Morganalefey

I took a $5/hr pay cut (base pay, not counting differentials) to go from hospital nursing to school nursing. I don't love the 5 days/week, but I can't beat being home by 345 every day, the ability to take a break MOST days, and the weekends, school b...

My kids don't care! I log every one I see in a book every time I see them. They don't care, lol. I have on frequent flyer who's teacher knows her drill....and I don't see her often anymore...unless there's a sub. Then it's 3x by 9am!

In Indiana, you have to be an RN. In Illinois, you have to be an RN, at least working towards your BSN

I had a lot of missing files too. I made files, and put what I had in them. When I got to my office for the first time, there was a 3in stack of papers to file. Nothing had been filed since DEC. It was the first thing I tackled. Any time I had a free...

Is this a homework question? Everything was answered above.

$0 I went part-time through pre-req's and paid out of pocket for anything my pell grant didn't cover and the school didn't give me a scholarship for. I found out my 1st semester of nursing classes that my dad having a purple heart got me another gran...

and my first full week alone, and I'm actually afraid to say that I have really enjoyed it! I walked into a pretty negative situation at my school, and was sort of expecting the worst, but I am enjoying it. The kids are (mostly) cute and friendly, th...

You were right. They can be upset if they want. Our district has a procedure for medications, and bringing it in 5 minutes before a field trip isn't part of it. There is paperwork, the Dr. has to sign it, etc, etc. They maybe should have thought ahea...

He's NEVER pooped in the toilet? Then I would treat him like I treated my toddlers when I potty trained. Bribery. STickers, jellybeans, whatever works. And I would make him clean his own mess as well (which I didn't do w/my toddlers, but I would w/a ...

Beautiful video! And a great reminder to us to remember how our patients might be feeling when we are getting bogged down in all we have to do! Good luck to you! I'm sure you'll make a great nurse!

I had one sent to me because the lens popped out of his glasses, LOL. I did the best I could. Not sure how a nurse could magically fix that better then a teacher!

I quit my first job after 5mos. I unexpectedly got an offer in a hospital closer to home, on a unit I was interested in, with the hours I was looking for. When I interviewed, they didn't even ask why I was leaving after such a short amount of time. Y...

Congrats!!!!

You can look at your states department of education website, and k-12jobspot.com. My school district posts it's jobs on their website.

To start my school nursing job in a couple weeks! I think this will be a great fit for me, as a nurse, and for my family as well. Really, I'm posting this because I'm looking for any tips or tricks of the trade you guys have learned that could benefi...

I didn't. I didn't know you could do that, LOL.

Why would you come to a forum for nurses, just to tell us how horrible we all are, LOL? If you want people to take you seriously, then try starting a constructive conversation. The only person you've made look bad in your post, is, well....You...

Hi guys! Yesterday, I interviewed for a school nurse position. The interview went great, IMO, anyway! I currently work on a cardiac unit in a small hospital. I hadn't planned on leaving, but at my son's IAT meeting, my kids' principal asked me if I w...

I keep checking this thread to see if anyone who actually uses their picture would comment, and they haven't, LOL. I just wonder what they are thinking when they do it....So c'mon users out there that use your pic....come out of hiding, lol!

Hi everyone! I am anticipating receiving an offer for a new job tomorrow. I would like to remain PRN at my current job. I wasn't sure how to handle this with my old job. Do I give a letter of resignation? Or do I just talk with my manager, work out ...

I GOT IT! STart 3/11. Any tips and tricks will be appreciated!

OKay.... So I called the principal today and left her a voice mail. She called me back later, told me I was her #1 candidate, and that she was waiting for the head nurse to call me, who had been out sick. Head nurse called me at about 8pm tonight! We...

Didn't get a phone call She said she would call either way, so I'm hoping she was just busy today and didn't have time to call.

Honestly, I've never had that happen. Like I said, it's only a few doc's. But how long I would wait would depend on the severity of the situation. Just like when I page them and they don't call me back.

I have not seen any texting happening at my hospital. There are a handful of DR's that prefer to be called on their cell phone, and if I leave a VM, I leave it w/o any personal info. I simply say: "Hi Dr. so-and-so, this is Morganalefey from ABC Hos...