FreckledCoffeeRN

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  1. First Angry Call

    So just tell me I'm being silly and shake it off. Had a sub today and easily got a 20% increase in visits today. Plus lunch time kids are just pouring in. I assess to make sure it's they're not...
  2. Things that make me grumpy

    I guess because it had been a long day but I was about to leave for the day when a kid comes in with his parent. The kid complaining that sibling bit him, (no visible bite, blood, teeth indentions),...
  3. That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    Sort of! It's Dia de los Muertos print. Here in Texas-land the holiday is big, at least in border
  4. That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    On Wednesday we wear pink
  5. Not sure this is the right place for me after all...

    I wish I could offer more insight, but I've been at it 3 wks. I told myself when I got this job I'd give it a whole school year (with the idea that some people have jobs they hate till they retire) so...
  6. Older Littles

    I'm waiting for my X-ray glasses, 2 day Prime shipping-en route. Teacher couldn't straighten leg or move it really. Off to the hospital you
  7. Older Littles

    So I've been at this for all of 3 wks. Some days are better than other, but that's any job. What I'm having a difficult time with right now is the bigger littles. Give me a sick kid and I'll nurse...
  8. Older Littles

    To top yesterday off, 20 mins to the dismissal bell-teacher falls...broken
  9. Older Littles

    Thanks for the support guys. Stocking up on saltines, peppermint, and practicing my boss voice. God knows I didn't use it at bedside with all our customer service pep
  10. Older Littles

    I know I kind of wanna throw that speech out too but I'm just afraid I'll get a mad parent call/complaint the next day about how I didn't allow student to call parent or didn't hear out their...
  11. What do they call you?

    So kinda trivial question but I'm overthinking about my start day on Monday 9/19 So what do the kids call you? Nurse First Name Nurse Last Name Ms./Mr. Last Name How about teachers? First name...
  12. What do they call you?

    Thank you guys for all your answers...and the Steve Miller Band
  13. New School Nurses

    Hope you guys' year is going great! I'm starting on Monday. School started almost a month ago in my part of Texas but got hired late. I come from a outpatient surgery/GI/infusion/interventional...
  14. Pearls of Wisdom

    New to the school nurse forum. I recently signed my contract for elementary school nurse position in Texas. When I was hired I told my supervisor that I would have to give my 2 wks notice to my...
  15. Pearls of Wisdom

    Yeah, it's a kind of a big-ish district. Every school has a
  16. Biopsy Forceps. Who handles it? PLEASE HELP

    I work in a hospital, so we do inpatient and outpatient procedures. The certified surgical tech does the opening and closing of the biopsy forceps and also the snare forceps (cold and hot). In the...
  17. Frontier Nursing University Bridge Class 111

    Congrats! I got in too! For Class 112.
  18. I got in! I went out of the country for a week and when I got back I saw that I had an email from Friday 1/11/2013 that I had been accepted! (That email would come the day after I leave out of...
  19. I applied CNEP. I dunno. I think we're all wondering lol. Good luck
  20. http://www.facebook.com/FrontierSchool?fref=ts On their wall on facebook, they said something about how they're sending acceptance emails today for Class 111 and someone commented when they would send...
  21. As per Frontier on Facebook: Class 112 CNEP will start to receive notices VERY SOON! GOOD LUCK.
  22. Quitting?

    I have been a nurse for 8 months. It feels like forever. I work nights on a tele unit and I feel like I'm trapped. I don't think I've ever felt so defeated in my life, even when I was in nursing...
  23. Frontier Nursing University Bridge Class 111

    Oh that's cool :) can't say I've been past Dallas but its pretty up there. I live in deep south Texas. Like my city has a border.
  24. Frontier Nursing University Bridge Class 111

    Ah thanks for answering me :) I actually called Frontier and got it straightened out. You're from Texas? Me too! Which
  25. I applied to Class 112 CNEP! This wait is horrific, let's see what happens. I called today and they told me that they closed applications for CFNP and CWHCNP but were still accepting applications for...