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I also have worked at a jewish camp.... in calif.... and i'm from nys.... and non jewish.... Noone cared, or pushed anything on me..... they were always willing to explain anything.... they did want me to participate in the grace type of stuff before and after meals.... a brief song... but nothing major.... and they were very respectufl of letting me get off camp to go to church/worship services for my own faith.

I've worked in several states as a nurse for sleep away camp.... The camp director has always paid.... in calif, i was flown into burbank, the up to sacramento, to get lisc stuff, given a rental car, and a hotel room, and money for food etc.... got lisc next day then flew back to burbank all at the camp 's cost.

Long story short.... Small rural town... majorily homophobic... boy age 12 or 13 in school, in gym locker room, showering with another boy.... about same age.... touching each other. When caught and confronted.... by school principal and and parents.... the boys said.... well hey what can you expect, when i was in daycare with a queer guy. Tom had come out as being gay over the last year or 2.... Boys went to therapy... and somehow one of them came up with something about being touched sexually at age 3. Tom was never alone with the kids.... and had others who were willing to testify for him... the judge, allowed a lot of gay history, and gay comments and slurs during the trial.... so much that the verdict was appealed and they won the appeal, and the judge and prosecuting attorney both were reprimanded by the courts. However the appeal is still going to be in the same town, with the same judge.. Sorry for all the info.... but this is the quickest way to explain it all.

Are you certain that the guy is guilty? Did you see him do it? I have a friend who's in prison.... who is innoscent.... but is gay, and was framed.... his situaion has been appealed, and now he's applying for a change of v enue.... Up till now, i'd never thought i'd be sympathetic to someone who was charged with child molestation..... but in this case i know for a fact that Tom did not do this.... yet he's in prision.... and could end up in the hosp situation similar to this patient.....

I've done camp nursing at 3 diff camps.... we've never done much with documentation.... get the standard pe form from family dr.... get contacts and emergency permission.... get list of meds the kids are on, will accept parents written or dr's note. Include a note to families explaining about OTC type of tx.... and list of what we use.... asking for a note IF any of those are not ok. meds must come in prescription bottles, or blister pack samples... not just baggies for sick calls, we just wrote in a communication log book, what the kid came in for.... and what we did.... IF it was more than basic first aid... we called the parents, or had the kids call... and then we'd talk to them. ie if they had to go to the ER or the dr. At one point, one of the camps, had a nurse practioner.... so we tx and prescribed there.... and if we needed to do something more than otc... or basic first aid, we'd call.

Our role as nurses is to report suspected abuse.... a good thing to remember is this report it, and let the agency do their job to figure it out.

This reminds me.... not of a call light... but i work with some developmentally disabled kids.... and one boy made an allegation that a particular staff had bit hiim on his private area. Well as the nurse, i needed to assess and ensure there was no injury. this boy, makes false allegations all the time, but we still have to check them out.... So he came to my office, and with a staff as a witness i spooke to him and discussed his concern and his "injury" he insisted that it hurt badly. I did examine it and there was no sign of injury, and i'd given him many chances to recant his story.... So, since he said it "HURT BADLY" I suggested that he hold ice on it for about 10 min on, and 10 min off for the rest of the evening.... at first he said no, that he didn't think that would be very good... and wanted to know if i 'd hold the ice.... for him, he's 14, i said no way.... Then he said he didn't want to put ice on it... but we discussed when you hurt an area putting ice on it is usually one of the first things to do.... I've never seen such a quick recanting of an allegation.... :rotfl: all the way to the point of saying that he had made the allegation because he wanted to see the staff get in trouble and or fired....

I have a lifting restriction of 15 lbs, and no standing for long periods of time, and no bending over repeatedly. I had back surgery as a result of a job injury in 1988. I was a nurse prior to that, and so i'm not in the same situation as the student in the original post. However, one thing i used to promote myself in my current job.... was when the issue of back injury came up.... and their liability, i had a letter written by my comp lawyer that stated that i was classified with a permanet partial disability of my back.... and that if my back or neck were injured again on this new job, that it would be fully covered by my current case.... therefore i was actually less of a liability to them.... than some other people with no case prior. I'm also working with teens with behavior problems.... as an RN. Heather

I agree, to not do the UA..... do a fingerstick.... review the labs... and any orders for coverage. One thing, with a teen, is i'd ask them to tell you what they'd been eating, and or have them keep a log, since teens tend to be impulsive esp around food. I'd also do a quick assessment of where he's at with patient teaching, and with skills, and emotional compliance.

Well, imho, you need to fit the patient's issues to your intervention... ie if your patient has no issues with breathing.... then you'd not want to do the bubbles for deep breathing. But if you take a teddy bear, or a doll, and you use that to explain to the child, and or mom what you are going to be doing.... and let the child do it to the bear or doll, while you are doing it to the child.... that will be something that would work.

Initially when i get a script of Keflex, it doesnt smell at all.... But within 2 -3 days, it has a foul odor.... Any idea why?

Has your child been tested by any psychologists? Has he seen a child psychiatrist? If not.... i'd not be giving meds either. And if i did, i'd consider trying Strattera, that seems to have the least amt of side effects..... i say this based on what i see, with kids, not the text books. I work as a with teens with behavior problems.

IF I had the lenses, or part of the glasses.... i could probably get them fixed. Because our Empire Vision, will work hard at that type of thing for us... What is "chip insurance" Can you, happthearts, or anyone else.... find me something on the web that says pretty much what you are saying? ie something educational, on a reputable site.... I'm NOT saying that you guys are not reputable, or that you guys are not educational...... i just want something to refer my boss to.... and i can't send her here..... ya know? :chuckle

Don't be sorry, i totally agree.... if i did not feel this way, i'd NOT be coming here asking for help... Someone else hit it on the head.... about profit. We get a Medicaid per diem rate for each kid. per month We get the same amt no matter what.... if they have tons of medical problems, or if they have none. And their medicaid card does not work at the eye dr store, or the dentist, or at other dr offices or for prescriptions. So if a kid comes in.... and is on no meds, and has no problems we get something like 500 to the good.... but then another kid comes in, and has tons of tooth problems, needs root canals etc.... well, the 500 from kid #1 gets spent on kid 2 as well as kid 2's $500. And, you'd think they way a few of those nurses I work with, control it... that it was their money. :angryfire

We used hard plastic med boxes..... those things with each day, and or times on them..... at one of the camps, the first day of camp, in addition to checking kids in, meeting parents, and doing lice/athletes foot checks, and educating the kids/counselors on basic rules of the infirmary, we filled these boxes for each kid on regular meds. For some kids, on lots of meds we'd have an AM, a NOON, and a PM box... We then had some larger cardboard boxes.... and we'd have some labeled am, some noon, and some pm.... all am meds went into the am cardboard boxes.... etc. then we'd put the larger cardboard boxes into a wagon, and bring them with us to meals..... We'd have about 20 - 30 kids per breakfast and dinner for meds.... about 5 at lunch and about 10 at bedtime. this was with having 180 kids in camp. The 2nd camp i was at did similar but we poured them all into coin envelpes with labels on them....that had, name of kid, unit, and meds in the envelope, and time it was to be given.... we brought the envelopes to meals..... We had about 150 kids there.... and had about 30 meds in the am, 3-5 at noon 20 at dinner and 30 - 40 at bedtime. IF the kids were to have a sleepout or something..... off grounds.... we required that they give us 24 hrs notice..... and then we just sent the envelopes with the counselors.