Flare ASN, BSN

school nursing, ortho, trauma

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    The Mumps Titer Values: Immune or not??

    I work as a school nurse - we can accept titers for MMR in lieu of a 2nd measles containing vaccine. i pulled a lab sheet and it says that anything = 1.10 would be a positive result for IgG...
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    Violent Student in HS Nurse's Office

    i feel your pain. nothing worse than when your principal is an in effective disciplianarian. this student is not a young child - he should know how to control his behaviors. Threats against you and...
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    Secretly seeking L&D

    i don't necessarily think it's a bad thing to let your boss know that you have other interests. Cardiac nursing isn't for everyone. Take a per diem job in an l and d - make no secret about it but...
  4. honestly, i know a lot of nurses, including me, that have inactive TB. it's no big deal. You get the cxr, take the 9 months of inh therapy and know that you can't get any mantoux's in the future....
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    Career Change

    Overall, I don't see that much need for a more advanced degree in nursing than an ADN unless you are looking to do somethnig that would specifically require it - like wanting to become a NP or APN...
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    I need insurance for nursing school...?

    Both insurances are a common requirement for nursing school. Infact - health insurance is a requirement for most colleges. Most offer student health insurance plans for a fairly low rate of money....
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    snotty office staff

    the prev posters took the words from my mouth. You don't have to be bff's with them but it does make work a little nicer if you can develop a rapport. Extend the olive branch and Kill 'em with...
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    Trying to avoid a confrontation...

    I have no problem if a parent is mad at me because I am trying to protect their child. But I also do not meet with that parent alone and i won't speak over the phone unless it is on a speaker and i...
  9. at least you admitted it. Who among us wouldn't have blamed the poor defenseless
  10. I agree with VegRN - often patients would be on the same meds - Keflex flowed like water on my unit - and if you didn't have one immediately when you needed it we would borrow one and call the...
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    Use of C/O in Documentation

    ok - SOB -shortness of breath but SOA - shortness of ?? airway? air? arrogance (i
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    Use of C/O in Documentation

    i use c/o in my charting -if there were no complaints then the patient wouldn't have any reason to be there! :) On the other hand I also use no c/o to rule things out - no c/o nausea and so forth....
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    Pediatric floor at age 19?

    Like prev stated -that's not uncommon. And in reality it's not much different than any other med/surg type floor. As for the bed question: There are specialty beds for bariatrics, wounds, even...
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    How do you deal with a crying child?

    I work as a school nurse -for my kindergarteners who come in hysterical it's important to calm them to get to the root of the problem. I always tell them that i can't start helping them until they...
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    foley catheters

    if you do a search on these forums, you'll find a lot of advice. To me the key is practice. Spread the word that you need to brush up your FC skills and in anyone on your unit has one to be done to...
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    I'm beyond upset over this

    I was doing the routine hearing and vision screenings yesterday when i had a kindergarten student get upset when i called him. It's not the first time a student's been upset about having to do go to...
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    Exp Dates

    lol - i guess that's what some of my parents here think I do. I only use a snellen chart, which in my mind is much more
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    Exp Dates

    lol indeed -nope, not a self portrait - it's a picture of one of my students getting a vision screening (check out this thread of mine and you'll appreciate the irony:...
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    I'm beyond upset over this

    Thanks for the replies, everyone. I feel a bit calmer now over the whole thing. My big boss got ahold of the letter and was apperently livid with this parent and wants to have a face to face with...
  20. that's my usually MO with those who want a call everytime. Then they will get a call EVERY time. They almost without fail get sick of hearing from me so often and tell me that i don't need to call...
  21. it comes to mind that in places with a municipal water system, the water is subjected several times a year to routine tests and screenings for everything from bacteria to lead to chemicals. These...
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    RN to MD, has anyone done this?

    Most who have idea of medical school following a nursing career come to their senses once they get into the profession. The world of doctors and nurses, while there are some similarities, are two...
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    Exp Dates

    pugmomrn - I contacted moore medical after i found out that this was going on (and did a little digging to see who offered this) the woman i spoke to said the epi-pens bought from them could be...
  24. i'd imagine it moves at the speed of beauracracy. Consider the string of government holidays we just got through, factor in the back log that that created and estimate th amount of new work they were...
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    Solutions for Belligerent Patients

    I find that lowering my tone and telling it like it is (pollitely of course) is usually helpful. bfp1987 does make a good point - mom's worried about her child and really doesn't care if there is a...