Flare ASN, BSN

school nursing, ortho, trauma

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    My first pedi death

    Flare replied to canesdukegirl's topic in Pediatric

    I'm sorry to hear that you had this experience. i don't think anyone is really equipped to take the traumatic loss of a child in stride. I know what you mean too about the media blitz not making it...
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    Wish me luck!!

    Flare replied to Morganalefey's topic in School

    congrats! Feel free to ask us any
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    What would you do (with high yuck factor).

    Flare replied to Gampopa's topic in School

    well, i can't give a whole lot of advice on this (this is a had to be there, and this walks the line of violating our TOS) but i will say this - if i were the teacher there would be no telling the...
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    Using Your Photo As An Avatar

    Flare replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    i just thought people would like to see an actual picture of me giving a school vision screening!
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    Win $100! February 2013 Caption Contest

    Flare replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    ...and to think, his daughter didn't even flinch for her flu
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    With all the allergies children have nowadays...?

    Flare replied to caregiver1977's topic in School

    on the other hand - we've had classrooms successfully help in training seeing eye puppies (The Seeing Eye -which trains seeing eye/ guide dogs) is located about 15 minutes from where i live. It's...
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    Sore throats

    Flare replied to tictac's topic in School

    i'm usually looking for a beefy red throat, presence of any pus, and swollen, tender glands combined with elevated temp. All those things are my red
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    With all the allergies children have nowadays...?

    Flare replied to caregiver1977's topic in School

    If a teacher wants a fuzzy pet, I tell them they have to let me know AND send a letter home because parents don't always let us know about animal allergies. I try to talk the teacher into getting a...
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    New school nurse...bummed out already

    Flare replied to LisaLPN7's topic in School

    i appreciate your frustration, but please don't discount our profession as anything less that "real
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    Who is responsable?

    Flare replied to mckay86's topic in School

    if it's in the iep, i believe it's the school's responsibility to hire a nurse on the district's dime. i'm not sure about the specifics of having to hire from an agency - i think they could probably...
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    Sore Throat Salt-Water Gargle? How Much Salt???

    Flare replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    ha ain't that the truth! especially with the kids that already know what it
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    Sore Throat Salt-Water Gargle? How Much Salt???

    Flare replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    i just eyeball it too. enough salt to cover the botton of the dixie cup, maybe a bit
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    Fluoride mouth rinse program

    Flare replied to schoolnursejenn's topic in School

    I am in NJ, but honestly i don't know much about the flouride programs. can you enlighten me at all? perrhaps this is something i should be doing or perhaps this is something i will avoid at all...
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    When do you call home?

    Flare replied to mc3's topic in School

    oh, i'd make it a point to throw that parent on the carpet and tell her that she got upset with my call the day earlier then got upset with my not calling. #1, mom already knew that her darling...
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    How to search for a thread

    Flare replied to schooldistrictnurse's topic in School

    if you go to the blue box up top and type powerschool and click search, you'll probably get the results you want within the first few results. (after the couple of ads that get splashed on the page)...
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    OTCs in School

    Flare replied to Waverly's topic in School

    We don't allow otcs to be carried. but i'll be honest with you about one thing. I've stopped caring so much about students carrying a few Halls cough drops in their pockets. I've sent the policy...
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    When do you call home?

    Flare replied to mc3's topic in School

    i will call if there is a fever, vomiting or diarrhea (for obvious reasons) or i will call if the student is really seeming uncomfortable or if the student really seems off (meaning this is a student...
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    Infected Needlestick

    Flare replied to blessedRN29's topic in General Nursing

    How scary! I'm sorry you're going through this, but glad to hear you're being monitored so closely and treated so aggressively. (I'm sure your tummy has it's protests about the treatment, but it will...
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    I must make a confession

    Flare replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    well, i can't say i ever did that, but i have taken completely untouched food off of nonresponsive patients trays before so it didn't go to waste, but that was only if it wasn't an isolation patient...
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    lockdown training

    Flare replied to Sudsy's topic in School

    Oh, i don't think you need to get into details about any of the recent events. That's unnecessary. Like I said, the children that do follow current events have an understanding of why and the children...
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    lockdown training

    Flare replied to Sudsy's topic in School

    i don't think i necessarily take umbrage with the "bad people" part depending on the audience. To be honest, i think you can be a little more realistic as to why the lock downs are being done with...
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    School Nurse Documentation

    Flare replied to elprup's topic in School

    the teachers here use on course - i use that too to put health alerts for staff, to check attendance, to look up contacts, ect... it has a health module, but the healthmaster program is better....
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    School Nurse Documentation

    Flare replied to elprup's topic in School

    i use healthmaster. it's overwrite protected. I really like the program. When i came to this district it was one of my
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    New school nurse...bummed out already

    Flare replied to LisaLPN7's topic in School

    you need to find your own groove. You'll get your own way of doing things. I'm not a big one to send kids home. Kids are supposed to be in school. A kid i hardly ever see come into the office...
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    No, I'm Not a Beauty Shop!

    Flare replied to mysixlittleones's topic in School

    all things considered, i encounter this type of request maybe once or twice a month and it's almost always with a kindergartener that accidentally slipped it out. total time commitment is really...