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Congratulations on your new job! I've been a nurse for five years years and just started with a home hospice company and like it so far. As far as training goes: I spent several days learning Medicare policies, infection control, and what seemed l...

I am so sorry you are going through so much right now. As a former poster mentioned, it may be a good time to get hospice involved so that more support may be provided for your family. Please take care of yourself also. Even if one has not been "c...

Not so much with the doctor; however, I am that way with the emergency room.

I love when I have students because I love teaching.

Good afternoon everyone. I've been reading your posts for quite some time and they've assisted in my decision to accept a job offer as a hospice case manager. My background is oncology and school nursing. I dealt with several end-of-life scenarios...

Thanks for the input toomuchbaloney!

Days like that can feel so demoralizing. Add to that a nasty doctor or two, meetings about patient satisfaction (warmed up food or getting trays for family members), and staffing cuts and its enough to make anyone want to quit! I was somehow able t...

Hi PinkNails! Congratulations on getting called back for another interview. My first suggestion is to concentrate on questions you may be asked during your interview and practice your responses. Some examples: What are your strengths? What do you...

The spec ed teacher or aides take care of them. I already have to deal with the the kids who are NOT spec ed that wet/soil themselves.

Our school pretty much sticks with bottled water, pretzels, and mints. My diabetics are told to stay away from the testing snacks and stick with their scheduled snacks. The first day of testing, one of my diabetics was given several mints and test...

When I do an IHP for a student with, let's say, a peanut allergy; my care plan includes informing and educating all the staff members John Q. Student will come in contact with on a regular basis. The parent signs off on this care plan; therefore, co...

Sounds to me like this mother was bullying you to get her way. Stick to your guns and get the forms you legally need to have on file. Unfortunately, I have also been verbally abused and I've been given a nasty letter by a parent before. I'm trying ...

Last time we had a problem, I emailed all the teachers and had them keep in our insect sting allergy kiddos. The principal then called in a work order to have our playground treated. Honestly, I don't know how they treat though. Sorry.

Personally, I stay inside and have the injured come into the clinic because I have pretty severe environmental allergies (pollen, etc.). Sometimes, my assistant will go out with some bandages and send the more severe injuries inside to me.

My only vent about field day: It seems all my kids whose parents have come up with all kinds of physician notes and excuses and/or raised a ruckus with the superintendent's office to have little Johnny or Jane excused from recess or PE (outdoor acti...

I HATE that because then I have to battle them the next day. Our district policy is the student has to be fever free w/o the use of NSAIDS for 24 hours before they can return to school. Basically, they can't come to school the day after being sent ...

I've had my students teach the kids about hand washing. I have them assess the children that come into the clinic (I double-check of course). I give them oral case studies, for example: If a child were brought in here right now with what may be a ...

http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/head/schools.ht Because of the latest news from the CDC, starting next year, we may not even be able to send them home. Usually, the child is pretty uncomfortable and I'm hoping this will encourage the parent to c...

I've had to ask administration about this. I also work at an elementary school. We cannot insist that a student wear a bra, so I would have to discuss it with my principal if it was creating a distraction or something. Then, I would hope to slot t...

When a student is sent to me for odor, I try to address it with the student first. I discuss washing, deodorant, etc. I have them go into the clinic restroom and wash their underarms and apply deodorant. I also do an assessment. I once had a four...

Our school has the "Backpack Buddy" program.

Since it's not really a "medical" issue, I would tell the teacher since she is so bothered by it, she should call the parent. Kids will be kids. This would not be on my list of priorities at all. I have to make enough call about body odor. Just my...

I am at the elementary level and, so far, the touching and exposing issues go right to the principal and counselor. It would be good information to have on hand though. Good luck to you.

So sorry you are feeling so burnt out lately. I think we all go through it from time to time. There are times when the clinic is full and overflowing and I'm frustrated. There are charts to be delivered, documentation to be done, new kiddos regist...

Sometimes, one cannot be tactful. After several friendly reminders that did not work, I ended up posing the following question just this last Thursday, "Now, listen, Ms. Teacher, do I walk through and hang out in your classroom while you're teaching...