RatherBHiking BSN, RN

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    School Holidays/Days Off

    RatherBHiking replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    We get all major holidays off except Columbus Day and President's Day. We don't get a Spring Break either. We don't get Jewish holidays off as we have an extremely low Jewish population if any....
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    Taking a lunch break

    RatherBHiking replied to thelittlenurs's topic in School

    Well it's my job to electronically chart on every student I see or treat. If I don't see or treat them I don't chart on them. The only ones I call back down are any that are injured badly like a head...
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    Should I give up scrubs?

    RatherBHiking replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School

    Thank you! I feel better now and will quit worrying about it!
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    "Other Duties as Assigned"

    RatherBHiking replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    See this thread: https://allnurses.com/school-nurses/what-non-nursing-968102.html titled "What non-nursing jobs you're expected to do". It covers
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    Should I give up scrubs?

    RatherBHiking replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School

    I do not wear sloppy looking or baggy scrubs. I wear nice ones that fit well and look professional. Several are name brand so I know it's not because they look bad and I know the nurse before me wore...
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    Should I have checked?

    RatherBHiking replied to littleINlpn's topic in School

    I agree you did all that was necessary. I had a student sent to me because he said he had a little sore like a pimple on his buttocks. You will not believe how many teachers have asked me if I looked...
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    Parent/Nurse Boundar

    RatherBHiking replied to ob-rnc's topic in School

    ADHD medication is not emergency medication. Your principal had no right to do that. Sounds like you need to set boundaries with him as well. If that happens again ask your administrator if he would...
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    Parent/Nurse Boundar

    RatherBHiking replied to ob-rnc's topic in School

    Send home a memo that when you're off all school nurse calls/questions will be returned during normal working hours. Make your Facebook as private as possible and then just ignore any messages that...
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    Crazy Parents

    RatherBHiking replied to maryel's topic in School

    I think you all are right. No more Mr. Nice Guy. I'm done faxing for parents. I started to have so many I realized how much of my day was wasted filling out med order forms and fax sheets for dr's and...
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    Advice for New Grad starting her FIRST ever NURSING JOB

    RatherBHiking replied to justmehappy's topic in General Nursing

    Expect to be overwhelmed and know it's ok-you'll get it in time. Have an open learning attitude. Don't act like you know everything. If you mess something up or do something wrong (and you will)...
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    No babies for this NICU nurse

    RatherBHiking replied to angrykitten's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I can see the reason people ask nurses in the NICU, peds, and OB if they have kids being because they are wondering if you know how they are feeling (scared, nervous, etc) having maybe been there...
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    Crazy Parents

    RatherBHiking replied to maryel's topic in School

    I find it extremely annoying when parents make it MY issue to make sure their child has a med order. It's not my responsibility to fax the dr and request a new order every year but yet I'm expected to...
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    Interesting question for school nurses

    RatherBHiking replied to SchoolNurse101's topic in School

    It's not the issue of whether or not WE'RE uncomfortable-it's whether it's appropriate being in a school setting and having the child possibly be uncomfortable. It's not up to us to diagnose anyway so...
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    Want to maintain your sanity? Read this!

    RatherBHiking replied to Jbrandstetter's topic in School

    I think it could still work if you used different titles. Instead of big and small problems you could try urgent and not urgent, need seen now or can wait 30 min, etc. I'm sure it's not a perfect...
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    Want to maintain your sanity? Read this!

    RatherBHiking replied to Jbrandstetter's topic in School

    What a great idea! I could see how this would work well in middle and high school. I love when people share new ideas! I'm definately going to keep this in mind if I ever move out of elementary. (Half...
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    Drug Resistant Head Lice May Soon be Creeping into a School Near You!

    RatherBHiking replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in School

    I see the state I work in is green however we're surrounded by red but for some reason those resistant lice don't cross our state border I guess! I've seen first hand for years some of the treatments...
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    Hearing/Vision Screenings

    RatherBHiking replied to newnurse92's topic in School

    We aren't allowed to have non trained volunteers help so if they don't provide nursing students (some years they do and some they don't) then I just do it myself like a class a day until I'm
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    Questions for school nurses.

    RatherBHiking replied to J-Swish's topic in School

    1. Never found an app. We just go by our guidelines. We're able to check our state immunization system that actually puts how old the child was when they received the vaccines and points out any out...
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    Should I quit my 2nd job? How many work 2 jobs here?

    RatherBHiking replied to CampNurse10's topic in School

    There were a couple nurses in our area that did the same thing you're doing. One gave up the prn job and said she wished she'd done it sooner and the other gave up school nursing basically due to the...
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    Full time school nurse or part time rn

    RatherBHiking replied to sippee's topic in School

    Sorry I wasn't very clear. I enjoyed what I did part time but I liked school nursing better. I just like the feel of the environment better. I did go back to school nursing full time. It's such a...
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    Ideas for goals

    RatherBHiking posted a topic in School

    Being in the educational system and being treated like a teacher we're asked to come up with two goals for the year that we get evaluated on at the end of the year. They can't just be something we...
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    Teachers sending students down..

    RatherBHiking replied to littleINlpn's topic in School

    Some teachers feel it is your job alone to decide if a student is sick or not and their job is to let them come down anytime they ask. I'd tell the teacher that the students she sent down were fine...
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    Epi pens in classroom

    RatherBHiking replied to rn4kiddos's topic in School

    We keep our epi pens in the nurses's office so they will be centrally located and the nurse can be in charge of giving them. However, if their allergy is severe we leave one epi pen in class and one...
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    Full time school nurse or part time rn

    RatherBHiking replied to sippee's topic in School

    I have also done both and agree with everyone else. I don't love 5 days a week so I decided to do the part time. The problems were part time quickly turned into full time because they were always...
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    It's August!! Who is going back soon??

    RatherBHiking replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    I think they are doing the push for year round schools. Our district even came up with a sample year round schedule. Hmmm-makes you