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  1. Parental notification of head lice

    jen42 replied to Jolie's topic in School

    Our rule of thumb is that if 3 kids in the same class come down with lice, we notify the parents. I would be furious if I were a parent who found out there was a lice outbreak and I wasn't told. Why...

  2. Ugh.

    jen42 posted a topic in School

    So this kid came into my room today, said a cut on his back had opened and was leaking blood. I took off his Band-aid and saw... an enormous abscess. I do agency work at a nearby jail and I am quite...

  3. I'm falling for my PRECEPTOR

    jen42 replied to IMA's topic in General Nursing

    Everybody gets crushes... I have gotten major ones. I usually tell my fiancee that I have a crush on someone, and we laugh about it because he gets them too. We trust each other and know that nobody's...

  4. What's the best way to get into community health?

    jen42 posted a topic in Public, Community Health

    I work in oncology in a hospital, and I'd like to transition into community health/ family practice. I'm not sure how to best go about it. Should I put in a year on a med-surg floor? Everyone has the...

  5. rewards of working with criminally insane???

    jen42 replied to NurseToby's topic in Correctional

    If you're trying to figure out any advantages to it, why would you take the job? That said, I'm sure it's interesting from a psychiatric standpoint and also a moral one. I'd feel pretty gutsy if I was...

  6. Why Correctional Nursing

    jen42 replied to kellyo's topic in Correctional

    Money. Corrections is not my passion, and the facility where I work has regular nurses quitting in droves (I'm agency.) That said, I could see myself enjoying it more in a better-run place. It's...

  7. Tricks to get kids to cooperate with treatment

    jen42 replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Pediatric

    Get the parents on your side, do it to the parent first if it'll help (this is easier with, say, listening to breath sounds than putting in stitches!) and the blood pressure cuff is always "the arm...

  8. When the Board of Nursing is out to get you....

    jen42 replied to PrisonrNurs's topic in General Nursing

    Jesus, you work in a prison with known felons. It's not like a bunch of schoolchildren suddenly spoke up against you. Not that felons don't need to be protected against sexual abuse, but they are...

  9. Question on policy for contacting parents (me being the parent)

    jen42 replied to Rohan's topic in School

    If there's been a head bump with any dizziness- even momentary- I call the parents and tell them there's been a mild head bump, that the teacher is watching them and will send them if they show any...

  10. So, she does drugs... (advice please)

    jen42 replied to christinaquilter's topic in General Nursing

    If every nurse who smoked pot occasionally was fired, the nursing shortage would be much, much worse... As long as she is not impaired at work, I think it's best to leave it alone, but it would be a...

  11. Giving meds

    jen42 posted a topic in School

    I remember when I was in school and had a headache our school nurse would toss some Tylenol my way. It's not so easy anymore. To give meds I have to get parent and MD signatures. This holds true even...

  12. Substitute School Nurses

    jen42 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    We have a list of about 25 nurses we can call in to sub- mostly retired nurses who want a bit of per diem pay. It's great if I know I am going away- if I get sick the night before, it's a little more...

  13. Allmost killed a patient by medication

    jen42 replied to Great Dane's topic in General Nursing

    Ok... I just want to say to Seren21 and LearningRN, there *are* jobs outside a hospital where you get holidays off (and even weekends!) that are *much* lower stress. Thanks to the nursing shortage,...

  14. Thinking of quitting second job since May

    jen42 replied to JentheRN05's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I worked nights I would get the worst heartburn in the world. I have mild heartburn during the days, but nights were killer. It just didn't work with me. That said, when you're trying to get into...

  15. Allmost killed a patient by medication

    jen42 replied to Great Dane's topic in General Nursing

    Would you ever be able to go back to nursing after a medication error? I certainly hope so, since I and ever nurse I know has! Would you be able to go back if it was fatal? Well... that's a different...

  16. Repeat Visitors to Nurse's Office

    jen42 replied to assistantasnurse's topic in School

    I second the breakfast thing. It's amazing how many kids just don't eat breakfast, and then have stomach complaints! Or don't have enough lunch, like the 3rd-grader who packs her own every day and...

  17. Nurse having personal relationship with patient

    jen42 replied to wheelofadeal's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work on a floor where patients would stay for months at a time. One nurse married an ex-patient, and one is about to. When they realized the relationship was going beyond the boundaries of a...

  18. "Breaking in" to L&D

    jen42 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I have been a nurse for 2 years. Coming out of nursing school, I wanted to do L&D but there were no jobs for new grads. Now I feel like I've got a better shot, and I just helped deliver my...

  19. Staff nurse hoping to get manager's perspective...

    jen42 replied to jen42's topic in Nurse Management

    Thank you all! That is very good advice... you're right, I have been diving into things without researching properly. I just get so carried away and excited with the idea of doing something that I...

  20. Prison?

    jen42 posted a topic in Correctional

    I have worked for a while doing agency work in a jail. I've decided I want a lesser commute, and there is a jail near me who is hiring from the agency. There is also a prison. Both my father and my...

  21. Scary story!

    jen42 replied to jen42's topic in Correctional

    They had a staff directory with names and phone numbers and addresses. He got ahold of one somehow. Don't know how he got her SSN. Some of the teachers at the school tease me that school nursing and...

  22. Anyone seen "Oz"?

    jen42 posted a topic in Correctional

    Just watched the first 3 episodes of "Oz," the HBO show that takes place in a prison, and I loved it! However.... while I work in a jail and not a prison, I found some of the things to be a little bit...

  23. Anyone seen "Oz"?

    jen42 replied to jen42's topic in Correctional

    Sorry... I just had to post this... I just started watching Season 3, and in the first episode the doctor is going around with a tray passing out meds!! I nearly died laughing. Every time my fiancee...

  24. Breaking in to L&D?

    jen42 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I posted this to Career Advice, but I figure you guys would know better than anyone! I have been a nurse for 2 years. Coming out of nursing school, I wanted to do L&D but there were no jobs for...

  25. "I'm going to sue you", What do you say?

    jen42 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Whenever I work at the jail, I hear this ALL THE TIME. Usually they're not threatening me personally, although sometimes. It's usually over the fact that it takes a couple of days to get non-emergent...