Avalonian

Avalonian

Broad range, mental health, school nursi

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About Avalonian

Avalonian has 20 + years experience and specializes in Broad range, mental health, school nursi.


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  1. C'Mon Now!

    A copy of an actual note from this morning with names deleted: Snowflake came to the office c/o lump on his forehead that hurt when he took the PARCC testing, and didn't want to take the test because...
  2. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    I became a nurse in 1988. My first job was on a medical floor in a teaching hospital. We did primary care nursing, as someone said earlier, 5-6 patients on the day shift. You had the same patient...
  3. C'Mon Now!

    I travel between buildings. One day, when I got to one of my schools, there was a tub of mucusy (sp?) nasty liquidy stuff sitting in the office. Obviously some kind of body fluid, most likely yak. I...
  4. Words You Hate

    The word "flaccid" always makes me giggle. For some weird
  5. Do you go to work with parabens on you?

    I probably slather a few on, and spray a few around during my work day.
  6. Words You Hate

    Prepuce.
  7. Parents who can't/won't pick up kids

    Nurses in our district are never allowed to transport students. Although who can is determined by our district (administrators, resource officers, truancy officers), who actually will bother depends...
  8. Parents who can't/won't pick up kids

    I'm new here...but I love you
  9. Anyone working this Summer?

    I just signed up today to work in the ESY (extended school year) program for elementary and middle school. Four hours per day of feeding, tube feeds, caths, diapering, and lifting. Short hours, good...
  10. Words You Hate

    Okay, I'm new to posting here. But from a school nurse's perspective, how about "asthma pump?" Or' "I have to use