Flare ASN, BSN

school nursing, ortho, trauma

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    Annoyed -just a vent

    Flare replied to Flare's topic in School

    We're school nurses -we don't get breaks and lunches!! ha
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    Johnson & Johnson School Health Fellows opportunity for school nurses

    Flare replied to bergren's topic in School

    so given the topic - alcohol studies - would it be logical to incorporate a neighboring district and perhaps a DARE police officer that we share (the neighboring district nurse and I) if everyone...
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    Annoyed -just a vent

    Flare replied to Flare's topic in School

    i am laughing out loud over here. Celebratory saltines all
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    Johnson & Johnson School Health Fellows opportunity for school nurses

    Flare replied to bergren's topic in School

    i'd love to do this - but being a one man band here, i don't think i'd ever
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    Who can give an Epi-Pen in a school setting?

    Flare replied to clockwood's topic in School

    my state used to be very specific about any trained delegate absolutely positively needed to be cpr certified. But that's cooled off and now anyone willing can be trained. CPR is a big plus, though....
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    Annoyed -just a vent

    Flare replied to Flare's topic in School

    oh no... this would have required the orange juice chaser!! it was that
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    My rights after pt assault

    Flare replied to RadioJenn's topic in General Nursing

    I can't give you any legal advice, but to me it sounds like you need legal advice. It does not sound right to me that a plaintiff's address would be made known to a defendant in a case of assault....
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    Annoyed -just a vent

    Flare replied to Flare's topic in School

    We have a state database for vaccines. I won't even let them in the door if their vaccines aren't in order - provisional status only works for certain students. This is One of those rare cases. The...
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    Vision/Hearing Screenings

    Flare replied to SnowyJ's topic in School

    i get a sub in to help me with screenings for the few days that I try to get them all done in and I send an email out requesting that the teachers refrain from sending minor complaints to my office....
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    Missed a fracture.

    Flare replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    truth!!
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    Missed a fracture.

    Flare replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Love it! now the Ottawa rules for ankle radiography are above my desk too! I love having my on-line colleagues show me cool
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    Am I getting too old for the job or is it just harder to be a School Nurse?

    Flare replied to LMTCBnurse's topic in School

    people have no idea what our job entails. I've had times when people have spent some time in my office sitting with a student or for whatever reason and i will continue to work. They will always...
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    Psych/ Anxiety

    Flare replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    i spoke to one of my eighth graders who wasn't feeling great the other day and asked her what was going on. She smiled and said "soccer" This girl is OVERBOOKED. playing on 2 soccer teams (an hour...
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    Stephen King Readers Thread

    Flare replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    just finished Finders Keepers (the next follow up to Mr Mercedes - which was incredible) i loved it - I can't wait for the third part of the trilogy. I couldn't put it
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    Give inhaler w/o doctor's consent?

    Flare replied to clockwood's topic in School

    Such a timely current event to our discussion. Anyone here from Utah or up on Utah laws as far as orders and nurses in schools? Girl, 9, denied inhaler during coughing fit, per school district policy...
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    Ahhhh! A drop of blood!!

    Flare replied to SnowyJ's topic in School

    Kidzcare owes me a new keyboard and a new cuppa
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    Elevated blood sugar

    Flare replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    well, i have - but it was more of a temporary pump malfunction (tubing was leaking), asymptomatic, no-ketone situation than the mess you're describing. If the student wasn't feeling well, was testing...
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    international vaccine records...

    Flare posted a topic in School

    i usually don't mind - sometimes i even find it a little fun to hop on google and play detective - but today I'm just not feeling
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    Give inhaler w/o doctor's consent?

    Flare replied to clockwood's topic in School

    ok, so while we're on the topic of self admin orders - if you have a student that you know yourself is capable of self administering an inhaler, but the AAP comes through with that box clearly checked...
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    Keep or sell textbooks?

    Flare replied to kberg4's topic in General Nursing

    i kept all mine - but honestly after about 6 months or so into nursing i don't think i ever looked at them again. I still have them some where, but i've been a nurse for so long that no one would...
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    Ahhhh! A drop of blood!!

    Flare replied to SnowyJ's topic in School

    i usually, somewhat tongue in cheek, remind the student that i went to nursing school, not dental school and don't pull teeth. Sometimes the superintendent's been there in my office for these visits...
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    Give inhaler w/o doctor's consent?

    Flare replied to clockwood's topic in School

    that depends on the state - trust me - i'd love it if all i needed was the RX label and a note from the parents. I take no joy in requiring extra paperwork. The bureaucrats in my lovely state...
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    Let's talk otoscopes

    Flare replied to 100kids's topic in School

    ok, so my relatively new welch allyn went on the fritz - so i got alloyed when i put my budget in and ordered not only the bits needed to try and fix the WA, but a Piccolight and some cheapie ent set....
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    Give inhaler w/o doctor's consent?

    Flare replied to clockwood's topic in School

    i just want to add and clarify that i don't confiscate the inhalers. I advise the students that they aren't supposed to be bringing them to school without orders - but for the same reasons that Jolie...
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    Weirdest/most difficult thing swallowed by a patient

    Flare replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    from my house supervisor days - had a patient that came in because she swallowed a bic pen - i got called to the OR because there was an issue with one of the nurses staying to recover the patient -...