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    Stethoscopes

    fetch replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    Some of my 5th graders are bigger than some of the teachers . . .I think if you get a pedi stethoscope you'll be very limited in who you can use it on. I have an MDF Acoustica dual head and it's done...
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    Thank you for all you do!

    fetch posted a topic in Gastroenterology

    I recently had a colonoscopy. It was my first time under anesthesia, and I am only 27, so it was a very nerve wracking experience. It became even more nerve-wracking for my wife when I started to wake...
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    Thank you for all you do!

    fetch replied to fetch's topic in Gastroenterology

    Yeah, the doc said "I don't want to see you until you're 50, and by then I'll be retired, so goodbye."
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    Dear Parents...

    fetch posted a topic in School

    Half of this school goes to see Dr. Blahblah at Gobley-de-Gook clinic. I have received upwards of 20 medication orders from that office in this school year alone - and considering I only have about 50...
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    Dear Parents...

    fetch replied to fetch's topic in School

    Oh man, I would get parents hollering straight down the hallway to the principal's office if I said that. Way too
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    Non traditional nursing jobs

    fetch replied to Ethancio's topic in Nursing Career

    How did you get into this? I have wanted to do research nursing for a while but all the places around here require you to have prior experience in research (the ever-wonderful catch-22, you must have...
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    What cracked me up today

    fetch replied to Flare's topic in School

    Resurrecting this thread from last year because I had a visit from my 5th grade buddy that made me laugh (he comes to the clinic when his class is being too loud in the hallway and he doesn't want to...
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    Dear Parents...

    fetch replied to fetch's topic in School

    They actually had to completely gut and re-do our front bathrooms over the summer because the boys' room just stunk all the time. The smell permeated the hallway down to the main office . . . welcome...
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    How do you store epi pens?

    fetch replied to CampNurse10's topic in School

    Mine are stacked in alphabetical order on top of my med cabinet. The boxes have to have the original pharmacy label, but I also write a new label with just the name and stick it on the end so it's...
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    Dear Parents...

    fetch replied to fetch's topic in School

    Well I finally got them faxed to me today - when mom was here with the medication. Still not sure why she couldn't have just picked up the papers herself. DOUBLY unsure as to why she wants her...
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    TGIF

    fetch replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

    Right there with ya . . . I think yesterday's partial eclipse + the new moon = same effects as a full moon!! What a
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    May I please vent?

    fetch replied to mc3's topic in School

    Got one of these right now . . .child was up all night with asthma problems, used his inhaler and said it didn't help . . . PLUS he says he didn't tell his parents! Do I have an inhaler at school?...
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    Do you keep clothes in your office?

    fetch replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    You're a nevernude
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    Ridiculous Reasons to See the Nurse

    fetch replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    I am 1701% DONE with students coming to me puking or about to puke because of something gross they ate on a dare in the lunchroom! It has spread from 5th grade down to 3rd grade and I AM OVER
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    Question for Florida School Nurses

    fetch replied to AutumnDraidean's topic in School

    I'm not in Florida, but I would just contact the ped's office and ask them. I think most states have immunization tracking databases these
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    Medication administration

    fetch replied to Elixer's topic in School

    I had two chronic forgetters last year - I ended up doing a chart for Nov-Dec where they get a smiley face each day they remembered and a frowny face each day I had to call/track them down. If at the...
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    Do you keep clothes in your office?

    fetch replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    My situation is a lot like amnesiac1c's. I get donations from various parents and staff when their kids outgrow it, but that is ONLY for bodily fluids on clothing AND when the parents can't come in to...
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    all i really want is...

    fetch replied to Flare's topic in School

    I would like for the fifth graders to stop doing the gross food challenge! I had yet another puker come in today, from either doing it or watching others do it. JUST STOP!!! That IS a
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    all i really want is...

    fetch replied to Flare's topic in School

    All I really want at this point is to go one day without a parent making me feel like scum or a teacher ignoring my rules because they can't be bothered. I want to go one day without regretting taking...
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    Medication Refills

    fetch replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    We have an electronic system, but it doesn't have a lock-out to prevent users from going back and editing old entries. So we do a paper count each week, and only enter into the system a number when...
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    Yik Yak...its an app :(

    fetch replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    At my house, it's all college kids wanting to hook up. At school, it's all college kids making poop jokes. (Different college.) It's all anonymous, no calling-out anyone, around here there's none of...
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    Most Frustrating Thing ?

    fetch replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Grandma is FURIOUS that her baby boy was PUSHED on the playground and HIT HIS HEAD. (On the grass.) And why on EARTH didn't I send him straight home, and why didn't I say that he was PUSHED?! (1 - he...
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    public school systems

    fetch replied to lalonzo27's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Some of the information being provided here must be taken with a grain of salt - there are variances in each school district, state, and country. In my district, for example, you must submit the...
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    Asthma Uncertainty

    fetch posted a topic in School

    Here's a time when I wish I had another nurse here at my side, but I'll ask ya'll's opinion instead. Asthma kid, about 8 years old - lungs sound okay (some wheezes, but about the level that an...
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    Field Trips

    fetch replied to RN4STUDENTS's topic in School

    In VA I train all the teachers on oral meds, inhalers, and EpiPens for field trips. If the parents go, all the better: the school meds can stay at school and the parents are responsible (I make that...