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  1. How is your office set up/decorated?

    RNlove17 posted a topic in School

    Just because I'm curious. What level are you - elementary, middle school, high school, etc? How is your office set up - where is your desk, cabinets, how big is the space, do you have a bathroom,...

  2. scrubs or business casual

    RNlove17 replied to villageRN's topic in School

    i wear business casual. I would feel uncomfortable in scrubs with everyone else in "normal" clothes. I work at the high school but some other nurses in the district wear scrubs, and some wear street...

  3. Evacuation Drill

    RNlove17 posted a topic in School

    WE are having our first ever evacuation drill today. We are evacuating to the field house (the giant gym). Me and my aide are to report to the athletic office. I am bringing my med cart, my emergency...

  4. End of year meds?

    RNlove17 replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    Nope. I do a printout of all students who have med orders. Then, I go through and determine who has actual meds here at school from that list. I then print out an individual med list for each student,...

  5. The Snow Day Thread!

    RNlove17 replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I live/work in a suburban district in Western NY state so... we NEVER have snow days. Lol it'll be -15 degrees out, 4 feet of snow and here we are. Im exaggerating, but seriously, its tough to get a...

  6. Sub Folder - med list

    RNlove17 posted a topic in School

    I'm updating my sub folder and want to put a list of students and their meds and med times (we use SNAP and a sub does not have access to that info.) Does anyone use a template that nicely organizes...

  7. Summer jobs?

    RNlove17 replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I also work in Ny (western NY). I work per diem on a rehab unit 2 shifts a month (its where I used to work fulltime) and then in the summer I work more. They are very short staffed so I always have...

  8. Sub Folder - med list

    RNlove17 replied to RNlove17's topic in School

    Thank you. This is my 2nd year here (and last year I was out for almost 3 months on maternity leave!) so I'm still learning things. I don't have much interaction with other school nurses so I like to...

  9. Wrapping Injuries

    RNlove17 replied to nurseshajwani's topic in School

    I don't usually wrap. I'm nervous of that liability. What if I wrap and it turns out to be fractured and wrapping it worsened the injury? Only things I will do is buddy tape a finger, which I don't do...

  10. head laceration

    RNlove17 replied to garfieldrn's topic in School

    This sounds like a minor laceration. Changing the bloody gauze was appropriate. Leaving it would have been appropriate too but for a smaller/minor laceration, I'd change it. I probably would have at...

  11. Pregnant nurse interviewing for school nurse position - need advice

    RNlove17 replied to newSN's topic in School

    This was me last year. I interviewed for my current school nurse job around 17 weeks pregnant (wasn't showing much). i did NOT say anything then. They legally can't ask and you don't have to tell...

  12. worth the debt? Im stuck on this decision...)

    RNlove17 replied to kiki617's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Here's my imput... I have a BA degree in poli sci. I went to a state school and accum'ed about 20K in debt. Worked for a couple years for a mortgage company and made no money and decided to pursue my...

  13. am i reasonably resigning?

    RNlove17 replied to wakeuptothesun86's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    First: If you have federal loans - call the servicer and see if you can get put on an income based repayment plan (IBR). 1000$/month is crazy. If they're private loans, you're basically SOL tho....

  14. Would you hold Metformin fot a BS level of 149

    RNlove17 replied to Nola009's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I wouldn't hold it or even think to hold it. In your particular situation with the sup saying that, I would have called the provider or HO and asked to

  15. WHY do employers that give 2-3 days orientation require a month's notice of resignati

    RNlove17 replied to Nola009's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    First off, you are not a slave. Technically you can leave anytime you want. Do they give you 4 weeks notice if they are going to can you? I don't think so. There is no law that says you even have to...

  16. What in Sam Hill's Happened to Respect?

    RNlove17 replied to Hishands66's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm an RN who works per diem on a floor i used to work FT on. One of the other nurses is ALWAYS reminding me of basic things, he never did that when I was FT. Like "make sure you get your meds passed...

  17. Nurse/Workplace Bullying Victim & Resignation

    RNlove17 replied to Gypsynurse3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Exactly this. Do not give details or burn bridges. Don't put your complaints in writing because you never know when something will come back to bite

  18. Starting IVs

    RNlove17 replied to Scarlettz's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Im in the same boat. RN a little over a year and only a handful of IV starts. We don't learn in nursing school and I was not given training at my 1st job. I've learned hands-on from other nurses. But...

  19. Being a SAHM after graduation

    RNlove17 replied to KatarinaCoffman's topic in Nursing Career

    I guess I don't see the point to spend all this time and money on a nursing degree (a very hands on field) if you are not even planning on working afterwards? I don't mean to sound mean but nursing...

  20. Addressing patients by their first name...

    RNlove17 replied to tytkhat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    People do either/or here. Usually when meeting for the 1st time I'll do Mr/Ms then switch to first

  21. Is there a legal way to do this...

    RNlove17 replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If the police have their face up on the screen soliciting the public for help, i'm probably going to call if I see that

  22. Is there a legal way to do this...

    RNlove17 replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I would make the call. I believe a child rapist and murderer is imminent danger to everyone around him, especially children in the hospital. I believe there are exemptions to HIPAA law, it's not an...

  23. Posting Licensed Number in social media

    RNlove17 replied to nomad29's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It's public data so anyone can look up the number (rin my state it's on the OOP website if you do a name search.it also lists our city). But posting it on social media takes the work out of it, so...

  24. RN working as CNA under an LPN?

    RNlove17 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Im a relatively new RN who works per diem at a hospital on a rehab unit but im usually floated to their eden centered nursing home (set up like cottages with 20 elders to a cottage) though. I only...

  25. Heparin bolus administration

    RNlove17 replied to RDH-RN's topic in Patient Medications

    I give boluses IVP usually, as do most nurses on my unit. I'm on a rehab unit though and we do not commonly have pt's already on heparin drips though and don't even usually have piggybacks, just a...