Avalonian

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

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1. C'Mon Now!

   Avalonian replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

   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 he didn't want his head to hurt. No lump was visu...

2. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

   Avalonian replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

   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 each time you worked until they were discharged. B...

3. Do They Think I'm Old?

   Avalonian replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

   is it just me, or do you notice that, once you past the 40 mark, you have good days and bad days? Days when you feel and look awesome, you get carded, and your students (school nurse here) ask if you're so and so's sister. And the world still seems...

4. C'Mon Now!

   Avalonian replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

   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 contacted the custodian, who was nice enough to s...

5. Words You Hate

   Avalonian replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

   The word "flaccid" always makes me giggle. For some weird reason.

6. Do you go to work with parabens on you?

   Avalonian replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

   I probably slather a few on, and spray a few around during my work day. Eeeeeee.

7. Do They Think I'm Old?

   Avalonian replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

   I'm with you, Sister! What about those rogue chin hairs that pop up 1/4 inch long overnight? Ugh!

8. Words You Hate

   Avalonian replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

   Prepuce. Prolapse.

9. Parents who can't/won't pick up kids

   Avalonian replied to mc3's topic in School

   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 upon the individual school and administrator, and ...

10. Parents who can't/won't pick up kids

    Avalonian replied to mc3's topic in School

    I'm new here...but I love you guys!

11. Anyone working this Summer?

    Avalonian replied to bsyrn's topic in School

    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 money, lots of work. But it's a special kind of n...

12. Words You Hate

    Avalonian replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

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