JenTheSchoolRN BSN, RN

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    Whatcha doin' this summer?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    I take off my nursing hat for the summer. For two weeks I work as technical director for a youth theater camp. Then I'm spending 6 days in St. Kitts/Nevis. But moving I am going to relax and take...
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    Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Oh, I have plenty of tampons. So I'm good . I have actually been off site the last two days for Sex Ed HS curriculum training - taking on educating the 10th graders next year about all "the sex."...
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    Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I argued with a kid that was sent down from the Dean for wearing a non-school and non-appropriate shirt. I gave her two separate uniform shirts to try, but since both were too big (i.e. they were...
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    This'll be fun!!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    Oh no. Because tampons and ibuprofen go hand-in-hand. There could be a bloodbath (pun intended) coming up
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    Oh no!.....

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to scrubsrn24's topic in School

    I'm in MA as well and still here. We go until the 23rd thanks to 5 snow days we have pre-built into the calendar. And I lost track of Bandaids - I ordered 4,500 regular bandaids and have also none...
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    Oh no!.....

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to scrubsrn24's topic in School

    I will put bandaids over the bite for the younger ones. Out of sight, out of mind. I don't usually see them again after
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    Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    That sounds like a law suit about to happen to me. And all the ice packs...oh, all the ice
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    School Nurse Salary?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to kegreat's topic in School

    It can really depend on the district in Boston and the Boston area. Boston public itself pays pretty decently in the school nursing realm and there is a difference with your Masters, partial does not...
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    This'll be fun!!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    They all must have synced to a different week. I still hold fast that when they go, it will be in a flash
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    Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    We just had the celebration for our 8th graders - kinda a graduation from 8th to 9th grade since my school is 5-12. I could not go to the ceremony, but one teacher asked all of the teachers and staff...
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    Out of pocket expenses?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    As long as you save three of them a day for
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    Out of pocket expenses?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    I buy extra for my office - decorations and different colored dry erase markers for my white board. Every once in a while I will pick up crackers and forget to submit the receipt, but everything else...
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    What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to fangirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was out for two days of training last year; when I returned, one of my students asked me if was training to become a real nurse (vs. a school nurse). Student is often rude to everyone, but that...
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    They're gone!!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to mc3's topic in School

    Farawyn, you and I can start our own thread here all summer if you want . I tend to move over to the General nursing board myself in the summer - since I take a break from nursing at that time to...
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    Narcan prescriptions in NH

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to aeris99's topic in General Nursing

    Right next door, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is looking into narcan availability and administration in schools as well. Sadly, we have a growing number of heroin overdoses in the...
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    They're gone!!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to mc3's topic in School

    The seniors are graduating tonight. The rest June 23rd...12 more school days. Just 12
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    This'll be fun!!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    Never, if you are my office. The gals prefer the pads . But if your requests are like my requests for such feminine products, you will stare at that one lonely tampon in the drawer on Tuesday morning...
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    New Grad- School nurse 2015-2016

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to nellyj's topic in School

    ^^yes, I agree, why not school nursing? I thought about a response I posted to another nurse in this forum who was applying to NP school and felt she'd "lost" her skills as an RN in school nursing: "I...
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    School Nurse Role Model

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Robotech's topic in School

    I haven't had my three saltines yet this morning. My molecules of life are
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    suspended for doing the right thing...

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to farmernurse26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This thread is very informative - I am better for reading it all the way through! OP, I'd be so frustrated if I could not talk to the parents. I feel like that is an essential part of any diabetic...
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    Ridiculous Reasons to See the Nurse

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    I don't have A/C - the whole school doesn't - but my office is in the basement so it is much, much cooler than the rest of the building. We, too, have seen a few 90+ days already (and yes, also 50...
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    Prioritization interview question advice

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to archemichael's topic in School

    Lol on the last part! I don't have a walki-talki, but asthmatic, parent (especially if I think they hit their head on the way down, the floor in my office is concrete), and directing vomiter to my...
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    Average "Wait Time" For A Parent?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to jodys-girl's topic in School

    I have some parents that pick up in 15 minutes; some take 2+ hours, and I've had a student in my office waiting for almost 4.5 hours once (!). I do work with older kids (grades 7-12) that can get...
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    Tactful way to address staff issue

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SnugglePuggle's topic in School

    Wow - so no privacy? That would bug me so
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    Nursing Specialties - Dream Job

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to ground's topic in General Nursing

    I fell into school nursing as a new grad. Now with year 3 on the horizon, I can't imagine doing anything