport and still a UK subject. I know I'd need to go through the the nursing council but I wouldn't need a permit visa. Do you think this would improve my chance?

I tried so hard with school nursing and moved on....it really wasn't for me. Perhaps it is the area I live in, but I found it just wasn't a good fit. My husband is a teacher and really wanted to get on his schedule and take the summers off. Not for me. I just completed my fist semester of MSN program in Nursing education and going to try the teacher gig :-) I used NASN and did the free CEUs and learned by the seat of my pants. Good luck!! https://www.nasn.org/RoleCareer/PlanningaCareerinSchoolNursing

Entonox is still a popular pain relief choice in England...midwifes still provide home births and delivery in the hospital environments. Women usually just see a Dr AKA consultant for complications. My sister had a water birth and was still allowed to use Entonox in the bath!!

I am new to school nursing and today is my last day. I lasted 1 year. It has been tough and I can identify with many of your above comments. I miss working with medical people and people who share a common goal. I hope you find your niche....hang in there and give it time. It does get better, but in the end you must enjoy your job to be happy professionally! Good luck!

It will be difficult to keep a fulltime job, active social and family life once accepted into nursing school. Try your best in the pre-req to get good grades as nursing school admission can be very competitive depending on where you apply. Something has to give...it is hard to balance everything and be a fulltime student. I have never been a MA, but an RN has a very diffferent scope of practice with the need to use good critical thinking skills. Graduate nursing shool and then worry about getting into your chosen speciality area. You may find another path/love while going through the program. Good luck!!

All visitors must be buzzed in and sign in etc. After our meeting before break, our prinicpal decided all doors that are on the hallways must remain locked at all times. Classrooms did this anyway, but not my clinic. So now even my clinic has to be locked from the hallway entrance. I am glad they are trying to improve safety etc, but it so annoying for me. I am interupted constantly to open the door ugh!

LOL at the vision of your husband using Listerine.....Coxsackie is awful though, my daughter had it! Thanks for sharing :-)

Oh what a gross week....flu like SSX, vomiting, pooping, high fevers, sending kids home left and right! I have been a nurse a good while and worked around all kind of "grossness"! I NEVER get sick (even from my own 2 little ones), so I am shocked to say my school kids TOOK ME DOWN :-) I got a horrible cold and had to miss a day...then began the RASH....a small circular thingi where I thought perhaps I had ringworm...so itchy! Then it began to spread...all over my trunk. I was freaked out and saw my primary doc (he had no clue)! Prednisone and some H2 blockers! I stopped the prednisone and then it exploded. Long story short I have a lovely viral rash pityrasis rosea! Prednisone made it worse hence the explosion (per the derm), but tell me...what's the worse thing you have gotten from your students???? (I have to blame my students for this lol!!!!!)

I spoke with the Ped/Dr yesterday and he wants to see them both in his office Monday morning. He told me that Mom has called in for refill on the Flovent recently. He is going to re-eval and ref out to pulm as needed. We have a sit down meeting next week scheduled with teacher/principal/parent/nurse. My boss is attending too, so hopefully this gets resolved. If it all doesn't fall into place next week.....I agree, it has gone too far!! THANKS ALL!

I spoke with the Mom again today and she promised me they were both taking Flovent and little one on Zyrtec. She says she will get them into the Asthma and Allergy clinic for further eval :-/ I have the 2 grade teacher approaching the principal to see if we can schedule a meeting to all sit down together. Maybe if it comes from a teacher from an educational standpoint (missing class, poor learning environment etc etc) she may sit up and listen. Mom knows I will call 911 in a heartbeat, but she won't be paying the bill....! Thanks for your input!

I have 2 siblings in my school that have asthma. Both kids have albuterol nebulizers at school and are suppose to take Flovent at home. The 6 grade child seems to be the kid that makes sure he gets his meds and also his 2 grade brother. They started on Flovent daily at home after I hounded the parent daily to take to the ped again. I asked the ped to give me the order for Flovent and I will give at school. Mom refused...also I have the problem of the weekend and sending inhalers back and forth. I am only at school 3 days a week too. Both kids are always sick. I don't think they take their Flovent consistently. I am so unsure what to do. I see them 2-3 times a week and will give them a neb tx for wheezing or chest tightness. Often the neb helps...sometimes I send home if I can reach the parent if wheezing persists. Mother is hard to get a hold of and I have asked her to get a ref to the asthma clinic (they have medicaid). These kids stress me so much. I worry about them having a severe asthma attack during PE or recess. My principal sucks really and have asked for help, but she "will always get back to me later." Does anyone have have experience with kids like this? Parents like this? Principals like this :-)?

I can identify with many of the above comments, also the lack of understanding of what the role of the school nurse is by teachers/staff. I am in a poor, rural area and many kids are underserved in many ways. It is a sad situation many days and I feel like it is hard to make a difference. Also, I worked in a hospital for many years and ran like a crazy person all shift, all over the place. Now I find I run like a crazy person in a 12x12 office space...a little lonely and isolating!!

I can identify; yesterday was awful for me too. There are no pleasing some parents and we just have to try our best with the knowledge we have. YAY for teacher work day tomorrow...student free clinic may mean something gets done :-)

@ FMF Corpsman thank you for your service. I can certainly appreciate Corpsmen and all they do. My husband is AD USMC and been in over 20 years. He has been to Iraq and done overseas tours. I had 2 children in the Naval Hospital at Camp Pendleton. I get my healthcare at a Naval MTF to this day. So I have seen Corpsmen in action in clinics and hospitals etc :-) My husband will retire in 7 months and is working on his Masters to teach high school (uggghh-gag). I expect his military service to be taken into account as life experience, but he cannot easily transition into his new role without further education and training. Corpsman are highly respected and should be respected in civilian healthcare too, but some bridge program or transitional training should be done before being able to sit the NCLEX-RN.

"Corpse"man (aka corpsman to the rest of the population, other than the Pres) should be given some credit for the medical training, but sorry, everyone that wants to take the NCLEX-RN should be held to the same standard....college level math, English, A&P, Micro, Chemistry! Not to mention learning the nursing process and application. You don't get that on the field. You also don't get public health component, peds, LTC...etc etc.