AutumnDraidean

AutumnDraidean

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  1. Should Have Called 911

    AutumnDraidean replied to Sxhoolnurse1991's topic in School

    So I’m a sub, one of the schools I go to is a SPED environment. I was called to the gym, a kid had run, headlong into an electric box on the wall, when I got there he was still experiencing an...

  2. Vision/Hearing exams on preschool age children

    AutumnDraidean replied to peaceful2100's topic in School

    I know of a nurse who has both an OAE and an audiometer, she uses the audiometer first and only resorts to the OAE when the audiometer isn’t working out. When I worked at a head start I...

  3. C'Mon Now!

    AutumnDraidean replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    As a sub I’m not making those decisions at this school. The nurse I’m subbing for is on maternity leave, we can ask her questions as well as the two other nurses the serve the elementary schools....

  4. C'Mon Now!

    AutumnDraidean replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Why do they send them to school if they’re feeling crappy from the vaccine? At a HS, 16 and up getting vaxed, then going to school feeling like crud, I have to send them home if they have any one of...

  5. What is your opinion on "calling in sick" when not really sick?

    AutumnDraidean replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I’m going to frame this in the context that I’ve always lived in small communities. When I was in college I worked for a grocery store so not high stakes, someone called in on a Friday night in...

  6. I think our country needs a central repository for lab orders, imaging orders and prescription orders

    AutumnDraidean replied to Lemon Bars's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    We would need medicare for all to make this work. As well as a backup system of some kind. It would be fantastic

  7. Male Adult ICU Nurse Transition to NICU

    AutumnDraidean replied to Ryzzle_T's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think you'll love it. plus you will be a great role model for dads scared to handle their babies and dads who need to understand the importance of breastfeeding when it sometimes looks like a great...

  8. CNM/WHNP...why or why not?

    AutumnDraidean replied to nbl01's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I would suggest a slightly different dual certification, Peds! imagine being able to care for moms and babies together, what that could do for breastfeeding! Especially when it's not going so well. I...

  9. Practicing in Canada

    AutumnDraidean replied to secondtimer14's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Decide which provinces you are interested in living in. Some are more protectionist than others, Ontario has a terrible reputation with incoming RNs (Canadian student who attended Northeastern in...

  10. Got The Vaccine! Share Your Experience

    AutumnDraidean replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I received my second Moderna dose about 0945 Friday morning. Started feeling cruddy around 6pm and went downhill from there. Fever and a frontal lobe headache. I was trying to avoid taking advil or...

  11. Got The Vaccine! Share Your Experience

    AutumnDraidean replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My daughter had her second Moderna yesterday and it's kicked her butt. nasty headache, random body aches Lots of chills but no actual fever. I'll be getting mine Friday and I'm not looking forward...

  12. Ethical Dilemmas of Correctional Nursing

    AutumnDraidean replied to guest1054874's topic in Correctional

    I've only had the tiniest brush with corrections nursing, but honestly OP you sound like someone ripe to be gamed. See the abuse in the prison system isn't coming from the men an women who work...

  13. C'Mon Now!

    AutumnDraidean replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I had this happen, pre-covid. HS Student complaining of feeling poorly, no objective symptoms, shared that she was in danger of repeating a grade due to absences, I gave her a pep talk about...

  14. Parents STILL Sending Sick Kids to School

    AutumnDraidean replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    The people who need to show compassion to the parents are their employers! Firing a parent for "missing too much" during this pandemic has got to be one of the cruelest and heartless things...

  15. Frustrated about covid symptoms. Does everyone need to go home?

    AutumnDraidean replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    One of the districts I sub for, plus one other school wants students sent home for even one symptom. Not fun. Other districts I can use some judgement. Thankfully there hasn't been that many sub...

  16. 5 couplets on mother/baby unit

    AutumnDraidean replied to RUNBNursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I worked maternal newborn and typically carried 3 couplets and 1-2 surgicals. My hospital did a little under 1,000 births a year. On occasions where I had more it was only for a partial shift. My...

  17. Opinion: The schools situation is a complete crisis. And completely unfixable

    AutumnDraidean replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in School

    As a sub I have many worries, I'm not necessarily going to know if a child has someone at home under quarantine, I'm not going to know if the families are being careful or if I have to worry about...

  18. Does Hospital Leadership and Policy Promote Working When Sick?

    AutumnDraidean replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    JayHanig is so right, I've been saying for years that any outfit that gets unionized nowadays went looking for it and deserved it to a T. The root problem comes down to greed. The c-suite people,...

  19. 3rd Party Lice Reports

    AutumnDraidean replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    As a sub I only check students who are brought to me. I will NOT call a student down to be checked. I've found life lice once, and a couple incomplete treatments where I still found nits. They had...

  20. Sub teachers grrrrr

    AutumnDraidean replied to Nursesusu's topic in School

    I'm a sub nurse, I try NOT to just send everyone home because I would face a deluge if I did. I'm the mean sub! No objective symptoms? Not likely to send you home. However...If I call a teacher and...

  21. Parent Pick-Up of Sick Kiddo

    AutumnDraidean replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    Sometimes it's just a matter of communicating with me. I had a parent who answered and said someone would be right over. The geography of the district means that could be up to half an hour. So after...

  22. SO many school nurse positions available right now

    AutumnDraidean replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    New York is heavily regulated and heavily taxed, It's said of New Hampshire that there's a tax behind every rock and tree. Here I'd say that there is a regulation behind every rock and tree, upstate...

  23. Parent Pick-Up of Sick Kiddo

    AutumnDraidean replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    For me, how long is acceptable is connected to how sick the child is, where the parent is, if they have to make "arrangements" to leave work. It's also going to depend on how hard it is to get in...

  24. Stripes on caps and the significance of..

    AutumnDraidean replied to BkirbyRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    The style of nursing cap has more to do with the nursing school you attended. In some places, NYC, Boston or Pittsburgh for example, one could tell by looking at the cap, what school the nurse...

  25. Worst Nursing Scrub Color Worn?

    AutumnDraidean replied to RNliveoak's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My Maternal/newborn unit used to require us to wear hospital provided scrubs. first they were white, then they were lavender, with white or electric green for men, then the white and lavender...