bell1962

bell1962

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  1. Should I take the Nurse position?

    bell1962 replied to RN_Incredible's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Yes. You can always transfer to med surg later if you want to. But nursing jobs are hard to find, and since you have an interest in psych, go for

  2. New Grad reflections: the pride and pain

    bell1962 replied to scaredsilly's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am an old nurse.. but thank you for sharing.. I bet you helped a lot of new grads... brought back memories for

  3. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    bell1962 replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    Adderall,Ritalin,Vyvanse, clonidine, Tenex... specia lneeds schhol.. autism and severely emotionally

  4. Curious...how many attempts did it take you to pass NCLEX?

    bell1962 replied to klone's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just one, back in the old days, when it was called the

  5. Most Frustrating Thing ?

    bell1962 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    The inability to reach parents as you all stated.. Also parents not following the guidelines for meds in school (Drs Rx, parent's permission, original container,etc.) This is all spelled out in the...

  6. Dr office or school nurse

    bell1962 replied to litebrightgirl's topic in School

    I worked in a doctor's office for 15 yrs and now a school for 13 Yrs. The school schedule is great! But sometimes I miss the drs office. I learned a lot more in the office setting and liked working...

  7. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    bell1962 replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I know this is an old post but I was just reading through. Esme, I am so sorry this happened to your Dad. How terrible they wouldn't listen to

  8. Do Nurses Get Traffic Tickets?

    bell1962 replied to rachelita's topic in General Nursing

    Pulled over once for passing on the right side of a car turning left. Told the cop I was a nurse on my way to do physicals for the fire dept when he asked me. No

  9. School's Out- Yahoo !

    bell1962 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    LAst day 6/25,. Return 9/2. But I am working a 6week program in the

  10. Do You Like Being A School Nurse?

    bell1962 replied to Jules0612's topic in School

    lfulton55 There really is no typical day! Flexibility is really important.. you never know what will happen next. You also need good assessment skills as the kids I work with cannot always articulate...

  11. It's the most wonderful time of the year....

    bell1962 replied to SchoolRNAmy's topic in School

    High schoolers are done Monday...then regents next week. Younger kids and special needs kids got til the 24th. Staff goes til the 25th. Late ending but we don't start up again until after Labor

  12. Restricting PTO requests?!

    bell1962 replied to T-Bird78's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    In school nursing you get the scheduled breaks off, (which I am not complaining about!) but it is really hard to take time off at other times even if you earned it. The only bad thing is all your...

  13. Does anyone drive students home?

    bell1962 replied to Nurse ABC's topic in School

    Nope, for all the reasons listed

  14. Need Advice For My New School Nurse Job

    bell1962 replied to Jules0612's topic in School

    You will be going from an environment filled with "medical" people to an environment where you are the only one! Quite an adjustment, isolating at times. But as a whole the kids are wonderful, the...

  15. Can parents give medically fragile kids meds w/o Dr. order in homecare?

    bell1962 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In NYS a doctor's order is required to give out cough drops to students. Parents , however, can come by the school and administer any meds they want to their

  16. Can a nurse survive on several per diem jobs?

    bell1962 replied to ihatethisjob's topic in General Nursing

    May I ask what type of work you do from home? ..always

  17. Psych nursing is easy

    bell1962 replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

    I give all you psych nurses a lot of credit! I get a little of it in school with our severely emotionally disturbed kids, our day treatment kids, and our kids with severe autism and there is no way I...

  18. What cracked me up today

    bell1962 replied to Flare's topic in School

    A 7 yr old boy just came in, as I was preparing his daily med he stepped on my scale and announced he is 125 gigabytes

  19. Happy School Nurse Day!!!!

    bell1962 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in School

    Thank

  20. an oldie but goodie

    bell1962 replied to amoLucia's topic in General Nursing

    I used to cut Chrisssy's hair thinking she could always grow

  21. Why do parents get mad when you send their kids home???

    bell1962 replied to NurseEllie13's topic in School

    High schooler feels sick and wants to sleep on my cot. Me: why did you come to school if you are sick? kid: so I don't miss classes. Duh .. sleeping in my office = missing

  22. is it nurse's week?

    bell1962 replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing, but I work in a school so the teachers get the

  23. if you hate nursing, what would you rather do instead?

    bell1962 replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

    I don't hate nursing but I would love to own a a little gift shop in a beach town....work there part time and hire people for the other hours. of course I would have to sell a lot of stuff to make...

  24. What's considered "Job-Hopping" in nursing?

    bell1962 replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You are right. Most days anyway

  25. Which specialty would you like to end up in?

    bell1962 replied to baseball mom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    in school wanted L & D/ Postpartum... ended up school nursing.. never know ,I