NanaPoo

NanaPoo

School Nursing, Hospice,Med-Surg

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  1. Outside of Nursing..

    NanaPoo replied to waiting4ivpush's topic in General Nursing

    In my 20's prior to my daughter, DH and I traveled a lot. Cruised a lot. It was awesome. Now that we're old and tired and parenting a pre-teen, hubby travels with work 99.9% of the time and I find...

  2. I am the worst person ever.

    NanaPoo replied to bicuspidball's topic in Nursing Humor

    School nurse. I blame it on the student that just left the clinic. Every

  3. Cough drops

    NanaPoo replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    Ilicit cough drop use...LOL I have saltines but even those are magical treats for my kids. I keep them hidden for emergency purposes. I keep fruit chews and juice boxes strictly for my diabetic...

  4. Cough drops

    NanaPoo replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    I feel like such a wild child here in my private school doling out Tylenol, advils, peptos, decongestants even! I don't even ask permission for the cough drops or petroleum jelly (though I do heavily...

  5. Cough drops

    NanaPoo replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    I keep a minimal of everything at all times. It keeps kids from just taking tons. Does that make sense? For example, I have a tray with a water pitcher, 3 oz Dixie cups, and a bottle of hand...

  6. Have any of you ever left a tourniquet on a patient after an iv start?

    NanaPoo replied to Mursechico's topic in General Nursing

    Haven't done it myself but I have found tourniquets left on by others...be it a phlebotomist or other nurse that recently started an IV. It's not a horribly uncommon mistake to make but one, as with...

  7. Ridiculous Reasons to See the Nurse

    NanaPoo replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    Oh, I couldn't count how many kids bring "splinters you can't see" for me to

  8. Vent about teachers (as much as I love them)

    NanaPoo replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    Yes, a lot of what I do is just plain common sense stuff. I busted out laughing when TXStyle said a nurse brought her band-aids to put on her arm. Come on!! The majority of my kids, even...

  9. How long is your commute?

    NanaPoo replied to the nurse who lived's topic in General Nursing

    Currently, 10 minutes and I love it. I once worked in downtown Atlanta. The drive was 15 miles but it took 1.5 hours one way. It was an oncology office job so the hours were 8-5 so I was stuck in...

  10. Vent about teachers (as much as I love them)

    NanaPoo replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    Whaaaa?? That course was a dual course with shoe-cobbling in my ADN

  11. supplemental income

    NanaPoo replied to crazynursebsn's topic in School

    These are good ideas although I don't ever see myself as a farm girl. I'm more the city girl type. I currently use hubby as my supplemental income but if I ever decided to ditch (or he decided to...

  12. Enterprising students leave nurses scratching their heads…

    NanaPoo replied to GmaPearl BSN RN's topic in School

    So, we could get ourselves a free day off ya know.... I had a 7th grader decide to tell the incoming 6th grade soccer players that he had head lice and that he would "give it to them" as his very own...

  13. Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    NanaPoo replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Ugh! I have a 5th grader who walks up and loudly says, "Headache!" One day I pounded my fist on the counter and said, "Hungry!" back at him. He just looked at me like I had two heads because I didn't...

  14. Crutches "Laying Around"

    NanaPoo replied to CalNevaMimi's topic in School

    Yes, I have 2 or 3 pair that students are always wanting to borrow, convinced they have broken a foot or ankle. Or they want to drag them out and play with them. It's just another thing for me to have...

  15. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    NanaPoo replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    The first baby I cared for in maternal/newborn clinical was named Dequavius. I also met a new mom who thought the hospital named her new daughter. That little girl's name was Female (rhymes with...

  16. Annoyed -just a vent

    NanaPoo replied to Flare's topic in School

    This is NanaPoo's due date day at my school. The actual final day for parents to have their Immunization paperwork in is 10/30 but I tell them 10/15 so I can spend the next 2 weeks chasing the final...

  17. Principal Issues

    NanaPoo replied to SnowyJ's topic in School

    I back up my principal and he does the same for me. He's fantastic. I've learned to give him a heads-up about any parents that might be coming his way about issues that pop up and after less than 2...

  18. Returning pants

    NanaPoo replied to zombieghoast's topic in School

    Yeah, I am SO not doing laundry for 400 kids! I already wash dirty sheets a few times a week for the clinic. I screwed up and ordered a CANVAS covered cot which I can't wipe down between kids this...

  19. Is it true all nurses get MRSA or C-DIFF?

    NanaPoo replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't that the first trick you learn when testing in nursing school? Any question with the words "all" or "always" or "never" can be marked out as the incorrect answer.

  20. Returning pants

    NanaPoo replied to zombieghoast's topic in School

    Flare-are you going around town asking little kids for their used underwear? If so, that could be a real

  21. Incidental sexism

    NanaPoo replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    We have a lot of moms who are serious business women who are always traveling on business and completely inaccessible but dad is the available caregiver. Or kids who have a grandparent as the primary...

  22. Drug seekers

    NanaPoo replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, I stick with monster. Taking a call light away and closing you in your room??

  23. Is it true all nurses get MRSA or C-DIFF?

    NanaPoo replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    I got c. Diff when I was a stay at home mom after years of being out of the work force. So, technically, I'm a nurse with c Diff but definitely didn't get it from a patient. I got it from being given...

  24. Drug seekers

    NanaPoo replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    THIS is why we can't judge our patients based on our preconceived notions of opiates and our stereotypes of those who use them. This "nurse" abused her power, she judged you without even knowing you,...

  25. Returning pants

    NanaPoo replied to zombieghoast's topic in School

    My daughter's previous school required that the younger kids (K-2nd grade) always keep a change of clothes in their backpack in case of accidents, spills, etc. This way each kid was guaranteed to have...