DEgalRN

DEgalRN

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  1. Mental Health Day

    DEgalRN replied to jhlpn's topic in School

    Almost Friday! We can make it! I sent 3 home today, but we've had a crazy week in general (glad we have our counselor, even

  2. Policing Parents and illness

    DEgalRN replied to rbytsdy's topic in School

    I like the intent but not the implementation. I had to send a student home 2 days in a row because she had a long lasting stomach bug. In her case, she should have stayed home until 24 vomit free....

  3. "I want to go home" Story Time

    DEgalRN replied to DEgalRN's topic in School

    Cell phones aren't allowed, but that doesn't stop the kids from using them. I like having them because parents will pick up for the kids/answer a text more than they will for me sometimes. But they...

  4. Recent student deaths are getting to me

    DEgalRN replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    That's so, so sad. I can't imagine the pain and grief for everyone involved. All our staff are CPR certified, and we have 4 AEDs located throughout our very small school. They are the "follow the...

  5. Are you kidding me?!

    DEgalRN replied to zombieghoast's topic in School

    Woah, that's crazy. I'm assuming you'll get to evaluate him at the end of the 6 weeks. When I did my public health rotation, I was in a middle school and did a lesson on the 5-2-1-almost none to...

  6. Tips for school nurse at high school?

    DEgalRN replied to Cherish0708's topic in School

    Make friends with the support staff (though that goes for any grades!). I had no idea what the policies for certain things are, and they all know! For students who drive themselves, I must talk to...

  7. minor complaints

    DEgalRN replied to Flare's topic in School

    I had a student who "felt hot" yesterday 20 minutes before the bell rang. The teacher said she felt his forehead and he did feel hot. I rarely shake my head at my teachers, but I really just had to...

  8. School Nurse Lifehacks!

    DEgalRN replied to SnowyJ's topic in School

    I love this idea. I'm absolutely going to start using

  9. Monday morning urgent care..

    DEgalRN replied to Bevp's topic in School

    Also, I believe you mean plain old urgent care, and not Monday morning based on my experience so

  10. Monday morning urgent care..

    DEgalRN replied to Bevp's topic in School

    I had the student who came in and said, "My mom wants you to look at my throat and tell me if I need to see a doctor." My response to 99% of my students, is yes, you have a complaint, you should see...

  11. New school Nurse, Struggling!!

    DEgalRN replied to KSM-RN's topic in School

    I'm sorry you're struggling. School nursing is a huge change from where you were at. And there's a huge learning curve, too. Depending on your school you may have nothing in place to really help...

  12. Policing Parents and illness

    DEgalRN replied to rbytsdy's topic in School

    I just do my regular assessment. Like OldDude said, if I've never seen them before or only once or twice, I may give it a little more weight. But, if it didn't happen here, I have no way to assess...

  13. Head Injury

    DEgalRN replied to frangipanni's topic in School

    We have no written policy right now. It's incredibly frustrating. I'm working on one based on other ones I've found, and my goal is to have it implemented after being review by basically who ever...

  14. Nurses: How far is your commute?

    DEgalRN replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    M-F 7AM-3PM, about 22 miles and 25 minutes (but only for 9 months of the year ) Previously I had a 40 minute commute and did the standard 12 hour

  15. Abbreviation Help

    DEgalRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering if someone can help me figure out what an abbreviation means. The phrase is "Please administer 'medication' Ti (or a pi symbol that may or may not have 2 dots above it, I can't tell...

  16. Last day at my school

    DEgalRN replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Good luck and

  17. Counselor, too?

    DEgalRN replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    Thank you. I'll check out that site. I also ordered Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools from SAMHSA which is really informational. I honestly had no idea what I was getting into in terms...

  18. TB question

    DEgalRN replied to tiny_dancer's topic in General Nursing

    TB is such a weird disease. One you have a positive TST you always have a positive TST even after being treated for LTBI or active TB. The BCG vaccine can cause false positive skin reactions, but...

  19. High School Head Injuries

    DEgalRN replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in School

    I don't call home for every head injury, but for the vast majority of them I do. For other injuries, it depends on the severity/how the student is acting. I only do accident reports for accidents...

  20. Abbreviation Help

    DEgalRN replied to DEgalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! That makes a lot of sense in this context! I'll still be waiting on that call back, but my curiosity has be

  21. Free epi pens and locker

    DEgalRN replied to tonih79's topic in School

    Free here too. It's a great

  22. MacGill is now selling the most important item!

    DEgalRN replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    Amazing!

  23. Charting!!??

    DEgalRN replied to jhlpn's topic in School

    "Fancy" computer charting. But it's not a great

  24. School nurses - thoughts on this?

    DEgalRN replied to BeachsideRN's topic in School

    Generally the teachers call me for everything. In an emergent situation it changes only if I don't answer the phone, since they'll find me on my walkie or page me overhead. They won't do that for...

  25. School nurses - thoughts on this?

    DEgalRN replied to BeachsideRN's topic in School

    I was actually having a conversation about the article you posted yesterday. Regardless of my personal feelings on the actions of the school and the students, the school does have to follow their...