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Heidi the nurse BSN, RN

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  1. What does a Nurse Practitioner do?

    Heidi the nurse replied to sergel02's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am going to bump this thread up and piggy back on the OP's questions. I have been an RN for 20 years now (BSN) and currently work as a school nurse. I am thinking of going off in another direction...

  2. Home Health Care or Not???? (lpn)

    Heidi the nurse replied to Greenlight's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, yuck! I guess I should consider myself lucky - usually it just was day old food on the stove and a sink full of dirty dishes

  3. Home Health Care or Not???? (lpn)

    Heidi the nurse replied to Greenlight's topic in General Nursing

    Home health can be either a visit to several different homes per day, or hourly (meaning you stay for a whole shift in someones home). I have done both and loved both. I guess I don't keep the...

  4. SPINAL SCREENINGS...

    Heidi the nurse replied to blackscrubs's topic in School

    I agree that many kids see no health care provider other than the school nurse, but thing is there is no educational impact with scholiosis. That was the arguement used when our state repealed...

  5. Interested in School Nursing. Thoughts? (Long)

    Heidi the nurse replied to LoveinlimeRN's topic in School

    Not sure you would get eaten alive - perhaps fall for a few stories, but for the most part the kids appreciate what we do. Find out what the substitute job entails. For me, I have 3 elementary...

  6. Disaled with Codependency

    Heidi the nurse replied to waynesbororn's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I was involved in a hideous relationship/marriage years ago (while of all things working at a psych hospital - nurse heal yourself), and found a book called "Codependent No More". If you haven't read...

  7. What you need to know before clinicals

    Heidi the nurse replied to ChristinaG123's topic in General Nursing

    It's been awhile since I saw a nursing book, but isn't there a list of values inside the back and front covers, or somewhere? Like what you find inside a med book with conversions etc. Part of it...

  8. What you need to know before clinicals

    Heidi the nurse replied to ChristinaG123's topic in General Nursing

    Yep - not only how to work the dispensers, but where to park, when to be there, and what floor you are on. Seriously, if they do it the same way they did 20 years ago when I was a student, they will...

  9. Watching Procedures vs Doing Them

    Heidi the nurse replied to SkinnyLatte's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting. One of the reasons I went into nursing was to get over the reaction I had to blood as a young adult. I remember as a college freshman going on a tour of the lab at the local teaching...

  10. Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

    Heidi the nurse replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    PT, or OT or speech - all the time :) I work in the school system and have shared offices with all 3 and think I would love what they do. Unfortunately I would have to back to school and get a...

  11. Patients dead from infected IV's....

    Heidi the nurse replied to MassED's topic in General Nursing

    But a bit misleading - the article said they were all critically ill before the TPN, and ""There is nothing to suggest the deaths were directly related to the bacterial

  12. Special Needs Student Left Alone in School Nurse Office

    Heidi the nurse replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    It says she "has" retired, rather than she "had" retires??? I was under the impression from the article that, like mentioned, she had was subbing after retiring LOL. Just very confusing. And was...

  13. Special Needs Student Left Alone in School Nurse Office

    Heidi the nurse replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    I agree that if a child is that sensitive (and some researchers don't believe it is possible, as the protein in peanuts that cause allerrgy might be too big to aresolize (sp?)) the parent should do...

  14. Special Needs Student Left Alone in School Nurse Office

    Heidi the nurse replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    Private schools are not run by medical professionals. I don't understand the logic. Home school is always an option, but parents have the right to send their children to school if they desire. As a...

  15. Special Needs Student Left Alone in School Nurse Office

    Heidi the nurse replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    I'm thinking there is more to this story. As was mentioned in the article, someone should have noticed that no one had signed the girl out. It just doesn't sound right. And BTW, patient1977, your...

  16. Are BSN prepared Nurses having a tough time as well?

    Heidi the nurse replied to pnmia10's topic in General Nursing

    But on the other hand a BSN is more likely to have additional opportunities in the future. You probably won't see a monetary difference - at least at first. Until I started doing school nursing no...

  17. School parents want girl with peanut allergy sent home

    Heidi the nurse replied to safarirn's topic in School

    Agree, LACA. As a parent of 3 children, there is no way in heck I would send my child to school as a first grader if she truly was so allergic that smelling peanuts could cause a reaction. From...

  18. SPINAL SCREENINGS...

    Heidi the nurse replied to blackscrubs's topic in School

    Oh, forgot to mention - I would screen all the girls, then all the boys (or vice versa). I would never have them send a mix of boys and girls like they do with vision and hearing. Just the idea of a...

  19. SPINAL SCREENINGS...

    Heidi the nurse replied to blackscrubs's topic in School

    We are lucky - our state "unmadated" scoliosis screening as it is not educationally relevant. Of course if a parent asks or we see a obvious signs we can screen, but not mass screenings anymore....

  20. What's the longest you would commute for a job??

    Heidi the nurse replied to max66's topic in General Nursing

    I used to commute one hour - about 50 miles. Would spend a night or two a week at a friends house in the winter. I worked evenings and nights - got into an accident (luckily a minor fender bender...

  21. Is "sundowners" a real term?

    Heidi the nurse replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if your day shift colleagues were pulling your leg. I went to school 20 years ago and we talked about it back

  22. Any nursing heroes out there?

    Heidi the nurse replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt HIPAA would be a problem - all they have to do is get permission from each patient. They have so many "real life" hospital shows (love the snake bite ER one!) that I'm am sure they have that...

  23. broken braces

    Heidi the nurse replied to Flare's topic in School

    Let me preface this by saying I don't work with middle school aged kids (although I am sure some of our elementary aged kids have ortho appliances) but as a parent of a 14 year old with braces i would...

  24. Am I hard of hearing?

    Heidi the nurse replied to Flare's topic in School

    LOL - although many of their responses were totally not what we ask. Nurse : Where did you hit your head? Kindergartner: On Joey's mouth. Nurse: Uh, where did Joey's mouth hit your head?...

  25. Need advice..what program to pursue??

    Heidi the nurse replied to OhIseeLil's topic in General Nursing

    I am planning to go back to school too, and learned about this program on the specialty board (I am considering getting my ARNP). http://www.hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/index.html I am lucky in that...