RNlove17

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, where in the building is it? Whats on the walls, and c...

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 clothes

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 bag, and a printout of all my med orders. Anything...

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, and located which drawer of the med cart their me...

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 snow day! Usually it'll be because of extreme cold,...

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 it? Did you just make one up or find anything print...

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 work when i need/want it. This summer I am thinking...

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 see how others "do it."

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 often. and I will rewrap if a student comes in wi...

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 least rinsed the wound but since he was going to ur...

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 them. It shouldn't effect their decision. I didn't eve...

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 nursing dream. I started taking pre-req's at commu...

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. Second: that is a crazy workload and doesn't sound lik...

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 clarify.

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 give 2 weeks. HOWEVER - That said, they can give b...

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 by 6 or you'll be running behind" (my answer - um ...

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 you.

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 I feel like there's techniques and tips I'm missin...

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 school was so difficult. I can't imagine going throu...

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

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 face.

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 all or nothing thing. I don't see why you'd even ha...

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 it's that much easier to steal identity. I definately...

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 worka once a month here (i have a FT job elsewhere).T...

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 primary. A bolus means through an IV... how is she ge...