SassyTachyRN

SassyTachyRN

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  1. Sending kids home

    SassyTachyRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Snow?!?! Holy

  2. contracts

    SassyTachyRN replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    We have a teachers union and a nurses union. I don't have "additional duties." I'm a nurse and nurse only.

  3. A real Lunch Break!

    SassyTachyRN replied to guest83140's topic in School

    I take one everyday... Well, I can probably count on one or two hands how many days I have not taken a lunch. But, I also have two schools and switch buildings midday, so I make that my lunchtime and...

  4. "He wants his Ativan? Well I'm not giving it to him"

    SassyTachyRN replied to learnfromthis's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Or maybe tell the RN, "Mr. X is requesting to speak with you regarding the status of his Ativan." That forces the RN to have to clarify the situation with the patient as he/she should and removes you...

  5. Forgetting to prime peripheral IV line...

    SassyTachyRN replied to lpnmommy86's topic in Emergency

    You need to report this as an incident to your

  6. Fever

    SassyTachyRN replied to plc115's topic in School

    Ours is 100 as well. If mom told me the kid was fluctuating up to 101 I would tell her to keep them home as

  7. Do you rotate patients? HELP

    SassyTachyRN replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Home Health

    I precepted with a home health nurse for 6 wks in nursing school many moons ago, but she did the same thing, called the morning of and informed the patients of what time we would be there. Left it at...

  8. Overnight Trips

    SassyTachyRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Hahahahahaha!!

  9. Inhalers?

    SassyTachyRN replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    I have a handful of kids who will use them q4 when ill, usually for a week or two. I also have a bad asthmatic who comes q4 daily (1030, 1430) and I've seen a world of a difference with him from the...

  10. NP on Call with Overtime

    SassyTachyRN replied to tsipareht's topic in Advanced Practice

    Our hospitalist group has that shift for NP's. Not sure about the

  11. Pts without insurance getting d/c on insulin

    SassyTachyRN replied to sassyann85's topic in General Nursing

    Case management did those types if things at my hospital.. Anything that had to do with meds at home whether paying for lovenox, getting IV abx, or getting medical supplies, that went through CM. SW...

  12. How to pay for school?

    SassyTachyRN replied to nickimarie93's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Same here. I graduated from a traditional state school with my BSN 4 years ago for basically the same

  13. seeing students in the last 15 minutes of the day

    SassyTachyRN replied to Flare's topic in School

    We dismiss at 3:30. Yesterday, at 4:10 (my hours end at 4) a student came to me from an after school group with a broken

  14. well, it happened

    SassyTachyRN replied to mycsm's topic in School

    I also precept several BSN senior nursing students in my clinic every semester. They are taking a community nursing course and get placed in various community agencies and often schools are their...

  15. proof of immunity for staff

    SassyTachyRN replied to schooldistrictnurse's topic in School

    We sent out an email to staff asking them to check their own personal shot records to see if they are fully immunized. We are offering titers/vaccine at our employee health clinic free of

  16. Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    SassyTachyRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Today I had three asthma attacks, a nosebleed so bad I had to send out for cauterization, and a vomiter ALL AT THE SAME TIME. While I'm dealing with all them, I had kids coming in for ice, abrasions,...

  17. How many of you precept nursing students?

    SassyTachyRN posted a topic in School

    We have a good relationship with a few BSN programs here and they are always looking for clinical site locations for their community clinicals (senior BSN students). I usually take on 1-2 students per...

  18. if you graduated in the last 5 years

    SassyTachyRN replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    Graduated May 2011, BSN, had multiple offers that month. Started in June 2011 on an oncology floor and didn't take boards until the end of that

  19. Bedside Report

    SassyTachyRN replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Something we did was ask everyone in the room to leave so we could do bedside report. If the patient wanted people to stay they would usually request that they stay or ask if they could stay. This...

  20. Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    SassyTachyRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Lol too funny. Last night I dreamt that I triaged victims of a parking garage bombing. I must have felt hero like in my dreams last

  21. Nurses Exempt

    SassyTachyRN replied to justmia1089's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I worked for was OT over 80hrs in a pay period (2 wks). Major hospital corporation (for profit) in

  22. First Med Error... Learned Big Lesson

    SassyTachyRN replied to NurseyNursington's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Doing glucose checks were taken from our techs in early 2010 and vitals in 2012. Rn's do it all at the hospital I just left. Techs were there for timely call light answering (customer satisfaction...

  23. Year 1 as a School Nurse

    SassyTachyRN replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    Lol that would drive my principals nuts. I have two cots at one school and one at the other. Last year I had a folding lawn chair before I got the second cot, it was really dangerous

  24. 24 hour vomit free before returning to school?

    SassyTachyRN replied to mamahuff's topic in School

    We have a stay at home 24 hour rule for fever, diarrhea, vomit. Some parents, such as my migraine kids who vomit, I will tell parents they can come back the next day as long as they are migraine free....

  25. Year 1 as a School Nurse

    SassyTachyRN replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    I don't count on my janitorial staff to clean my clinic. I come in sometimes and my countertops are downright filthy and I know they haven't been cleaned. I have no proof that they even clean the...