Flare ASN, BSN

school nursing, ortho, trauma

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    Small gift for my frequent visitors

    Flare replied to CampNurse10's topic in School

    their gift is the smile on my face when they get
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    sick (pardon the pun) of teachers

    Flare replied to mycsm's topic in School

    i about hit my boiling point today when i called looking for a student and a teacher got all flustered and said "I am ON my PREP!!" I asked her to get the student from the assembly the student was...
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    Eczema on hands?

    Flare replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    let them have some vaseline, the cause could be from a variety of things - irritated from soap and not rinsing well enough, dry from change in season, beat up from playing in snow with sopping gloves...
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    What cracked me up today

    Flare replied to Flare's topic in School

    i'll take it over the aroma of BO and unwashed
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    What cracked me up today

    Flare replied to Flare's topic in School

    A second grader came into my office smelling (quite frankly) a little strongly of Axe body spray. I asked him if he was wearing cologne to impress the girls and he told me quite matter of factly it...
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    School Nurses

    Flare replied to mdonohue76's topic in School

    I'm in NJ - so the same thing rings true about me for the NJ pay scale - on teacher's scale. So I make a half way decent living. (shame on the states and districts not treating nurses with the same...
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    Vitals?

    Flare replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    no... chest pain perhaps unless they tell me they just ran the mile but beyond that just a temp if their complaint warrants it. and even that i've bought a non contact type so i can stop wasting...
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    38C fever, no ride home?

    Flare replied to Elixer's topic in School

    i would have probably done the same thing. keep in the clinic until the end of the day, tell the parents to keep home tomorrow. Ideally a pickup would be best, but hopefully the student could sit...
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    Missed a fracture.

    Flare replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    i wouldn't necessarily count that as a miss on YOUR part. YOU called the parents right away. THEY chose to wait on it. As previously stated, you do not have x-ray vision. All we can do is just...
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    What nursing reference books do you keep in your office?

    Flare replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    the best actual books that i found i'd reach for vs punching up the internet is Minor emergencies (available in School health catalogue) - it covers a lot of oddball things that can walk through your...
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    Suicide

    Flare replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I am glad he was found alive and overall today he is safe, but do you know why the 24hr was hold cut short? It seems to me that such a serious suicide threat and attempt should have some sort of...
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    Elementary Burn Out

    Flare replied to guest83140's topic in School

    Teachers may want to "protect themselves" but from what? germs?? parents being mad that their kid wasn't allowed to come to the clinic because they have been coughing for the past 3 days?? I like to...
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    Suicide

    Flare replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Any word on your student? Did they find
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    Head Lice!

    Flare replied to SnowyJ's topic in School

    this astounds me too, especially when it's an infestation I can see from across the
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    Head Lice!

    Flare replied to SnowyJ's topic in School

    oh, i had a parent who accused me of lying last week when i sent his child home with lice when he asked if lice was going around and i told him that i had know of no other active cases. it's not like...
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    Middle School/High School and Supplies

    Flare replied to peaceful2100's topic in School

    for ice packs - the kids are simply not allowed to take them. it's amazing how quickly the ice therapy can work when the kid doesn't feel like staying in the nurse's clinic. In my old school i did...
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    Do you have a blood glucose meter in your office?

    Flare replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    to be honest, it's rare that i am rescuing anyone. i use it more often than not on those rare occasions that the meter acts up or when the student runs out of strips. The latter comes with a long...
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    Head Lice!

    Flare replied to SnowyJ's topic in School

    i don't terribly mind checking the little little ones - the pre k's and kindergarteners as those kids still have nap time and no sense of boundaries. The older kids - especially the ones that are not...
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    all i really want is...

    Flare posted a topic in School

    a modicum of common sense to be shown in my office... No kids walking in holding bare hands to their bleeding noses then looking at me like I just invented the wheel when i offer a tissue. Nobody...
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    Do you have a blood glucose meter in your office?

    Flare replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    my meter has the same audience - students that are already known diabetics that forget their meters or run out of strips (or once in a blue moon for me to check when their meter seems to be acting...
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    Do you have a blood glucose meter in your office?

    Flare replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    i used to purchase the sidekick from school health - loved it - 50 strips and a meter for like $35 and when you run out of strips you just chuck the whole thing!! Invaluable when your diabetic...
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    Do you look...

    Flare replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    I probably repeat the phrase 25-30 times a month! lol but then i deal with a needy
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    Dealing with parents with attitudes when it comes to policy

    Flare replied to SnugglePuggle's topic in School

    We have an overnight trip and during the parent meeting and written clearly on all the paperwork, we have a hard deadline for the medical paperwork and for all the medications to be dropped off....
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    School Nurse sued under 4th Amendment

    Flare replied to feelix's topic in School

    I just would not have done the check and would have documented that i had called the parent multiple times ( assuming that the parent called because the child was in a significant amount of...
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    Eye machine

    Flare replied to czab's topic in School

    i get too frustrated using the titmus machine and so do the kids. I just use the good old reliable Snellen chart. It;s quicker