SassyTachyRN

SassyTachyRN

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  1. Flu vs. Cold Bulletin board

    SassyTachyRN replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    Ohhhh, good idea! Know what drives me batty? When students and staff said that they have or have had the "flu." I did send out a staff education email that told them the differences between a cold and...

  2. School nursing does not mean nursing school

    SassyTachyRN replied to schooldistrictnurse's topic in School

    Muahahaha... LOVE

  3. Does nursing really suck that badly?

    SassyTachyRN replied to Irish_Mist's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I worked adult hematology/oncology/med-surg overflow right as a new grad. I did my two months of day shift orientation then did a month of night shift orientation. Then went to 5 8 hr shifts 11p-7a....

  4. School nursing does not mean nursing school

    SassyTachyRN replied to schooldistrictnurse's topic in School

    Yes!! Love

  5. Whats a good position to be available for kids schedules.

    SassyTachyRN replied to bbsunshine's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

  6. Whats a good position to be available for kids schedules.

    SassyTachyRN replied to bbsunshine's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

  7. Whats a good position to be available for kids schedules.

    SassyTachyRN replied to bbsunshine's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I don't think there's a whole lot out there where you'd be able to drop them off and pick them up... School only really lasts for 7 hours so you'd have to find a job where you only work 6-6.5hrs. I'm...

  8. What's the nursing demand in Indiana?

    SassyTachyRN replied to ArvinC EMT's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I'm in Fw- the two major hospital networks here start new grads under $20 base pay. One starts at 17.75 and the other at 19.50. Both have bad retention rates, staffing issues,

  9. School Nurse Salary?

    SassyTachyRN replied to kegreat's topic in School

    Northeastern Indiana- 37K salary spread through 12 months, first year as a school RN. Subbed last year, and had 2 years of oncology/med-surg experience. I have my BSN. My hospital pay was actually...

  10. How to become a school nurse

    SassyTachyRN replied to rebenigno's topic in School

    I got about a $4k increase to come from 3yrs of hospital experience to school nursing. I went from hourly to salary. I work 191 days a year and get paid year round. I absolutely love

  11. Gave epi today

    SassyTachyRN posted a topic in School

    Today I gave my first epi pen, ever. Anaphylaxis to fish nuggets. I'm still a little shook up. The child is ok though and that's all I can ask for! I pray I don't have to give another one all year,...

  12. What do you do when you can't get ahold of parents?

    SassyTachyRN replied to 100kids's topic in School

    Our policy is that they stay in the clinic and yep I've had kids in there ALL day

  13. I just had to quit. :o(

    SassyTachyRN replied to Stitchy's mom's topic in School

    Oh wow. I'm so sorry. We don't have to do the staff meetings or sgo's or anything like that in my district and that I'm thankful for. But my principals are not my bosses either. There's 30 of us...

  14. How Do people find School Nurse positions?

    SassyTachyRN replied to copeRN's topic in School

    Last year I got my sub job from word of mouth, basically. There was a posting in my child's school newsletter that said they were looking for sub RN's. My permanent position this year, I found out...

  15. Meningococcal Disease

    SassyTachyRN replied to Spidey's mom's topic in School

    It is a required immunization in my state to enter 6th grade. I get students from other states a lot and I'm seeing that it's not a requirement in a lot of

  16. Asthma death in Philly school

    SassyTachyRN replied to Stitchy's mom's topic in School

  17. Food Allergies Resources

    SassyTachyRN replied to fetch's topic in School

    http://www.allergyhome.org/schools/

  18. Food Allergies Resources

    SassyTachyRN replied to fetch's topic in School

    Try this?

  19. Food Allergies Resources

    SassyTachyRN replied to fetch's topic in School

    http://www.allergyhome.org/schools/

  20. From ER RN to School RN...is there anyone out there?

    SassyTachyRN replied to ERRNDeans's topic in School

  21. Blood sugars over 400

    SassyTachyRN replied to Vtachy1's topic in School

    We call parents for anything under 70 and anything over 300. Parents need to know if their kids are running high or low so they can communicate it to the MD in case the insulin needs

  22. First job: substitute school nurse!

    SassyTachyRN replied to PCnurse88's topic in School

    Lol. The one I work for now has 51 schools and 30,000 students. We have 30 nurses, most of us have 2 schools each. I personally have a middle school of 800 and an elementary of

  23. First job: substitute school nurse!

    SassyTachyRN replied to PCnurse88's topic in School

    I made $19/hr for subbing in Indiana. I subbed at least once a week. I worked in a small school district, less than 15 schools with one nurse per school. Orientation was 2 paid hours one on one with...

  24. Which attire do you feel gives school nurses the most respect?

    SassyTachyRN replied to Nurse ABC's topic in School

    Ok, maybe this is silly but what's a bear

  25. New Here

    SassyTachyRN posted a topic in School

    Been lurking around these boards for a while and thought I would introduce myself. I have been a RN for two years now, working on a medical-surgical/oncology unit, and prn for the last 6 months as a...