ohiobobcat

ohiobobcat

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  1. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    ohiobobcat replied to fangirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sweet as pie alert and oriented little old lady I had as a patient working med-surg one night. The next night I came in and she was climbing out of bed, ripping her lines out and calling me a...

  2. Thinking about All Nurses....

    ohiobobcat replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter actually did a paper for her psych 101 class on "special snowflake" syndrome- I think she tied it into narcissistic personality disorder. Or something like that. You people do pop into my...

  3. School Nurse Salary?

    ohiobobcat replied to kegreat's topic in School

    Just got my new contract. $42,315 annual, 184 days contracted, 10 years (at the end of next school year) RN experience. My health insurance is going up $50 per paycheck,

  4. School Nurse Role Model

    ohiobobcat replied to Robotech's topic in School

    I'm going to try taping a saltine to a abrasion next time I see

  5. Things you'll never forget from your nursing instructors?

    ohiobobcat replied to NurseCalamity's topic in General Nursing

    "AIRWAY!!! Airway airway airway!!!!" while dancing across the room, emphasizing assessment priorities. The same instructor used to say "Beauteous!!" every time she was pleased with something. Now...

  6. Countdown Time

    ohiobobcat replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    Nine more days!!!! Seniors graduate tomorrow. Underclass finals are Friday the 12th and Monday the 15th. Then make-up finals are Tuesday the 16th (there will almost be no one at school that day)....

  7. Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    ohiobobcat replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Join the club, Farawyn.... join the

  8. Liking members at AN

    ohiobobcat replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    I completely agree!! Rose's mom, however, cracked me

  9. Liking members at AN

    ohiobobcat replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    Ten is my favorite, although Rose annoys me. I like Matt Smith, but I don't LOVE him. I always thought 9 tried too hard. I do like Capaldi, too. Love finding other Whovians who are not my...

  10. Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    ohiobobcat replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    16 year old girl with a headache x 5

  11. Average "Wait Time" For A Parent?

    ohiobobcat replied to jodys-girl's topic in School

    Kids in my school live in 4 towns. I would say the farthest kids out probably live 40 minutes away? At least 1/2 hour away. We are a rural district. Assuming the parent is awake, has showered, and...

  12. Ridiculous Reasons to See the Nurse

    ohiobobcat replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    I work in a high school, but I also care for the junior high students when their nurse covers another building in the district. One of the diabetic students in the junior high came to my office for a...

  13. Prioritization interview question advice

    ohiobobcat replied to archemichael's topic in School

    I would not offer the vomiting child water to sip on, especially if they have just vomited. The risk of dehydrating for vomiting x 1 is pretty slim, so they are NPO at least until everything else gets...

  14. Liking members at AN

    ohiobobcat replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    I remember those baby sites, too. I don't dislike anyone here. I don't think I would ever block anyone, because then how would I be able to keep an eye on their antics. I'm a noob (relatively...

  15. Emergencies

    ohiobobcat replied to RN4kidz11's topic in School

    I have had lots of "seizures" this year from the same 2 students. One I think (no official dx) was having pseudo-seizures. The other is graduating in 5 days and that's all I will say about that...

  16. Grade levels. Pros and cons?

    ohiobobcat replied to txbootsy's topic in School

    I work with high schoolers. I don't think the elementary kids would get my sarcasm and snark. The jr high nurse in my district goes from kindergarteners to junior high kids in the same day. I would...

  17. Who makes medication policies in school districts?

    ohiobobcat replied to Jory's topic in School

    Our policy is adapted from the DOE/Maine School Health Manual in our state. And we allow students to self carry with parental, medical provider and school nurse sign off. That definitely depends on...

  18. How many nurses to students ratio?

    ohiobobcat replied to NurseLRW's topic in School

    Just me and 700 high school students. I am an RN. I also cover for the junior high students (our buildings are attached by a short hallway) which gives me another 250 or so students for half days 3...

  19. Countdown Time

    ohiobobcat replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    I think Farawyn means administration hasn't told her the official last day for staff yet. My administration hasn't told us yet either. I know kids are done on June 16 (that will be a slow day...

  20. Emergency communication from staff

    ohiobobcat replied to Windchaser22's topic in School

    Yeah- I get the "So and so is VOMITING!!!!!! IN THE BATHROOM!!!" a lot. One of these days I want to freak out as much as everyone else does, just to see what happens!! "O.M.G!!! Not VOMITING!!!!...

  21. How large is your school?

    ohiobobcat replied to txbootsy's topic in School

    I am in a high school grades 9-12. There are about 700 student in my school. I see on average 30-40 kids per day. I have a 4 drawer locking metal filing cabinet that I keep all of my paper health...

  22. Code Blue Systems

    ohiobobcat replied to WillowNMe's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have pagers or phones that we carry with us, so it gets announced as an overhead "Code blue *location*". We never overhead paged codes in the ER. Everywhere else in the hospital does...

  23. Countdown Time

    ohiobobcat replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    Ugh.. I have 21 days left. Seniors graduate June 4

  24. Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    ohiobobcat replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I had a student come in today who fell and "hit her head" in the library (unwitnessd). We use the SCAT3 for concussion screening. She had EVERY SINGLE SYMPTOM listed on there. And she had...

  25. I Got Head Lice

    ohiobobcat replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    Well I have always been fascinated with elves and elven lore. I used to read the Dragonlance Chronicles when I was in high school (like all 99 of them. Multiple times.) So seeing Legolas on screen...