lifelearningrn BSN, RN

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    Parents who can't/won't pick up kids

    lifelearningrn replied to mc3's topic in School

    I see this often (especially LICE kiddos). I had one yesterday with a child who had severe pain with sx UTI (that she said she's been telling parent's about for 3 days). Nobody can come pick her up...
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    Parent Faked Order?

    lifelearningrn posted a topic in School

    Good afternoon my SN friends. I'm curious how many of you have issues getting order clarification from MDs (or suspect a parent may have faked orders). Here is the history. I have a 1st grader with a...
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    Parent Faked Order?

    lifelearningrn replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    I have to say I love this forum. I've been on AN since the moment I decided to be a nurse and have been a member of many forums (pre-nursing, nursing school, new grad, hospice, now HERE, which is...
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    Parent Faked Order?

    lifelearningrn replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    Sorry, my license is at risk here, and I have 600 students to care for that also need me. I'm not going to give a medication without proper orders. If you read my post, you would see that the orders...
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    Pooping 1st Grader - UG

    lifelearningrn posted a topic in School

    I have a first grader in my school who is not fully toilet trained! Apparently this has been an issue since PK with this child. Mom doesn't bother to send a spare set of clothes because the child...
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    Pooping 1st Grader - UG

    lifelearningrn replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    Thank you everyone for your thoughts. I am going to implement these ideas Monday. I'm am actually quite shocked that he hasn't been placed in 504 or SPED up until now. He has finally been referred for...
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    Medical Assistant as school nurse

    lifelearningrn replied to smileitout's topic in School

    In many, many states any layperson can be trained (or checked off) to administer medications (including insulin) as well as do many procedures (just like a parent is trained). This is the case in...
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    Vomit Happens

    lifelearningrn replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Wow- a kid can vomit in the classroom and will still get sent back to class if there is no fever and student is feeling better. It takes fever and/or multiple episodes of witnessed vomiting to get a...
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    Teachers and head lice

    lifelearningrn replied to BeckyESRN's topic in School

    Lice are an issue in my school.. and of course, I have the parents that are ON TOP OF IT and those who don't do anything. The ones on top of it blame the school (as if the kids couldn't possibly be...
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    Students without clothing

    lifelearningrn replied to NurseKitKat's topic in School

    We have four full preK classes along with K-5 so accidents are pretty regular at my school. For the most part, the older kids are given clothing, wipes and a bag for their messy clothes and directed...
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    Is NP School as Bad as Undergrad NS?

    lifelearningrn posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    When I say bad, I mean are the teachers still trying to weed you out all the way through the program. Are you still treated like children and stressed to the point of mental illness throughout the...
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    Struggling - its not fair.

    lifelearningrn replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    My heart goes out to her family, friends and community. I'm so sorry for your
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    Lice, I know, old news. But need opinions!

    lifelearningrn replied to Schoolnursesrock1's topic in School

    As long as you're not making head to head contact with anyone, sharing hats, brushes or combs, you probably have nothing to worry
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    Cute things students say.

    lifelearningrn replied to GdBSN's topic in School

    Haha! Love
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    Teacher disciplining student in your office

    lifelearningrn replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    I've seen K teachers get frustrated because they DO give them lots of chances, and the kids go in there and play instead of going to the bathroom, and then BOOM, 20 minutes later they have an...
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    Teachers sending kids late in the day.

    lifelearningrn replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    This irritates me too. I almost always send them back to class- or allow them to rest but I ALWAYS send them on their way at dismissal. If they have a fever (rare), I'll let the parent know (If I can...
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    Frustration with office staff

    lifelearningrn replied to zombieghoast's topic in School

    The is an administrator issue! The principle needs to ASSIGN 2 people as back up that you can train to administer meds in your
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    "No nit"...no more!!!!

    lifelearningrn replied to scrubsrn24's topic in School

    I have teachers that swear they've seen them jump off of one child and onto another.
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    Older student trying to find the right fit

    lifelearningrn replied to supermom44's topic in School

    I'm rarely bored as a school nurse.
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    More Autistic Students

    lifelearningrn replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I certainly don't think this about all the parents... but sadly it is the case with more than one in my school. Especially when they're not shy about stating flat out, "I'm trying to get him SSI so I...
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    More Autistic Students

    lifelearningrn replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I'm seeing kids being placed on the spectrum that I honestly have to question... one thing I've noticed at my school is parents pushing for all kinds of SPED dx that don't seem to fit the student,...
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    My kid is THAT kid

    lifelearningrn replied to odaat's topic in School

    Both of my boys earned "FF" status when they entered Kindergarten as soon as they discovered the joys of getting out of class to visit the sweet school nurse (LOVE HER!). Every day there would be a...
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    Psych me up-- union negotiations!

    lifelearningrn replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    I would like to wish you good luck.. I think you have a good argument already. In our district, we are part of the teacher's union and on a teacher's contract and pay scale (1st year school nurse paid...
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    Babysiting the "problem children"

    lifelearningrn posted a topic in School

    Do any of you have this issue? This is my first year as a school nurse, and I find my clinic is the default dumping ground for the kids that get kicked out of class. In fact, I'm often the one the...
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    Interesting Article

    lifelearningrn replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

    I definitely would like to know if she had an accurate history on him. Further, why on God's green earth would they let their kid play FOOTBALL with this pre-existing condition??? WTH are they...