AmberBradford

Hello! I have been a nurse for almost 3 years now. I am deaf in my one ear and have around 75% loss of hearing in the other. I am fine with talking on the phone as long as the other person is not talking fast and there is a volume control on the phon...

Hello! I just got a job as a methadone nurse. This will be the first time that I have done this kind of nursing. I have been a school nurse and home health nurse for a child. What kinds of things will I need to take note of when I start? I am not eve...

I have been a nurse for over 2 years now. I have done school nursing and home health care for two very sick kids. I am now looking outside of nursing for a job. I like working with kids but that is not my LOVE. So as I have been looking for a new are...

If you can look into getting your CNA. If you cannot do that then I would say that the next best thing would be to volunteer at a hospital as a transporter. That is the best way to meet the whole health care team on each floor. Also will help you lat...

I still have not heard anything more. They asked me if I could start on the 23rd. I was like yes. I have not heard from them after that. Its been like 1.5 weeks now.

I was just hired today. They gave me very little info can anyone tell me how it is working for them and what do you do while in the pt home? Thanks

The district now says that the nurse is a "do not need to know person." That means we do not know about CPS calls or any other medical issue going on with a child unless the mom wants to let us know. When the admin walked into my office and told me t...

You can do this!!!! You will feel like you are over your head in water and no live saver around. That is just the first 6 weeks. Then you will get into a nice flow with the kids and you will be able to breath once more. Just know that you will always...

Thank you guy so much. The links that JustBeachyNurse shared are great.

I am a school nurse for a 6-8 grade. I was just asked to teach all of 6th grade about epilepsy. There is a new child coming into the school that has major epilepsy. How would you teach other school kids about epilepsy? Any ideas would be great.

Did anyone get a clinic? I got the list this morning from occuvax. I tried for 4 openings and got one of them. I am not to sure about the paper work. The email that I got told me that I needed to call the place ASAP and then recall them 5 days before...

Like Praise said...RUN...It may start out that you are working the front for 30mins but before you know it that will lead to you helping with paper work and working more and more in the front. Then if something happens to a child and you are away fro...

Here in my area if you are a school nurse you may as well hang up the idea of doing anything other then schools or LTC. The big box places like nurses that have not worked in schools. I was told by one if them that school nurses don't know how to do ...

Johnson and Johnson is really into nursing and they have free posters about nursing that you could use for one of your months. (i.e. May for nurses week) Johnson & Johnson Discover Nursing | Campaign for Nursing this is the web link for them. I h...

athena55, Thanks for the link. I will be checking it out. I lost my hearing when I was 10yo. I do have on file with the school that I am HOH. I just did not sign for them to tell my professors. I have seen the professors "Fix" the grades of follow st...

Hello, I have been an LPN for 2 years now. I am looking to go back to school for my RN. I am deaf in one ear and very hard of hearing in the other. I do not use hearing aids. The school that I am wanting to do my RN at is the same school that I did ...

Congrats on being a school nurse! So far as arriving to school you will want to check with your admin. I get to school at 0730 as the kids start rolling in at 0745. The school opens up at 0800 but moms will come into the office (they open at 0730) a...

If becoming an NP is your dream then go for it!!! As for your skills...You have them. If you stop and think about it what does an NP do if she is an FNP. A lot of the same assessment skills that you are doing now. The FNP at my pcp does not do IV's o...

I agree with all of the above about the phone number changes. I am not sure what its like in other states but in my state they change numbers and or phones with other people off of the streets at least once a day if not more. Or the phone will be cut...

I would say go for it. Male nurses have a lot to offer to the world of school nursing. I think that it would be grate to show young men in the school that they too could be a nurse.

nurseshajwani, I would tell the sooner then later. Let them know that it is not them as a family or their child making you move on. I would let them know that you would be willing to allow the a new nurse to shadow you for a week or so to help them ...

Hoping that I am not answering to late for your PPP. 1)In my state you have to be an LPN or RN. They really do not want BSNs. Other than that you need a certification in hearing/vision screening. Vision you can learn as you go but hearing is a must....

Just be yourself! You know how to be a nurse. I felt that the HR people that hired me did not know a thing about nursing and I was having to let them know that I could and could not do. Just go in knowing that you got it and you will do great! I'm no...

Welcome to the world of school nursing! You will love it. I have done home health for a child and now school nursing. School nursing is more like working in a busy doctors office. You will see tons of things that you did not think you will ever see. ...

I have been a sub school nurse for two years now. I love it. I am used more as a long term sub but I also do the day here and there subbing. I must say that is it way different then I thought it would be. Here is a run down on a "normal" day in the l...