SassyTachyRN

How do you deal with teachers who second guess your opinion or who try to override you? Do you approach them personally? Go to the principal? I'm new in my school this year... Let me tell you what happened today.. I had a 5th grader who came to me b...

Our policy has always been no... if your child still requires narcotic medication, they should be at home getting it, due to the side effects, plus we don't like having it at school regardless of whether or not it's locked up.... We like for kids to ...

Other than this... maybe peds onc. office. I have oncology experience, and I love peds. I've also always wanted to do women's health office, maybe something in the community, a clinic or something.

When I worked in a hospital, I worked on an oncology floor. I had shingles on my chest, back and down my arm. My doctor said I absolutely could not return to work since I worked where I worked, and he mentioned that it is sometimes airborne/droplet. ...

I just had one tell me her side was "numb" after someone hit her with a ball. I really love when kids tell me their body parts are "numb." What am I supposed to do with that?

90% of my complaints for this week have been stomach aches. I find a lot of kids have anxiety about the school year ending. It's the constant in their lives. It's a safe place for them to go, a place where they know they'll be fed, be loved on, etc. ...

I do the same. I often feel like they have better relationships with the parents, so I usually give them the referral forms to give to parents at parent teacher conferences.

Same here. I had a kid who had a sub last week.. came down to me with a loose tooth. I told him it will come out when it's ready.. he told me, "Mrs. X pulls our teeth ALL THE TIME!" UGH, great!

I'm also in a split elementary position, so I feel your pain. We don't have floater positions, but it really does sound intriguing! My district barely pays for the nurses we have/subs most days, so they would never fund this, BUT if they did, it woul...

As a former hem/onc RN I def would never do this either! Def need to be chemo cert and have the proper PPE to give any chemo, even if it's just gtts! Need a gown and double gloves, etc. Can't believe he expected that people at school would give this!

I had 3 in my office with their bookbags still on this AM. They got to their classroom doors, whined to their teachers and got sent to the clinic. Teachers are just done. I am seeing a marked increase in my numbers these last few days.

In those instances I usually refer to DCS for medical neglect... just document, document, document. Don't let them use your emergency albuterol as a cushion. I would let them know if you have to use your emergency stock then you call 911 next and tra...

I had a kid with a hole in the shoe yesterday. On the pass back, I wrote, "cured with the same kind of tape you have in your desk." 9 more days. My patience is soooooo short.

We started doing this and we found that about 10% of our visits district wide are for staff members. The district said if we hit 15% we can hire more nurses. So if they even cross my threshold to talk to me about their allergies or their rash from th...

No sunscreen here. We don't even allow lotion. I'll be honest, I stash away some hypoallergenic good stuff in my desk... Eucerin. I'll give it to kids if I really think they need it. I do that maybe 3-4 times a year.

I had a mom who said OI over and over again. I pestered and pestered for a careplan back from her. Finally I caught her in the school and gave her a consent to release information, and told her OI is a very serious diagnosis and it was imperative to ...

11 more days... 11 more days...

The broken wheel test is like flash card type things. You'd have to order them. I put a link up there.

I have a prek-k school. We use Pediavision, but I occassionally have a kid whose pupils I cannot read. For those, I use the broken wheel test. - Broken Wheel Test™ They point to which car has the broken wheel while sitting like 10 feet from you, I th...

I put ice in ziploc also. I put three cubes in if I'm feeling stingy, and four if I'm feeling generous. Now I'm thinking I should cut back, haha!

Out of my small school of 225 (prek-k), about 10 are "religious objections." I have 7 or 8 in my other school of 575 (gr.1-5).

I'm not in NJ, but in my district in IN, years of exp. do count towards steps, to a max. I started at step 3 for 3 years of experience. There was a RN who started with me with 15 years exp. and they started her at step 5. We have a 12 step scale.

Same here!

Last day for students 5/31, staff 6/1. We still have 2 Friday's off (snow make up) and Memorial Day off, so 18 more days.

Glad it all worked out. In my district we have a form that parents can sign delegating responsibility to another (named) parent on the trip, as trained by the school RN.