fawnmarie

fawnmarie ASN

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  1. Will nursing wreck my hands?

    fawnmarie replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

    I was just at my local Sephora last weekend! I could easily spend an entire paycheck in that

  2. Will nursing wreck my hands?

    fawnmarie replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

    I am a beauty junkie, and an RN! Nursing is, indeed, very rough on the hands. I don't waste my time or money on manicures, because peeling pill packages will destroy any nail polish. I am particular...

  3. I didn't become a nurse to feed people's addictions. Do *nurses* have the right to refuse

    fawnmarie replied to Thankgodforativan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, you describe a very challenging patient. Those are the kind of patients I deal with "one shift at a time," just doing what I can to help us both make it through the shift. When I worked in psych,...

  4. HELP - falsely accused for diversion of meds

    fawnmarie replied to aberg22's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Sounds like a fishy, sketchy family looking to blame the innocent hospice nurse for missing medication. An RN friend of mine worked as a hospice nurse for many years. She loved the job, but...

  5. Apologizing to you all

    fawnmarie replied to Amethya's topic in School

    School nursing is tough, despite the great hours and schedule. As the school nurse, we deal with rude and/or angry parents, teachers who expect us to send a kid home because he sneezed 3 times or has...

  6. Lost a student

    fawnmarie replied to ana010's topic in School

    May he rest in peace. Outward appearances can lead us to believe that some people "have it all" when they are actually very depressed. Many people are afraid to reach out for help because they fear...

  7. What to wear?

    fawnmarie replied to Duncan6's topic in School

    My school district requires all school nurses to wear scrubs, but they can be any color or print that we like. I am addicted to cute, colorful prints, and I've found that the kids love bright colors...

  8. Camp nursing in summer

    fawnmarie replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    One of my RN friends worked at Camp Pembroke last summer and loved it! She has two daughters, and one of them went with her to Massachusetts for camp. The pictures she shared on Facebook were so...

  9. confessions of a RRT

    fawnmarie replied to yahoomagoo's topic in General Nursing

    Whoa, friend! That was quite a

  10. School nurse perks :)

    fawnmarie replied to Duncan6's topic in School

    No mandatory overtime with the threat of disciplinary action! I walk out the door at 3:30 pm, each and every day! No waiting for a nurse to relieve me! Since I'm the only nurse in the building, no...

  11. Nursing Boards control of Nurses

    fawnmarie replied to Cougar1113's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Or cute pictures / videos of your kids...that's what I use Facebook for. It's just not worth getting into hot water for the sake of ranting or

  12. Nursing Boards control of Nurses

    fawnmarie replied to Cougar1113's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I agree with macawake's well-stated post. People really should be more careful about what they share on social media. Most issues are best resolved privately. As a registered nurse, this woman would...

  13. Nursing Boards control of Nurses

    fawnmarie replied to Cougar1113's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I agree. Social media makes it all too easy for people to sound off about things. Employers do check social media and I cringe when I read some posts by fellow nurses. Having an RN license doesn't...

  14. Overweight RN talked about

    fawnmarie replied to VegGal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think Esme had a great point, that fat-shaming happens every day, in every corner of the world. I think some people don't want to confront their own issues and problems, or admit that they are far...

  15. School Bus Tragedy

    fawnmarie posted a topic in School

    Fellow school nurses and Allnurses friends, yesterday a tragic school bus crash in my district claimed the lives of six elementary school students. Please join me in praying for, or simply thinking...

  16. Overweight RN talked about

    fawnmarie replied to VegGal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've observed behavior like this many times in my nursing career. At my last place of employment, a group of adult women gave a morbidly obese RN the nickname "Mrs. Puff" behind her back, and called...

  17. Monday, after break...

    fawnmarie replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    Mine were seriously dropping like flies! I sent two kids home with fevers over 100.0, one with pink eye, one with what I suspect was an ear infection. But I started off my Monday morning after break...

  18. School Bus Tragedy

    fawnmarie replied to fawnmarie's topic in School

    Thank you, friends, for your prayers, thoughts, and kind words! I'm thankful for the support of the allnurses community. I feel like I know some of you, from having read your posts for the last 3...

  19. School Bus Tragedy

    fawnmarie replied to fawnmarie's topic in School

    I agree that the size of a city doesn't lessen the impact of the loss of a child's life. I was just trying to convey that this is a unique city. I grew up in a much larger city, in the Midwest, a city...

  20. School Bus Tragedy

    fawnmarie replied to fawnmarie's topic in School

    I heard this sad news just a few hours ago. I've also heard that the handful of children still in ICU do not have a good prognosis. This accident has devastated our city like nothing I have ever seen,...

  21. School Bus Tragedy

    fawnmarie replied to fawnmarie's topic in School

    That is good advice, in fact, I decided to turn the news off last night when I realized that a little boy killed in the accident previously attended my school. I recognized his mother. Chattanooga is...

  22. School Bus Tragedy

    fawnmarie replied to fawnmarie's topic in School

    Thank you all so much for your kind words. I keep looking at the children here in my school today and feeling thankful that they are all right. The school bus involved was carrying children from a...

  23. School Bus Tragedy

    fawnmarie replied to fawnmarie's topic in School

    Farawyn, thank you for sharing the

  24. School Bus Tragedy

    fawnmarie replied to fawnmarie's topic in School

    Thank you so very much, dakotadenise. Our city is in utter shock. Six children claimed...in the twinkling of an eye...I just want to give all of my kids big hugs today and really live in the...

  25. It's been a week, focus on the positive

    fawnmarie replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    The last 2 weeks have been challenging for me as well. Our school district kicked off telemedicine, and my school is one of the telemedicine sites. I had the first telemedicine patient in the county,...