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  1. Tummy Ache ideas??!?!?

    blackscrubs posted a topic in School

    OK guys! I need some help form the veteran school nurses. The majority of my kids that come in are complaining of a tummy ache. My rule is: If you vomit, I have to see it. If you flush, it doesn't...

  2. Becoming a flight nurse?

    blackscrubs posted a topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I am a registered nurse, and someday would LOVE to become a flight nurse. Where do you even begin to make that happen? I am sure there is more schooling, but what all does it

  3. I JUST NEED TO VENT!!!

    blackscrubs posted a topic in School

    OK...I am not trying to sound whiny...but OMG! If I see one more kid sent to me for NOTHING I am going to scream! lol I think teachers sometimes think that school nurses have no other responsiblities...

  4. AED

    blackscrubs replied to momnurse23's topic in School

    Yes! Mine is located by our front doors. We also have on in the

  5. What could be wrong??

    blackscrubs posted a topic in Cardiac

    Ok fellow nurses, I need you to help me out! My brother is 19 and very healthy male. Not overweight, doesn't drink or smoke. He does dip, though. Back in February, he had episodes of blurred vision,...

  6. WHAT COULD BE WRONG???

    blackscrubs posted a topic in School

    Ok fellow nurses, I need you to help me out! My brother is 19 and very healthy male. Not overweight, doesn't drink or smoke. He does dip, though. Back in February, he had episodes of blurred vision,...

  7. Help!!!

    blackscrubs posted a topic in School

    Ok school nurses! I need some creative thinking here. I have a 1st grader that was known for coming into the clinic all the time last year (I wasn't here then). Tummy aches, sore throat, stuffy nose,...

  8. Heartbroken

    blackscrubs replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    POOR THING!!! It would be so hard for me not to have a talking to with

  9. "I know what diarrhea is..."

    blackscrubs replied to mustlovepoodles's topic in School

    LOVE IT!!!!! Kids are so funny, but so right sometimes! When you ask what's wrong you better prepare yourself to hear anything from my ear hurts to "I duked my pants!"

  10. Heartbroken

    blackscrubs replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    Oh this breaks my heart! It sickens me when I see bullying, and I may overstep my boundaries...but if I walk by and kids are teasing and the teacher is saying nothing, I step in! My special ed and...

  11. Help!!!

    blackscrubs replied to blackscrubs's topic in School

    I like the teeth one! And the yogurt one! Great suggestions! I have been sending her back to class everytime. I don't call mom with her in here. I don't want her to think that everytime she vomits I...

  12. It's that time again!

    blackscrubs replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    24 for me!!!!!!!

  13. Pregnancy Test????

    blackscrubs posted a topic in School

    All school year long I have been asked to give girls that think they are pregnant, a pregnancy test. I have said from the get go, "absolutely NOT"! I always tell the girl to talk to her mother. I am...

  14. Pregnancy Test????

    blackscrubs replied to blackscrubs's topic in School

    I COMPLETELY AGREE! I have 3 kids of my own. I try to put myself in the shoes of the parent as well as my shoes. If I even think for a second that this may come back and bite me in the rear, I refuse....

  15. Pregnancy Test????

    blackscrubs replied to blackscrubs's topic in School

    I knew you all would back me! It is really a shock when they even ask me to do such a thing. I even had a teacher ask me to explain the abortion process to an 8th grader that was going for one on that...

  16. UGH...

    blackscrubs replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    I have SEVERAL of those!!! lol I refuse to give one teacher anymore health referral slips...I told him he was wasting them! HA! I said the kids he sends to me do not need anything to go home to...

  17. SPINAL SCREENINGS...

    blackscrubs posted a topic in School

    How do you all do your spinal screenings? In the gym, all at one time? My high school principal says that I can either do them during athletics or during a elective class. I can't pull them out of a...

  18. I pulled this out of my head!!!! LOL

    blackscrubs posted a topic in School

    OK. I get a call to come down to middle school to check a boy's head that they think has lice. So when I get down there, he is sitting on the bench holding something in the palm of his hand. I ask him...

  19. SHAC

    blackscrubs posted a topic in School

    I was needing some input from all you school nurses. This is my first year, so I learn everyday. I was wanting more information about SHAC (school health advisory council). I know there has to be four...

  20. STD teaching.

    blackscrubs posted a topic in School

    I want to have an anonymous survey for 7th-12th grades. Appropriate for the ages of course. I want to do a survey about STDs. I want to know if they are sexually active, having unprotected sex...etc....

  21. Weird Requests

    blackscrubs replied to SchoolNurseBSN's topic in School

    I have been asked to zip a 5th graders pants!!! The teacher sent them to me TWICE in the same day.

  22. 5th grade personal hygiene>>>

    blackscrubs posted a topic in School

    Ok, I need some help. My elem. principal is wanting me to talk to the 5th grade classes on personal hygiene. Do any of you have any advice or suggestions. Have any of you ever done anything like

  23. Red Ribbon Week!

    blackscrubs posted a topic in School

    What is everyone doing for Red Ribbon

  24. Need some input!

    blackscrubs posted a topic in School

    Can any of you give me tips on how to get these kids all caught up on immunizations?? I have sent out a letter. I am sending another tomorrow (if I get the ok from the superintindent) that is a little...

  25. Need some input!

    blackscrubs replied to blackscrubs's topic in School

    That would be AWESOME!