GmaPearl BSN RN replied to Supernrse01's topic in School
Ah yes, Christmas Break. Saturday… slept! Sunday… pedicure with my daughter. Monday… shopping for gifts for 21 family members. Today, car oil change, CostCo shopping for food....
GmaPearl BSN RN replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School
You need to have a private office with a phone, desk, computer, shelves, file cabinets with a window out to the clinic/cots and ideally a window to the outside as well. A handicap access bathroom is...
GmaPearl BSN RN replied to Flare's topic in School
I keep mine scotch taped to an index card… Maybe should frame said card and hang it on the wall :) Had a mom today ask me to just cut her kids loose ortho wire after several of the contacts had...
GmaPearl BSN RN replied to Eleven011's topic in School
My thought and prayers are with you and that dear family in their loss. There are so many tragedies in this world. I have to often sing the old hymn… "we'll understand it all… bye and
GmaPearl BSN RN replied to Eleven011's topic in School
No more decking of the halls. My school has gotten so PC it's enough to gag a maggot! (however… I might get away with playing some medieval carols on the computer :)
GmaPearl BSN RN replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School
Stock cough drops….. no. Petroleum jelly…. yes (but not for eating). :) Sore throats get looked at and temp taken. Then I offer a custom cup of nice warm saline to gargle. If they refuse,...
GmaPearl BSN RN replied to SnowyJ's topic in School
My district has always used trained parent volunteers to do initial screenings. Last week we did over 500 pairs of eyes and ears in one day. I do the vision re-screens in-between the ebb and flow in...