KKEGS

KKEGS MSN, RN

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  1. Always the last to know!!

    Yep. Happens all the
  2. School Nurse is a Lonely job

    This is my first year as a school nurse too after nearly 3 years in NICU. I am often very lonely as well. I really miss being physically surrounded by other nurses. More than I thought I would. I'm...
  3. Actually it's really not that mysterious. Got to pull my first foreign object out of a kid's ear.
  4. The strangest things can set off those darn rashes. I used to work with a couple of RNs who could not work in our Level II NICU (which was separate from our Level III unit) because they'd break out...
  5. Extraction!

    Just extracted a pinkie finger from a metal ring that attaches the tennis net to the support pole. Never a dull moment at the middle school. Good thing I brought lots of vaseline and an ice
  6. Guess where I found a tiny piece of cardboard?!?

    Loving these stories of random objects pulled out of random places!
  7. allready ready to quit?

    Oh boy does this post resonate with me!!! I have also wanted to quit and go back to my hospital job multiple times. This is my first year doing school nursing. I do not feel like a nurse most of...
  8. Had a situation today that's making me feel like crap. Like I dropped the ball. The mother of a new student at my middle school called the principal very upset that she was not notified that her...
  9. Guess where I found a tiny piece of cardboard?!?

    I could see it so I nudged it forward with a Q tip and pulled it out with a tweezers. If it had been farther in I would have said, "No
  10. What illnesses are you seeing already?

    Strep, pneumonia,
  11. First Quarter

    I totally asked my health aide today, "Is it summer break yet?" Crazy morning excluding kids from school because their vaccinations are not up to date. Grrrrr. Not my favorite day
  12. EPIC FAIL

    It's makes for a great story from the
  13. Happy Weekend School Nurse People !

    Our Fall Break is always a couple of days in October so that the teachers can go to some big conference that the Minnesota Education Association (MEA) does every year. For non teachers like me it...
  14. Happy Weekend School Nurse People !

    Our Fall Break is next week and I'm so
  15. Vision Screenings...

    are killing me! Following our health department's instructions is very confusing! Does anyone know of a good resource to explain what the results mean?!? I have read and read and read the newest...
  16. Happy Weekend School Nurse People !

    I am soooo ready for the weekend! This has been such a busy week with hearing and vision screenings, calling a bajillion parents and clinics for shot records before we start excluding kids on Monday...
  17. Anaphylaxis and OHCA drills

    We don't but I think it's a great idea! Hopefully someone has some good resources for
  18. Teaching classes

    I am a new school nurse too. Left 3 years at a hospital. I guess it probably differs from school to school or district to district. I don't teach whole classrooms. Typically I do just in time...
  19. may have been 20 minutes late to preschool...

    Good job mom! And congratulations on your newest bundle of
  20. There is a teacher at my middle school who I already kinda don't enjoy too much. I was eating my lunch in the teacher's lounge last week. A rare treat since I usually work through lunch. I'm eating...
  21. Things that make me grumpy

    Yes!!! When parents are nurses and try to get away with stuff! Like sending me unlabeled meds. You know darn well I can't possibly do my 6 rights of medication administration with a baggie of...
  22. Anyone work in two different buildings?

    I travel between an elementary school (my favorite!!!!) and a middle school. I do 7:30 until 12:15 at the middle school and 12:30 until 4 at my elementary school. I did not have a say in the matter....
  23. I thought of a couple more! Also know your district's policy regarding when to exclude kids and when not to. For example know if your district excludes for lice or pink eye. This differs from...
  24. Things that make me grumpy

    Hmmmm. Let's see. Right now it's parents ignoring emails, phone calls, and TWO letters sent home regarding noncomplicance with immunizations. Our deadline is THIS Friday and now they are calling me...
  25. Diabetes

    Here's what we do in our district. Our cafeteria provides carb count with all meals. We get a monthly menu with carb information that we hang on a cabinet in our health office. Our older diabetic...