I agree that all medical supplies must be locked up. The only things I allow to be under the camper's control is the actual insulin pump (with a letter from the physician that it is to remain with her...
Agree with everyone above saying YOU need to check. A camp I have worked for in the past routinely used EMT's to cover for nurses until I proved to them that they were not legally allowed to do so and...
I would NEVER put a new grad in a school nurse position. Kids go bad way too fast. An asthmatic can be dead if not properly assessed, likewise, a diabetic. Nursing school does way too little to...
bethm214 replied to marinelayer's topic in Pediatric
I agree with janfrn. Male nurses are most likely found in ER, ICU and psych. There are some in home care, some in camp nursing, some in clinic settings and few in general peds. There also seem to be a...
bethm214 replied to katiescow's topic in Pediatric
What I have learned in 31 years of peds nursing: Listen more than you talk. You MUST believe that the parents know their child best. If a parent says something isn't right, listen to them. Don't talk...
I have done 31 years as a peds nurse, primarily at Johns Hopkins. I think a good place to start is a general pediatric position in a hospital, maybe a small community hospital that has a small...
bethm214 replied to firstdaughter156's topic in Camp
I would love to see an update from you on how it is going. Personally, I would be very concerned about being the only nurse there if you are not yet experienced in ANY real life nursing and especially...
Although I am sure the job offer situation is over, I would still like to add my 2 cents here. In my opinion, no one should ever be a camp nurse without at least one year of pediatric nursing,...
I am sure it is not want you want to hear, however, I STRONGLY recommend that you do at least one year of pediatric nursing in a major hospital center. Children are definitely not miniature adults and...
I created an MAR for our 4H camp. I enter our campers into a database then I use the merge function to auto fill in the MAR including the name, DOB, group name, allergies, date of last tetorifice,...