jonnysangel777 LPN, LVN

Ohh I forgot... on night shift you don't have to deal with management and the busyness of everyone on days, and it can be calmer. Sometimes I nights you are forgotten about by management and those on days. Night shift crews are usually close knit as ...

Hmm... Have you worked nights before? Will you be able to get at least 4hrs of good uninterrupted sleep during the day? If you are able to get more thats awesome. Have you worked 12hr shifts before? Are you aware of Shift Work Sleep Disorder? I have ...

If you can, stick it out for a year then leave and find another job. Actively start looking now for another job and if you are asked why you are leaving, say something like you needed to get the experience under your belt. Have you voiced any of your...

I have never been back to an old job. Most of those jobs have either continued going down hill, with high turnover, or have stayed the same with no improvement. Sadly every single one of those jobs always have a job posting on Indeed. I have reapplie...

I think what needs to happen is that for staff who have certain conditions and who need medication during the school day, they need to fill out the same form the students fill out for medication administration in school with a Drs order and signature...

In the 2 school districts I worked for we did not give any vaccines. We did assist the health tech with maintaining immunization records of the students. The RNs do health screenings like vision and hearing, the LVNs do the diabetic management, RNs a...

Thank you! Happy School Nurse Day to you as well as everyone else! Sadly, our district only recognized the teachers. My bff coworkers did at least wish me a Happy Nurses Week.

Wow, I don't have any teachers who come to the office like you mentioned above. I have had a teacher come in after being bitten by a black widow and I provided general first aid and then sent him to the ER/Urgent care to be seen. I have had a counsel...

Covid and flu vaccinations are not a requirement for students K-12 in California. Not all jobs require it either.

Hazard pay, blah, never received a penny, worked during the entire pandemic. Not one employer gave a damn about the health and safety of their nurses.

Nurses need hazard pay just how the military receives hazard pay. We did not sign up for this.

California dropped the mask requirement for healthcare settings on April 3, 2023.

Here in the school district that I work at, the district RN trained the health tech I work with to read the BG from my students CGM when she needed to cover for me when I was covering for an aide and doing TFs. The RN also trained 2 other staff who o...

Is ICHS accepted in Cali? What is entailed in the Distance Education Readiness Assessment for ICHS?

In my school district an aide does the tube feedings.

I work in both. I enjoy both as well. In my district we have a lot of fights, mostly gang related, and drug use with some ODs. I have found though that the middle schoolers are more manipulative and they think adults are clueless. Most students have ...

School nurses in my district wear casual attire. It's a very relaxed environment.

We have many students who come in all the time claiming "they feel sick" and want to go home. I have learned to weed out those who are faking and those who are truly sick. I communicate a lot with the counselors and attendance which helps and we work...

Is it in the LVN/LPT scope of practice in CA to perform COWS and CIWAS under the supervision of a RN? Do you know if MAs and RADTs are allowed to perform COWS and CIWAS? I've noticed that MAs and RADTs are replacing LVNs/LPTs in substance ...

What are your school policies on head lice? Students at my school can stay in school as long as there aren't live knits.

Yes nursing courses counts as CEUs.

Thank you all for replying to this post. Very helpful.

I work at a school providing Diabetic management for a middle schooler. I work in the same office as the health aide. Students come in all day c/o HA, stomachache, N/V, and "I don't feel good", and the heath aide will ask them what they want to do ab...

the facility I just left is an acute 16 bed facility. they are always short staffed. day shift 1 licensed psych tech (lpt) or 1 lvn and 1 CNA and that was OK on day shift. that happens every weekend. lots of call offs and overtime by only a couple st...

I would go for your RN