Feral.Cat.Herder RN

Peds, MS, DIDD, Corrections, HH, LTC, School Nurse

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    C'Mon Now!

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    OMG are you
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    Immunizations

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

    OldDude, you hit it on the head and I thought that would probably be the bottom line. We can't enforce anything that the powers-that-be will not back us up on.
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    Does your state allow you to give medication without a Health care provider order?

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to RNTadaaaa's topic in School

    We have to have MD orders for all Rx meds... the label doesn't qualify as an order. We have to have signed parent permission form for all OTC meds. ALL meds must be brought to the clinic by the...
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    Clinic Rules

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to Keeperofbandages's topic in School

    OMGoodness! Are we back in preschool? IF you do a good job, you'll get a gold star!
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    Clinic Rules

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to Keeperofbandages's topic in School

    My principal has agreed that if the student comes without a pass I will return the student back to class (unless it's an emergency or kid is actively vomiting) and call the teacher and say "I will see...
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    Passed FCCA

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in Excelsior College

    Thank
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    School Title

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to Keeperofbandages's topic in School

    I'm usually called Nurse FirstName; sometimes just Nurse. The teachers almost always say "go see the nurse" and the office staff will say "the nurse is her office". So they aren't taught to call me by...
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    I need that laugh

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I have a cup of grapes on my desk that I am snacking on when a 2nd grader comes in and tells me his stomach hurts, after examing him and determining he can return to class he informs "I think if I had...
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    STOP!!!

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    I do the exact same thing! "Your child is doing exactly what you told him to do; come to the clinic if he doesn't feel better once he gets to school." Even if it is 2 minutes after arriving to...
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    Need help from anyone crafty

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    This is tooooooo funny! Good idea though, I'm with you on the Secret Santa
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    Passed FCCA 2016!

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to NurseEffort's topic in Excelsior College

    Just completed both FCCA courses and passed!!! Now awaiting the
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    IHPs

    Feral.Cat.Herder posted a topic in School

    Hello Everyone, My school district will start implementing IHPs in the 2018-19 school year. There seems to be quite a bit of confusion already. Here's some of the questions that have been voiced: 1....
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    IHPs

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

    Tamarae, thank you for your response. I thought the IHP was like the care plans in the hospital setting and that only an RN could complete them. Our district only has 2 RNs for 12 schools and LPNs...
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    IHPs

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

    Thank you. As of now we use Power School, which isn't medically friendly, so we will need to create our forms.... which is what has been delegated to me.
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    Missing physicals/Dental Exams

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to Csn2016's topic in School

    I know right! I work for in the central nurses office (12 months instead of 10) and I start sending letters to the parents of those going into 7th grade (Tdap) during the summer and the secretary and...
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    Missing physicals/Dental Exams

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to Csn2016's topic in School

    At the beginning of the year we exclude kids K-12 who do not have all required immunizations, Birth certificate or Visa and physicals. Kids aren't allowed to attend school until all requirements are...
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    Minor Questions

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to moreoreo's topic in School

    Do you know if Caredox takes
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    What software do you use?

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to 1mrsbs's topic in School

    SaltineQueen What's up with the reports? We are currently looking into
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    Anyone use CareDox?

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to grammy1's topic in School

    We do still enter vaccines twice because CareDox doesn't communicate backwards with PowerSchool in that capacity and we need them in PowerSchool for our seniors' transcripts. But, we can pull...
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    What do you think of 12 hour shifts

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to RNattie's topic in General Nursing

    With the baby boomers getting older stats suggest there will be an increase in patients and shortage of nurse, (Median age for nurses is about 45, these nurses will be retiring as the baby boomer...
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    What do you think of 12 hour shifts

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to RNattie's topic in General Nursing

    If you have that option, it is excellent. I have had supervisors that understand night shift is a different beast, but many times you will have a supervisor that likes to schedule night shifters 2-3...
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    ADHD meds in milk?

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I agree OD we need more moms like Hurricane. I have a kid in the 7th grade still requesting his medication opened and mixed with applesauce, it's in his 504.
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    This is a new one

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    In TN you can write a religious exempt on a napkin,heck we'll even accept it with coffee stains on it!
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    This is a new one

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    They JUST found religion! Seriously, I know what you mean, I've seen it several times also! Ridiculous, I think it's more like lazy
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    Been thought of as the bad guy?

    Feral.Cat.Herder replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I was bad the other day, teacher sends student to clinic with note "check temp" I did it was normal, my reply to her note "T 97.8, Teach Class" She hasn't sent any more kids for a temp