pernella

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1. I need to share this...

   pernella replied to SchoolRN32's topic in School

   I always get "I LOVED my school nurse when I was a kid!"

2. Epi Pen Organization

   pernella replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

   If they don't self carry we keep personal EpiPens in the office in a filing cabinet like all the other meds. We also have stock EpiPen Jr's and adult EpiPens in the office (middle school). Both the care plans and the med cards have a post it listing ...

3. Do you ever do nothing for your student?

   pernella posted a topic in School

   I had a kid come to me with pain from a regular run of the mill ingrown toenail. There was nothing I could do. I don't have anything to set up a foot soak, I technically can't do nail care outside of cleaning nails, not enough nail to do the wet cott...

4. Pills in Baggies...

   pernella replied to KKEGS's topic in School

   I love when my kids come to me, hold up their baggie and say "I came to take this". Pretty sure you just blew it for your mom kid. This has happened with everything from antibiotics to Tylenol to Benadryl.

5. Last day?

   pernella replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

   June 2nd. Last week of school is a four day week thanks to Memorial Day

6. If you had to choose...

   pernella replied to villageRN's topic in School

   I've spent most of my time between middle and elementary school since credentialed nurses generally staff the high schools here (I'm not credentialed yet). My boss tells me high school is fun but you have to do your time in the lower grades. Hands d...

7. School Nursing

   pernella replied to taylorstevenson's topic in School

   1. What made you take an interest in school nursing? My kids and the stress of ICU. I LOVED critical care when I started but after a while I felt like I was doing more harm than good especially patients who could not be "fixed" but family insisted we...

8. Fidget Spinners

   pernella replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

   Fidget spinner update: My mother in law took my son to buy a fidget spinner with his own money. Next day took it to school with strict instructions to follow his teachers rules. Lost it by the end of the day. He says he can get it back if I write his...

9. Speaking of Vaccines...

   pernella replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

   I'm legit horrified by this. I have....none! Thank you California. I have a few 8th graders who dodged a second varicella but that's about it. Even my transfers from Mexico who don't bring their immunization records with them are required to have pr...

10. Ever felt like throwing in the towel ?

    pernella replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I actually have the time, energy and head space to train for triathalons now so I guess it depends on the person. When I did 12's all I wanted to do on my days off was not wear pants and rest after spending three days on my feet turning patients and ...

11. School Nursing capstone project idea?

    pernella replied to kummerspeck's topic in School

    Where are you located? One of my fellow students in my online class was in New Jersey and did her capstone on implementing emergency Narcan in their schools. New Jersey is one of the states that is now doing this. It was pretty rad.

12. Ever felt like throwing in the towel ?

    pernella replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I do have days where I want to give up, they don't happen too often. I stick up for myself and my profession politely without getting into trouble (so far). There is no perfect job for 99% percent of the population. We take the good with the bad and ...

13. Fidget Spinners

    pernella replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I've seen them here at middle school and in elementary. I swear my kids school jumps on every fad first bottle flipping, then kendama's, then pokemon cards and now fidget spinners. I told him I'm not paying for these fads and he can buy it with his ...

14. "the nurse"

    pernella replied to Flare's topic in School

    I like being "the nurse" acknowledges my place. When I'm needed they call out for "the nurse" on walkie talkie and honestly my ears perk up when I hear it since I tend to block out all the other talk going on the walkie talkies. I'm the only one on c...

15. How does your unit make sure tasks are done?

    pernella posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a step down unit that is notoriously disorganized. We've been through multiple managers (probably a large part of the problem) and our new manager, who's new to managing, is asking the senior nurses on the floor for help getting us all on o...