Flare ASN, BSN

school nursing, ortho, trauma

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    Pseudo Seizures

    Flare replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    in the same vein as Mr. Nurse with my cynical unPC world view (end of the school year is upon us, so my rose coloured glasses are pretty dirty right now) i'll bet giving a student with pseudo...
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    C'Mon Now!

    Flare replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I do the exact same
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    C'Mon Now!

    Flare replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    OMG Preach!! that one is soo true! I find it hard to stifle the eye roll when the student gets brought back by the over concerned teacher saying "I found this poor student in the hallway in such...
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    School Nurse's Day

    Flare replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    my bet is firmly placed on the fact that i'll get what i got last year - nothing. On the plus side - i don't feel any guilt if i forget about boss's day or admin professional's day or anything like...
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    When to send home?

    Flare replied to madison817's topic in School

    Does your school have an exclusion policy? If so, use that as your guideline. There are some times that I'll ask parents what they'd like to do with their children, but that's usually only with...
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    School Nurse's Day

    Flare replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    My little desk calendar says Friday for National School Nurse's Day. If i had planned out better I would have ordered one of our great t-shirts for dress down day / SN
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    Confidence

    Flare replied to peaceful nurse's topic in School

    The first thing to consider... now repeat after me... " as a nurse, I cannot make a diagnosis" -now take a breath and don't let anybody judge you or how you do things at work. the second thing to...
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    The Bad Day Thread

    Flare replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    i'm so sorry to hear this. big hugs. for all the griping and moaning i can do about the most aggravating part of this job - when it all boils down - THIS - right here is what really drives me mad....
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    First Aid Kit in Classrooms-What is considered unsafe?

    Flare replied to arnoldlayne's topic in School

    i give out baggies of bandaids and little packets of lip balm to teachers that want them. I find that those that don't want them will just send the students anyhow. (they are just happy to have one...
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    Exhibit A

    Flare replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    Now, not so fast... this could branch out our study into a whole new realm - pill bottle
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    First Aid Kit in Classrooms-What is considered unsafe?

    Flare replied to arnoldlayne's topic in School

    i agree with some - i get a lot of crossed eyed looks from teachers when they ask why i didn't put neosporin on a child's cut (dumb nurse, they are thinking) but they clam up really quickly when i...
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    Ammonia Inhalant

    Flare replied to arnoldlayne's topic in School

    i keep a box stashed - just in
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    Free narcan for highschools

    Flare replied to Flare's topic in School

    did the online training have ceus? if so did you have to take the narcan offer afterward? Every drop counts and free ceus are always
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    Free narcan for highschools

    Flare posted a topic in School

    For those of you working in the high school level, this may be of interest. Page not found : Adapt Pharma - link works so far Drug to Treat Opioid, Heroin Overdoses Offered Free to All U.S. High...
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    C'Mon Now!

    Flare replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Parents hanging up on me used to really tick me off. Now i just think 2 things. #1 - now i know why their precious little darlings are so darned rude. Good luck succeeding in this world with that...
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    Cafeteria Food

    Flare replied to TBeee's topic in School

    The kids throwing away food irks me too. The breakfast foods are at least prepackaged and if it's still perfectly sealed, i'll take it and add it to my snack drawer for when they get hungry later on...
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    Cafeteria Food

    Flare replied to TBeee's topic in School

    my shock is more so in the amount of breakfast for lunch that is served. As a non breakfast person i say ewww. The students here have the "hot lunch" option and there are always other options....
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    The After School Thread

    Flare replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    count me in for summer too! i'm only a stone throw
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    C'Mon Now!

    Flare replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    "My eye itches and i was sick on the weekend"... it's allergy season and Thursday... these things are not related. Why do they always think that "I was sick (days / weeks/ months ago)" is somehow a...
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    Novolog questions

    Flare replied to VN2016's topic in School

    after i posted, i thought about it and realized that my older students that i have keep track of their own supplies and just over see just come in and change their own and usually just toss their own...
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    Novolog questions

    Flare replied to VN2016's topic in School

    i send it back. One parent said they wanted to keep track of how much was being used at school - fine, sure whatever - they can do with it what they want. But leave me out of
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    Ladies: Best Watch for Work?

    Flare replied to abbynormal43's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i second the cheapo whatch. i had a really good citizen watch that i wore until it would tick no more. i even tried to get it repaired twice. it made me sad because it was a gift from my hubby....
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    My Day So Far

    Flare replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    true dat... i had a little touch of a bad stomach last week and decided it would be too much work to call out and then catch up the day out of my office. After pepto, mint, crackers and some juice...
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    My Day So Far

    Flare replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    i have thought about hanging one of those hand made crafty sight near my door that says something to the effect of "you don't need to be sick to say
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    Children of teachers/employees

    Flare replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    exactly. My kid goes to my school. I'd be appalled if she ever acted like that and she'd never see the light of day she would see so much discipline, but other special snowflakes can do no wrong....