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  1. Hours days and pay

    guest464345 replied to heygurlhey007's topic in School

    I work same schedule as the teachers (187 duty days I think), 7:30-3:30 with a 40 minute paid lunch. We start a week before the kids, off all the school breaks, and stay a couple days after they...

  2. Got an Offer!

    guest464345 replied to MrsNurseJay's topic in School

    Congratulations and welcome! I just finished my very first year (in a high school) after transitioning from the hospital and public health....if I can do it, so can you! It's a whole different...

  3. boundaries with coworkers' medical info

    guest464345 posted a topic in School

    So I *almost* made it to summer without sending a coworker out in an ambulance (alas!). Adult in 60's, dizzy, diaphoretic, altered mental status, satting mid-to-high 80's at rest, multiple...

  4. boundaries with coworkers' medical info

    guest464345 replied to guest464345's topic in School

    Thanks all! This school world is really a weird place sometimes... As it turned out, speaking of inappropriate boundaries, one of our security staff members went over to the hospital of their own...

  5. Rules for next year

    guest464345 posted a topic in School

    Well, I'm finishing out my first year as a school nurse (high school). Thanks to you all, I've wised up and plan to set some clear expectations for the fall... 1) Ice pack? Sure! But you have to...

  6. just a Thursday vent

    guest464345 replied to TLS9544's topic in School

    Oh man, I love that one too. They're not overly paranoid about bed bugs here (thank you, universe) but usually insist that I look at various "spider bites." Yep, that's a tiny little papule in a vast...

  7. What do teachers think about school nurses?

    guest464345 replied to nurselife13's topic in School

    The things they associate with nursing (vomit! lice! Ace wraps! I need a pad!) do not require an RN or LPN. The things I think are important in my role, the real nursing contributions (careful...

  8. Rules for next year

    guest464345 replied to guest464345's topic in School

    SAME. I have a lot of wanna-be NBA stars here....and the pros look so cool with wraps and athletic tape! If I started wrapping limbs, I would literally blow my entire budget on Ace wraps in two...

  9. Staff Needs

    guest464345 replied to ana010's topic in School

    HA! I've had this twice as well. My answer was: "If you can't get 'em in, they're not going

  10. Staff Needs

    guest464345 replied to ana010's topic in School

    This very morning a staff member asks me for a bandaid for himself. I hand him one and he says, "I got bit by my dog this weekend." I can see a small wound on his index finger. I ask no questions,...

  11. Non-beside nursing jobs?

    guest464345 replied to ThinkerBelleRN's topic in Nursing Career

    School nurse or public health! Great people, great hours, great work, easier life (and yes... less money. You can't have it

  12. Happy Nurses' Week, my loves!

    guest464345 replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I feel the same way. (You'll notice there's no "orthopedic surgeon appreciation week"...) Nonetheless, when I was offered half a leftover bagel and some cream cheese that had been at room temperature...

  13. Staff Needs

    guest464345 replied to ana010's topic in School

    I have to say, this was the most confusing part of the job when I started as a school nurse this year. Staff members would barge right in while I was with students, demanding Neosporin or eye drops...

  14. Arizona unions?

    guest464345 replied to Thomas Murdock's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Arizona is a right to work state, not remotely union friendly. I am not aware of any hospital here in Phoenix where nurses are unionized in the private or public sector (unless VA nurses are, maybe?)....

  15. When nurse is needed outside of the clinic

    guest464345 replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

    Every day, all day. I don't want them to triage for me or decide to call STAT vs "when available" because they only see body fluids as an emergency (loud "vomiting," a tiny drizzle of nosebleed)... on...

  16. AM meds at school

    guest464345 replied to NurseMMJ's topic in School

    With proper orders and paperwork per our policy, I happily give them. Many of our kids spend more than an hour on the bus, getting picked up around 6AM, and they don't eat at home beforehand. Given...

  17. Nosebleeds

    guest464345 replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    They stay in my office until the bleeding stops, even though it's a high school... because otherwise I will get panicked radio calls from every single teacher or aide who sees the kid in the...

  18. New School Nurse

    guest464345 replied to busybee22's topic in School

    I just switched to school nursing from ED last year. Will you sub just with particular age groups, or is a unified district with all ages/levels? On the surface it's much simpler than hospital -...

  19. Drug/Alcohol screenigns by school nurses?

    guest464345 replied to tdean13's topic in Occupational Health

    There's a recent thread on the school nurse

  20. buying supplies with your own money

    guest464345 posted a topic in School

    Hi friends - I work in a public school that is nearly 100% low-income kids. Public school funding here is 48th out of the 50 states. There's no money for anything, anywhere...which basically means...

  21. Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    guest464345 replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    Ha! I was a social worker before I was a nurse, and it was the same thing. Not that we were "only in it for the (terrible) pay,"...more like: "If you truly were compassionate and cared about our...

  22. Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    guest464345 replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    You might want to read a classic book called "The Managed Heart," by Arlie Hochschild, from way back in the 1980's. She talks about how people in service oriented jobs (which like nursing are...

  23. Arizona state/government hospitals

    guest464345 replied to OUxPhys's topic in Arizona Nursing

    The pension plan is 11%-and-change from your check, but the employer ALSO puts 11% which is unheard of in the private sector....so once you get used to the bite from your paycheck, it's a great...

  24. Arizona state/government hospitals

    guest464345 replied to OUxPhys's topic in Arizona Nursing

    State nursing jobs would be in the state psych hospital, state prisons, state-run LTCs, and occasionally some assorted administrative or regulatory positions with DHS (.https://azstatejobs.azdoa.gov/...

  25. Blackballed for leaving after only a year?

    guest464345 replied to Guest 1056340's topic in Nursing Career

    Good advice above....I'm sure you're a fantastic nurse but they are not going to be "devastated." As you're talking to your manager, she's already going to be adding "Tell HR to post...