SassyTachyRN

SassyTachyRN

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  1. Overnight out of state field trips

    A few years ago I had a teacher who had a relationship with a local organization... well she personally holds a weekend overnighter for her class at this organization. It is not a school sponsored...
  2. Friday!

    You're not allowed to leave us. I just looked at my calendar and realized we don't have another day off until Good Friday- March
  3. Spot Vision tester

    I'm in IN and Lions Club does preK and K vision screenings here, which aren't state mandated grades but they believe in the importance of early detection so they like to do those grades. They will...
  4. Spot Vision tester

    We have one in our district and I used it to do all of my mandated grades.. 1, 3, 5. Had them (330 kids in those grades) done in 3 hours. It was awesome. I did get a lot more fails than normal, but...
  5. Flu in Schools 2016

    I had a confirmed flu case in a staff member, according to that person, but I never saw any documentation. This was back in November. Haven't seen any in kids yet. Today my daughter tested positive...
  6. 3 Day Weekend

    No school for us today for MLK, 2 hour delay already for tomorrow for the
  7. Friday!

    lol hey now! I did get the pedi and paid extra for the extra long massage, it was
  8. Fitness Nursing

    I was going to say wellness coordinator as well. The company I work for has a wellness coordinator who is a RN and she's in charge of promoting employee health programs and connecting employees with...
  9. Friday!

    No school for us today! I'm still sipping coffee on my couch curled up in a blanket. [emoji6] might even go for a pedi
  10. Snow, Where Are You?

    Last year we added on I think a week at the end of the school year and we had 3 or 4 built in days. Most of our days off were for bitter cold (-20 to -40 wind chills). This year we haven't had any...
  11. The Bad Day Thread

    So very sorry, Far.
  12. My job interview yesterday

    Awesome!
  13. Pink Shirt Wednesday !

    Wind chills -13 in IN this AM (2hr delay, yeah!), but I'm rocking the PINK and grey scrub top with butterflies also. Get me out of this deep
  14. Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    We have parent teacher conferences the next two nights (4 hrs each night), so we get Friday off. I have to stay for conferences too, but I'm never needed... I just had a bunch of new bulletin boards...
  15. Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    I can't wait until it is. We have Friday and Monday
  16. UGH TEACHERS

    I had a few last week.. An upset kiddo, upset over a spelling test grade and the teacher requested rest in the nurses clinic... I sent her to the counselor instead after I had a reassuring talk with...
  17. Friday!

    I can see posts, but only the current page. If I try to page back, the page is
  18. minor complaints

    Yes, lots of chapped lips, but I've also had a lot of "my nose is stuffy." Here's a Kleenex, blow. Wash hands.
  19. standing orders

    Epi/Benadryl for anaphylaxis and albuterol for respiratory
  20. Interesting Article

    Makes me thankful that my state requires CPR/First Aid certification for teacher licenses. Of course, that doesn't actually mean they won't freeze up and won't know what to
  21. Need Help QUICK .Are you responsible for getting sub coverage

    I am not responsible for this. We are a large district, and have a nursing supervisor who will try to arrange for a sub, but sometimes cannot, and another nurse will be on call for our buildings....
  22. That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    ?Pink top and bottom, AND a pink zip up sweatshirt!
  23. I graduated with a deaf nurse. The college provided someone to come and sign for her for the entirety of the program. She could read lips really well. Since she had to watch lips or her signer, she...
  24. Interesting Article

    I read that same article this AM too... I just don't get why the student was still face down when the nurse arrived. They really couldn't even roll him over to check on him to see if he was breathing...
  25. Watches

    I have a Timex IronMan watch. Waterproof, day, date, has seconds, even a timer. An indiglo light too. Nothing more fancy than that, I think I paid $40 for it at