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  1. How often do you check for lice?

    uthscsa2011 replied to Nurse ABC's topic in School

    Wow, if my school followed a "no nit policy" I don't think we would have any kids to even have school. I work in a low-income poverty district and the most frustrating thing I deal with is the...

  2. Any School Nurses out there who travel abroad every yr during the summer?

    uthscsa2011 replied to bella201's topic in School

    LOL. I wish I made enough to go on trips every summer. My life would be perfect! But sadly, the reality is we school nurses don't make enough. I make teacher pay - which is $48,000 a

  3. New To Rehab: Only 5 Day Orientation?

    uthscsa2011 posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    Hello all fellow nurses. I am currently a school nurse who landed this job right out of nursing school bc I didn't get hired at any hospitals. As a school nurse, I never used any "real" nursing...

  4. New To Rehab: Only 5 Day Orientation?

    uthscsa2011 replied to uthscsa2011's topic in Rehabilitation

    It is a free-standing rehab hospital. I've been an RN for two years, both of those years in a school

  5. Need Advice - Seizure Issue!!

    uthscsa2011 posted a topic in School

    Hello everybody. I need some advice.... I am an elementary school RN, and yesterday we have an incident here that has upset a student and family. I thought I was acting in the best interest and...

  6. Help Fixing Up My Resume??

    uthscsa2011 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hello fellow nurses, I am a school RN who start school nursing right out of school (Dec 2011) because I had no luck getting a job in the hospitals I applied to. Now I am eager to get my foot in the...

  7. Why do teachers think they're all that and we're beneath them?

    uthscsa2011 replied to Nurse ABC's topic in School

    I also disagree, just speaking from 1.5 years of school nursing!!! Now THAT'S

  8. Would They Hire Me In OB?? - School Nurse

    uthscsa2011 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    My school nursing contract is up June 1st, and I would like to know honestly, if they would hire me onto an OB unit. I graduated with a BSN Dec.2011, but after many failed attempts to get hired in a...

  9. School Nurses: Non-Nursing Tasks????

    uthscsa2011 replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    Yeah, if I would've attempted that and made the situation worse, I can just see it now - the parents coming down to yell at me, calling the district, ect.

  10. Kinder pooping pants

    uthscsa2011 replied to Gampopa's topic in School

    But I honestly believe it is because I work at a poverty-stricken school. Everyday I have to deal with parents who don't take their kids to the doctor when I refer them, mainly bc they are too lazy,...

  11. Kinder pooping pants

    uthscsa2011 replied to Gampopa's topic in School

    I also have several 1st grade -3rd graders who still poop

  12. Kinder pooping pants

    uthscsa2011 replied to Gampopa's topic in School

    Wow, I have about 20 of these cases at my elementary school. I have tried everything I can think of as well. By any chance is your school in a low income district? My school is poverty-stricken, so...

  13. No, I'm Not a Beauty Shop!

    uthscsa2011 replied to mysixlittleones's topic in School

    ^^^^ made me laugh out

  14. Honest question - NOT trying to start a war!

    uthscsa2011 replied to mc3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What we were taught in school is that the LPN, LNV, CNA, work "under" the RN, DON, MD because they are delegated to by these higher authorities. For example, if an RN gives an assignment or task to an...

  15. Becoming a WOC Nurse: Online Course???

    uthscsa2011 posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Good Afternoon Nurses, I had a quick question. I have seen several online "distance" programs for nurses who want to become WOC nurses. But I didn't think you could be certified unless you had...

  16. Scared and Terrified to Start Hospital Job......

    uthscsa2011 posted a topic in Pediatric

    I need some encouragement and advice.... I graduated Dec.2011 and started out in school nursing because no other hospital would hire me. My friend has convinced me to apply with her at a hospital...

  17. Scared and Terrified to Start Hospital Job......

    uthscsa2011 replied to uthscsa2011's topic in Pediatric

    My biggest concern is losing all of my skills, all of the knowledge I worked my butt off to learn in those 4 years. I would love to go to NP school one day, but as a school nurse with no clinical...

  18. Return to Hospital from School Nursing. Any experience with this?

    uthscsa2011 replied to Trueblood83's topic in School

    So did you start working in a hospital

  19. Scared and Terrified to Start Hospital Job......

    uthscsa2011 replied to uthscsa2011's topic in Pediatric

    I also forgot to mention I'd like to try something new, in regards to getting up at 5:45 five days a week. I know 12-15 hr shifts three days a week seems better, but I always hear from my new nurse...

  20. UBC course load and an "exotic" part-time job.

    uthscsa2011 replied to exoticdancer90's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Not to mention if you are stripping for a gentleman you cared for and like, had to wipe their butts or something. Gross and

  21. UBC course load and an "exotic" part-time job.

    uthscsa2011 replied to exoticdancer90's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    LOL..Don't know how much energy you will have from doing a 12 or 14 hour shift to getting up on the stage to dance for another 8 hours. I'd be careful though...you must just be in the situation where...

  22. Need Help From Fellow Nurses??!

    uthscsa2011 posted a topic in Public, Community Health

    Good Afternoon Nurses, I needed some advice on some good resource/online tools for a friend/coworker of mine. I am a School Nurse at an elementary school, however I also counsel and treat my staff...

  23. Need Help From My Fellow Diabetic Professionals!

    uthscsa2011 posted a topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Good Afternoon Nurses, I needed some advice on some good resource/online tools for a friend/coworker of mine. I am a School Nurse at an elementary school, however I also counsel and treat my staff...

  24. New school nurse...bummed out already

    uthscsa2011 replied to LisaLPN7's topic in School

    Ignorance kills, just

  25. New school nurse...bummed out already

    uthscsa2011 replied to LisaLPN7's topic in School

    So you feel that school nursing isn't real nursing, does that mean you are I,plying I am not a real