NanaPoo

NanaPoo

School Nursing, Hospice,Med-Surg

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  1. Lavender?!

    NanaPoo replied to huffmannurse's topic in School

    Now I'm about to go all yoga hippie in my clinic & get some peppermint oil. We have a serious fruit fly issue, too! If I don't eat my lunch fast they'll eat it

  2. Lavender?!

    NanaPoo replied to huffmannurse's topic in School

    Darn it, Flare. There goes my coughing fit

  3. Malingering Monday

    NanaPoo replied to Flare's topic in School

    How are you qualified to track the source when you aren't even qualified to DIAGNOSE??? Good Lord, woman!! Ok, I have had about 5 coughing fits from laughing so hard at you guys today. STOPPP

  4. Lavender?!

    NanaPoo replied to huffmannurse's topic in School

    Oh, good grief. Did the student interrupt your meditation pose just to ask you for one of your many essential oils?? Yes, the essential oils are bugging me right now. My daughter's new math teacher is...

  5. Malingering Monday

    NanaPoo replied to Flare's topic in School

    Omiword!! I had a student that had lice for 2 months (said the lice salon lady) and the next day mama was going around telling everyone it was MY fault! Huh? I'm the one who found it but it was still...

  6. Malingering Monday

    NanaPoo replied to Flare's topic in School

    Ugh, me too! My principal was waiting on me to discuss an issue that was apparently still hanging from Friday. Gotta love a concussion that happens as I'm walking out the door on Friday afternoon!...

  7. Struggling - its not fair.

    NanaPoo replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    Oh, I'm so sorry! We lost a fellow mom here at school last fall to breast CA with mets. Her daughter is in class with mine. She and I spent many birthday parties together, field days, class parties,...

  8. Head Lice - It's True

    NanaPoo replied to OldDude's topic in School

    Goodness, I'm sitting in my sweet little clinic at my precious little Christian private school and come across this wonderful thread about head lice and think, "oh, good! This is just what I need...

  9. Does it always get nuttier at Christmas?

    NanaPoo replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    I don't know. I'm a big weenie and I got tagged everyday by the big, redneck, bully kids in dodgeball. It was awful. I was the smallest kid in class every.single.year. I'm still the smallest kid from...

  10. Two more hours! Two more hours!

    NanaPoo replied to pistolchick's topic in School

    I am SO glad I'm alone and have no one to talk to. I am horrible at holding up my end of a

  11. The After School Thread

    NanaPoo replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Aww, so sweet. I'm glad you get to see him today. I remember getting sentimental seeing commercials about kids going off to college and thinking I'll just die when my kiddo goes away. But, right now?...

  12. Does it always get nuttier at Christmas?

    NanaPoo replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    Scabies registration, sure. And no longer allowing any new scabies into the school borders. And perhaps a scabies internment

  13. Bedside report - hate it? Like it? Love it?

    NanaPoo replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Having been a patient roughly 3 times in the past 3 years I can tell you I HATED bedside report. I always have a horrible time sleeping in the hospital and usually can fall asleep by 5 a.m. and really...

  14. The After School Thread

    NanaPoo replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    We have no counselor either but I'm gunning for one. I don't even try to pretend to be one anymore. I'm

  15. Does it always get nuttier at Christmas?

    NanaPoo replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    I do advise parents to check heads regularly but do they listen?? Apparently not because I'm finding kids with lice infestations in all stages. My first graders are in bad shape! If I have a first...

  16. Friday....Are you there???

    NanaPoo replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    My daughter and I can spend hours on YouTube watching the cebaceous cysts getting squeezed. Good

  17. The After School Thread

    NanaPoo replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I missed this! Every Christmas season our PTF gives all teachers & staff a "paid half day for Christmas shopping" as a gift. A PTF person comes in and works for us voluntarily but I didn't think I...

  18. What's your side job?

    NanaPoo replied to thejetsetnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I've got the market covered. At least in my neck of the

  19. What's your side job?

    NanaPoo replied to thejetsetnurse's topic in General Nursing

    School Nurse Hot Wing Taste

  20. How much time off for Winter Break?

    NanaPoo replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    We leave at noon on 12/18. Well, the nurse and kids leave at noon on 12/18. I imagine the teachers stay the remainder of the day to finish up final grades which is why I LOVE being the school...

  21. Irritating spouses/family that don't understand?

    NanaPoo replied to Eleven011's topic in General Nursing

    Dr Oz or The Doctors...UGH!! Last week I was sitting in my neurologist's waiting room and had the wonderful opportunity to see most of an episode of The Doctors and found out my lady parts may be...

  22. Is it possible to get the holidays off?

    NanaPoo replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    School Nurse: I never work a weekend, holiday, summer, evening, or night. I get a week for winter break and a week for spring break. My hours are Monday-Friday, 7:45-3:15. All that time off makes up...

  23. Today's funny

    NanaPoo replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Just like at

  24. Cute things students say.

    NanaPoo replied to GdBSN's topic in School

    I have one little girl (she's a 2nd grader this year) who does NOT know how to keep a family secret. I can't look her mom in the eye because I feel like I just know too much about her. When I first...

  25. I don't like pediatric patients, am I normal?

    NanaPoo replied to Wonder RN's topic in General Nursing

    In nursing school I said, "just get me through psych and peds rotations and I swear I'll never be back." I did med/surg and hospice for the majority of my first 15 years of nursing and guess what I do...