Flare ASN, BSN

school nursing, ortho, trauma

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    School Nurse Software

    Flare replied to amandarn10's topic in School

    it merges the data pretty well as far as basic data from the other data pool (oncourse). It's really just a matter of pulling the fields you want and importing them in. I keep my students pretty...
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    Not sure what to do?

    Flare replied to sippee's topic in School

    can you work the OR on a per diem basis? lots of us hold per diem nursing jobs at hospitals. maybe your old OR will be happy to have you back on a per diem basis. that way you'll scratch that itch...
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    Most Frustrating Thing ?

    Flare replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    i'm with mc3- not being able to get in touch with parents. there will be a dozen phone numbers listed and nobody will pick up because they see that the school is calling. I'm not calling to ask how...
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    School Nurse Software

    Flare replied to amandarn10's topic in School

    I use healthoffice anywhere by healthmaster, which is a web based charting program. I really like it. it's an intuitive and complete program and it being web based means that I can access it...
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    So who's ready to go back ??

    Flare replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    me too, donnacee! i haven't left yet, ha
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    License expiration date - how does your state handle it?

    Flare replied to ixchel's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    NJ is also May 31 but some people are even years and some people are odd
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    men in school nursing

    Flare replied to plainfieldguy's topic in School

    i don't see why it would be any different than a man in any other field of nursing. I would love to see more men in school nursing! . I say go for
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    intranasal versed

    Flare posted a topic in School

    I know this is the time of year that we all check out, so i am guess i'll have to resurrect this thread come fall, but this is cropping up now for me in the last 2 days of school (and for impending...
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    intranasal versed

    Flare replied to Flare's topic in School

    Seizure action plan on my desk says to call EMS if a 2nd dose of medication is necessary... says i may repeat in 5 min if s/s do not stop. I am positive this student has gotten this medication at...
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    Student passes out on the practice field

    Flare replied to luvmysoldier's topic in School

    i agree - grab my go bag, grab the AED and high tail it out there. My cell phone is always in my pocket and i am not concerned with the minor ailments that would normally come to my office while i'm...
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    Summer School nurse vs. Full year nurse, any major differences..

    Flare replied to ErinDel's topic in School

    you can expect summer school to be a much much much less busy office than a regular school year office. There are less kids, they want to be there (usually because they have to) and they're typically...
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    What Do You Wear To Work?

    Flare replied to Jules0612's topic in School

    i wear both - some days are a scrubs day - other days are a clothes day. But every day i wear a lab coat. We get to "dress down" on Fridays and wear jeans and also on Mondays (that was a fundraiser)...
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    A difficult initiation to nursing in tornado affected area

    Flare replied to angie2927's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    one of the hardest parts of nursing is when you are faced with that moment of everything falling to crap around you because of some disaster - natural or otherwise - and you are stuck at work...
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    EMR For School Clinic

    Flare replied to gkvegan's topic in School

    i'm partial to Healthoffice anywhere by
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    Does anyone have carpeting in their health office/clinic?

    Flare replied to Massmagic's topic in School

    i have never seen a carpeted nurse's office for just the reasons you cited. i'm forever calling the custodian to mop up the after effects of the child who didn't quite make the bathroom or garbage or...
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    The angry parent

    Flare replied to RNlove17's topic in School

    Too bad you guys left your crystal ball in your OTHER lab coat... it would have saved dad a lot of yelling! VS were stable, lungs were clear, parent was contacted and parent said student was to go...
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    vision resources nj?

    Flare replied to schoolnurse64's topic in School

    i've gotten the lion's club to come in to do mass vision testing for my school before. They use a special photo technology which is a then analyzed and results are sent directly to the
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    Bug bites...seriously??

    Flare replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    i don't even bother anymore - unless it's one of my autistic children who will stim, perseverate and shred their skin apart they all get the same bit of advice - go to the bathroom and wash with soap...
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    School Nurses: Non-Nursing Tasks????

    Flare replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    i had a teacher send a student down to me because his snack spilled in his backpack. I keep extra food here and offered him replacement. He asked if i was going to clean out his back pack. I...
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    drop attacks ?

    Flare replied to abcnurse77's topic in School

    well, i can't give any legal advice, so i'd get on the horn with the district attorney, hard to reach or not, because keeping a student out for an epileptic condition and an insurance issue sounds...
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    Does anyone drive students home?

    Flare replied to Nurse ABC's topic in School

    no, i would not drive a student home. Heck, i can barely leave for lunch, so leaving to drive a student home would be out of the question
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    And that's a WRAP!

    Flare replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    21 more here too, well i guess it's 20
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    drop attacks ?

    Flare replied to abcnurse77's topic in School

    i would contact the district attorney to determine liability of this child sustains a head injury due to one of these seizures and the refusal of the protective device. Was one prescribed or written...
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    Limited protein?

    Flare replied to abcnurse77's topic in School

    agreed, unless we're given some sort of number to work with, how can we limit? Guidelines are
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    Unstable Diabetic

    Flare replied to lvnforschool's topic in School

    it does stand to reason that if you can delegate out glucagon, that you would send that person to cover that student in case of an extreme low during a field trip. However, if those laws are anything...