fetch BSN, RN

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    How to become a school nurse

    fetch replied to rebenigno's topic in School

    Oh, thought of another thing to pass along - when you apply for a job and get an interview, make sure you know who's going to be in the interview. If there will be principals there, remember that they...
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    Dear Cheaters

    fetch replied to RN9742's topic in General Students

    In my school some industrious cheater googled our textbook and found the online teacher version. They then purchased it for a fairly low price, copied all the test banks, and distributed to their...
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    Interview Questions

    fetch replied to leahrn1's topic in School

    I had a few situational questions in my interview as well. A lot of them were a whole paragraph of information and then a short question at the end, so you had to keep remembering the important...
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    Is there really no way to refuse a mandatory flu shot?

    fetch replied to tariqblaze's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, that's right, preventing healthcare workers from infecting already sick patients is EXACTLY like a secret police killing
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    How to become a school nurse

    fetch replied to rebenigno's topic in School

    If your schedule has days off during the week, I definitely recommend signing up to be sub nurse at your local school district. It gives you a feel for a fairly typical day (minus paperwork), plus...
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    Stupid, I know, but more bad representations of NURSES on tv!

    fetch replied to uRNmyway's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Little things like that, I always roll my eyes. It's when they get CPR wrong I get steamed! Like the show Doctor Who from a few seasons ago, a nurse talks his wife through CPR just before she performs...
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    Driving an hour to school there and back

    fetch replied to SarahStoddard14's topic in General Students

    In addition to recording lectures, some of your books may have audio tracks for each chapter on their website -- I think it was my med/surg book had three mp3 to download for each chapter. Key points,...
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    My Awesome Experience!

    fetch replied to poppycat's topic in General Nursing

    My wife had chronic knee pain for 12 years that wasn't taken seriously due to her age (early teens up until last year, age 25). After 2 surgeries that didn't do much and a steroid shot that did more...
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    Frequent Flier Teachers

    fetch replied to Kschaefer90's topic in School

    Or frequent flyer parents! I have one day who had a "scratch" on his face - so swollen he looked like he had a golf ball in his mouth. Asked me "can you tell me if this is infected?" and I just said...
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    You can't fix stupid!

    fetch replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

    I think it partly depends on what the student understands about calling "later." If I have a student come first thing in the morning with "mom said to call if I wasn't feeling better" I always tell...
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    Frequent Flier Teachers

    fetch replied to Kschaefer90's topic in School

    For the tummy aches that are really "tired of class" aches, I've learned that having them sit by themselves for 10 minutes without being able to lie down, read, or color tends to bore them enough that...
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    Second-guessing myself

    fetch posted a topic in School

    Wednesday at 1:20 I had a 3rd grade student come in bawling and holding his arm after a fall on the playground. Initially he was able to move it and squeeze my fingers, but after about 20 minutes he...
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    The miserable mother strikes again!

    fetch replied to RNlove17's topic in School

    There's always at least one parent who didn't do what they needed to . . . AND IT'S ALL YOUR
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    Advice for new grad in VB/Norfolk area

    fetch replied to laciej03's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Koloa, you might want to try contacting Maxim nursing. Right now they're doing their flu clinics and are hiring some extra people, it could get your foot in the door. Just like Christypol said, it...
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    You can't fix stupid!

    fetch replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

    YES. Or "I got a headache an hour ago but I didn't come see you until now because I had recess." If you can run around on the playground with your headache, you can sit quietly at your desk with the...
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    Hand Foot and Mouth Disease?

    fetch replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    Once they develop the sores they're usually past the infectious period, so our district policy is that they're ok to be in school. However once there's a "cluster" our district coordinator has to...
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    Silly question about asthma

    fetch replied to mc3's topic in School

    If you are comfortable doing so, sometimes I have them sit quietly with water after my initial assessment to see if that helps - sometimes after a few minutes they start talking to me and perk right...
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    Food Allergies Resources

    fetch posted a topic in School

    I'm trying to gather resources to send home about severe allergies, especially food and insect bites. So far most of what I've found that's free isn't something I can print and make copies of (16...
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    Difficult Parents...

    fetch replied to Finally2008's topic in School

    Here's the one from the NIH, it's the base that Virginia (and it looks like New Jersey) base their action plans on. You can also try googling "asthma action plan (state)" for your location....
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    Second-guessing myself

    fetch replied to fetch's topic in School

    Wow, that is wild that it took a week to show up on the x-ray! You guys are right, I did what I could I guess. I think I'm going to keep repeating that phrase to myself - "I cannot tell if it is...
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    Moment of weakness

    fetch replied to Stoopkid's topic in General Nursing

    Vick's Vapor Rub got me through pig dissections as well. That formaldehyde smell is the WORST! And as long as it's under your mask, no one need know it's there but you. Good
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    How Do people find School Nurse positions?

    fetch replied to copeRN's topic in School

    Around here the permanent positions are posted online, but only from June until they're filled (for the upcoming school year). It's usually a 2-3 week window and if you miss it, you're out of luck for...
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    New School Nurse: Forgot a medication yesterday

    fetch replied to Finally2008's topic in School

    Here's another method that a lot of nurses in my district use - the flipped bottles. After a student takes their medication, flip their bottle upside down. Then at the end of the day flip them all...
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    Failed the pre-employment talent screening test

    fetch replied to Misskala's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I have a big problem with those personality tests - I tend to be waaaay too honest, which is not always the answers they want to hear! Once I'm interviewing in person, I'm fine, but those darn...
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    Stereotyping Male Nurses

    fetch replied to lvansick's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Three things of note: when a profession is dominated by women, that profession becomes subconsciously accepted by society as "women's work." (Nursing, teaching, secretaries, telephone operators,...