NanaPoo

NanaPoo

School Nursing, Hospice,Med-Surg

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  1. Pharmaceutical companies are crooks!

    NanaPoo replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, I saw an ad in People magazine for a new sleep med called Silenor. It was the super old school anti-depressant, Doxepin, that just has the common side effect of drowsiness. With my prescription...

  2. Code Black

    NanaPoo replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I love how nurses are always at the nurse's station on the phone and the docs are doing all the dirty work. Sometimes there are 3 docs surrounding the patient and completely involved in the...

  3. Love-Hate relationship with Teachers

    NanaPoo replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    And, yes, these things crack me up but also go in my file of ridiculous way we waste time at

  4. Love-Hate relationship with Teachers

    NanaPoo replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    How is this a nursing skill? The teacher can't loosen up that ponytail in 2 seconds versus the 5 minutes it takes for the kid to traipse down the hall to the clinic, explain the situation to the...

  5. what do the students call you?

    NanaPoo replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in School

    I typically go by Nurse LastName. A few kids who are close friends with my daughter or close family friends call me Ms FirstName. One kid calls me Nurse Nancy for kicks and one faculty member actually...

  6. Anyone decorating today??

    NanaPoo replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    I went all out last year. This year? I haven't decorated at home much less here at the clinic. I have a great idea for my door that will go through December and January but have I put it up? Nope. Am...

  7. Love-Hate relationship with Teachers

    NanaPoo replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Don't forget hemming skirts and cobbling shoes...I COBBLE

  8. Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    NanaPoo replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    New Random Thought: Am I the only school nurse that spends a large portion of the week looking for eyelashes in little kids'

  9. Unlabeled meds

    NanaPoo replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    Yep, front office staff has no idea. They basically say, "hey, this looks medical. Let's give it to the nurse!" Schedule II med sits in my wide open mailbox for all staff to pass by for 2 hours this...

  10. teenagers and pot

    NanaPoo replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught in nursing school (many moons ago) that smoking pot was actually more dangerous than cigarette smoking as far as lung cancer risk. Marijuana use and risk of lung cancer: a 40-year cohort...

  11. What do you eat in the morning?

    NanaPoo replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked the floor or the clinic, I found my blood sugar bottoming out about 10 a.m. if I only had a quick bowl of cereal or a carb-only breakfast which was what I was pretty much raised on. The...

  12. Unlabeled meds

    NanaPoo replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    I came in late because my daughter had an orthodontist appointment this morning. Guess what I found in my mailbox in the front office? An RX bottle with 5 Vyvanse capsules and a sticky note attached...

  13. No pass? Too bad

    NanaPoo replied to zombieghoast's topic in School

    We had an issue last year with a large number of middle school students sneaking to see the nurse (I mean, she IS so awesome and cool) that we had to make a rule that they couldn't see me without...

  14. head lice :(

    NanaPoo replied to GatezRN's topic in School

    2 things... 1) Make sure she's cleaning all linens, furniture, car upholstery. Maybe the student is becoming reinfested via those things. 2) Maybe she DOESN'T have lice or nits as you haven't seen...

  15. Ridiculous Reasons to See the Nurse

    NanaPoo replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    Awesomeness! Thank you, Jen-Elizabeth. Although, I think this particular 7th grader would interpret his contact falling out as an eye

  16. How often did YOU see the school nurse?

    NanaPoo replied to SnugglePuggle's topic in School

    Ahhh...that is my goal. BORING! It seems to work for a lot of kids. Don't be a fun nurse and the kids won't want to hang in the

  17. Crazy Parents

    NanaPoo replied to maryel's topic in School

    3rd graders comes to clinic with stomach ache 3x today. Gave Kid's Pepto chewable once but after his 3rd visit, mama gets a call to pick him up even though this kid has no fever, no vomiting, no...

  18. Ridiculous Reasons to See the Nurse

    NanaPoo replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    We are having book fair this week. A first grader vomited right in the middle of the media center, fever and everything. Of course that prompted the entire first grade to now feel queasy and slowly...

  19. How often did YOU see the school nurse?

    NanaPoo replied to SnugglePuggle's topic in School

    We didn't have a school nurse. It was the 70's & 80's and you dealt with it. You had a headache, your mom stuck a Tylenol in your pocket in case you needed it later that day. Bloody knee on the...

  20. Ridiculous Reasons to See the Nurse

    NanaPoo replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    Speaking of such ridiculosity, can someone lead me to the list of things that constitutes an emergency at your clinic? I know I've seen it here before and plan to implement that here in my little...

  21. Ridiculous Reasons to See the Nurse

    NanaPoo replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    Today is our Grandparent's Day/Veteran's Day Chapel. It never fails that if I try to go to one of these things I will get called out on some emergency. I wouldn't go except my own kid is a student...

  22. Love-Hate relationship with Teachers

    NanaPoo replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    You're in good company! I have weeks where teachers are questioning my nursing judgment and it just irks me. Then the gossip begins about how the nurse did this and the nurse said that. It can be very...

  23. Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    NanaPoo replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    What's up with the dog poo theme this year?? Last week I bleached two footballs a kid brought from home because he picked up a pile of dog poo, smacked another kid in the back, then decided to play...

  24. The Bad Day Thread

    NanaPoo replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Awww, man. Far, your heart is really in it for these kids. I can tell. I'm fortunate that I have almost none of these situations at my school. My kids tend to come from really fantastic families. My...

  25. Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    NanaPoo replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    We've had indoor recess for over a week. It is non-stop raining in GA since who knows when? The rainier it is, the crazier it gets in the clinic. Please, Sun, come out &