SassyTachyRN

SassyTachyRN

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  1. Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    SassyTachyRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    LOVE

  2. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

    SassyTachyRN replied to CalNevaMimi's topic in School

    Yes! Today is our last day too! 2 weeks off!

  3. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

    SassyTachyRN replied to CalNevaMimi's topic in School

    Wait, you are still in school on the 22nd? We are out tomorrow,

  4. Otoscopes

    SassyTachyRN replied to aetienn6's topic in School

    Our entire district has Piccolights also, they are

  5. "Gift" Ideas

    SassyTachyRN replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    Same

  6. Eczema on hands?

    SassyTachyRN posted a topic in School

    I've had several students come down complaining about their hands itching, burning and hurting and they have what appears to be eczema on their hands. Besides educating, what else can I do in the...

  7. Eczema on hands?

    SassyTachyRN replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    I'm asking for nursing interventions, not medical advice.

  8. Eczema on hands?

    SassyTachyRN replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    We are in Indiana where it's pretty cold, and we have a lot of bitter cold winds. We've also had a lot of cold/flu/stomach virus outbreaks and the teachers are on high alert and making the kids...

  9. Eczema on hands?

    SassyTachyRN replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    No latex gloves. It's mostly my Pre-K

  10. Are all nurses perpetually exhausted?

    SassyTachyRN replied to yellow_crayon's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I work 5 8-hour shifts M-F. I'm not exhausted. I no longer work in the hospital. I was exhausted all the time when I worked in the hospital. I tried all shifts and of varying lengths while working in...

  11. Head Lice!

    SassyTachyRN replied to SnowyJ's topic in School

    We don't do classroom checks. Period! I simply tell the teachers that our policy is that we only do checks on kids with itchy scalps as part of our nursing assessment or those whose parents call and...

  12. Stock Epinephrine

    SassyTachyRN replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    I have multiple schools. This task is delegated to my secretaries when I'm not in the building. They have access to me via the phone all the time and I trust that they would call before they injected...

  13. Standing Orders

    SassyTachyRN replied to 100kids's topic in School

    We have standing orders for epinephrine, Benadryl and

  14. TGIF

    SassyTachyRN replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

    Wow, that's a lot. I have multiple schools as do most of our nurses in our district. There's 30 of us and 50 schools. Most of us have 2 schools unless we have a high school or a large middle school....

  15. Pre-School Exclusion Policy

    SassyTachyRN replied to aetienn6's topic in School

    I will tell you.. I have two schools.. One contains preschool. Prek teachers want to send home every sick kid with a cough or sniffles or who doesn't "look well" or "act right." Prek teachers are...

  16. Should I join a teachers's union?

    SassyTachyRN replied to Nurse ABC's topic in School

    Do your schools not cover you with malpractice policies? I have malpractice insurance that is paid for by the school district, but then again we have a nurses union and are represented by the teachers...

  17. Vanderbilt Nurse Residency 2015

    SassyTachyRN replied to MrsMc's topic in School, College Programs

    Can I just say that I would be careful what some of you post on here? You never know if a manager or a recruiter is reading this thread and some of your user names would make it easy to correlate to...

  18. TGIF

    SassyTachyRN replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

    Why in the world do you as the NURSE have to do detention

  19. Nursing with P.O.T.S..

    SassyTachyRN replied to SarahAnnieB's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    How are you

  20. New RN questioning career choice

    SassyTachyRN replied to KansasRN14's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I hated med surg nursing. I was like you... Miserable and dreaded going in even days before I had to. I knew I couldn't keep going on like that and I questioned what I had gotten myself into. There...

  21. Stethoscopes

    SassyTachyRN posted a topic in School

    What kind of stethoscope do you have? I have a Littman Classic II, but I was contemplating getting a pediatric one. But, is it really necessary? Are the pediatric ones really that much better in the...

  22. Do you look...

    SassyTachyRN replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    We also have a district physician. They write and sign off on our standing orders for our emergency anaphylaxis and respiratory distress protocols (we have stock epi and albuterol with tubing and neb...

  23. Eye machine

    SassyTachyRN replied to czab's topic in School

    In Indiana you don't have to be certified to screen either. We check 1st grade for near/far/and depth perception. 3,5,8 get checked for

  24. How do you store epi pens?

    SassyTachyRN replied to CampNurse10's topic in School

    Mine are the exact

  25. Removal of a PICC line in home

    SassyTachyRN replied to nursepolly4's topic in Home Health

    I worked oncology for several years and we removed them right on the floor, never sent them to radiology or had IV nurses remove them. Never did post removal scans. Just removed, applied an occlusive...