fetch BSN, RN

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    Countdown....

    Yeah here we're in class until mid-June, but at least we don't go back until
  2. Here's a quote that's going round the internet that I think of whenever I see these type of
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    Countdown....

    Lucky
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    Countdown....

    After today, just 4 more Mondays, because we have Memorial Day off . . . I really like that way of looking at
  5. Can you hear me okay with your bell or do I need to face your
  6. I'm sorry Dr Littman, I must be really tired today, I think I'm
  7. I think about my job so much, you wouldn't believe what you look like to me right now . .
  8. While I certainly understand your frustration, I also wonder why these new comers are getting privileges/benefits that you are not. Is it as simple as asking for it? What are they presenting to...
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    School nursing does not mean nursing school

    How on earth are so many people accepted to nursing school and yet don't understand the difference between nursing school and school nursing? (My cranky pants are on this
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    What NOT to do for scabies

    http://hamptonroads.com/2014/04/lawsuit-va-beach-teacher-stripsearched-scabies This story started getting reported right when I had a scabies case appear at my school. I forwarded it to my principal...
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    What NOT to do for scabies

    Definitely! Like, if it was just the administrator, or just the nurse, that's one thing -- very poor judgement on someone's part. But the admin thought it was a good idea, the nurse double checked...
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    Industrial Piercing

    And most of the time, you have to pull it all out after a few days to a week, because it's too much metal in a part of the body that doesn't take piercings well. It's certainly something
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    New Lice Policies

    If your district has a stricter policy than the state, it can override in most cases. So while your state may have changed that last year, your district may have elected to keep a stricter lice policy...
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    Industrial Piercing

    As a few others have pointed out, industrials have been a "thing" for over a decade. But now I want to see your reaction to a corset piercing . . . like
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    Shocked by facial piercings at work

    At first I thought this was about someone getting an electrical shock and blaming their facial piercing, my first thought was "Mythbusters busted
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    New Lice Policies

    As my school nurse mentor told me at the beginning of the year: no one ever died from lice! Speak with your pre-K teachers about not sharing pillows or blankets in naptime, not sharing hats, keeping...
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    What NOT to do for scabies

    Flare: Error in the complaint, the nurse's last name is Dave. Here's the TV station's report on the incident: Teacher’s lawsuit alleges illegal strip search |
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    Student Nurse with a poop problem

    My thoughts exactly, BE CAREFUL if you breathe through your mouth! I will take the smell over the taste every day of the
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    Any Given Day-Murdered Student

    Such an unimaginable tragedy. My heart aches for her family, friends, and
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    Running the Spring Marathon

    I used to work at a theme park, and the 2 weeks around spring break were unofficially known as "marathon" because we went from weekends only to daily operation. But since most of the high schoolers...
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    Running the Spring Marathon

    Well, I'm about to mile 16 or so now - definitely getting there but not done yet. Last week the pollen count racketed up, leaving many teachers freaking out about possible pink eyes (most of which...
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    A new argument against lice checks in school

    (The "ml" fell off your link, just fyi.) NASN and AAP have been advocating for getting rid of "no nit" policies for a while now - that doesn't mean districts are going to change those policies....
  23. You might get stabbed!
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    Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    GENERAL WELFARE. It has been said several times. GENERAL. WELFARE. Your continued refusal to acknowledge that health falls under that is astounding. ETA: That was rather short of me, but it is...
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    Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    I clipped the middle of your post because those two parts right there summarize why we will never agree. You feel that people do not have a right to insurance - and thanks to skyrocketing costs, no...