Mavnurse17

Mavnurse17 BSN, RN

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  1. question---How many?

    Mavnurse17 replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    I'm at a TX highschool that holds ~2,300 students. Here are my numbers since the start of school in August: 189 hearing screenings 281 medical procedures done 1094 office visits for illness or injury...

  2. Vent Sesh

    Mavnurse17 replied to BrisketRN's topic in School

    Same here. I said "I sent all of the admins an email about this at the beginning of the year." "Okay well that was at the beginning of the year. I don't remember stuff from back then." ? Wait.......

  3. Vent Sesh

    Mavnurse17 replied to BrisketRN's topic in School

    I was in my office assessing a skin rash/possible allergic reaction when one of my AP's barges in with another student (whom I know is TD1 and self carries his glucagon) and says "DOES THIS STUDENT...

  4. Ethics question

    Mavnurse17 replied to jamiew's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Am I the only one that thinks OP has a moral, ethical, and LEGAL obligation to report this to someone? Anyone?? OP says the sister's actions of improperly feeding the woman directly attributed to the...

  5. Addressing Student Body Odor

    Mavnurse17 replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    How do you politely but assertively tell the teacher that this will need to be their task? Every time I try to mention it, they always say "no but you're the NURSE and it needs to come from the NURSE...

  6. Just Say “YES” to Nurse Staffing Laws

    Mavnurse17 replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Former cardiovascular PCU RN in TX here. Our ratios were "mandated" to be taken down from 1: 4-5 to 1:3 when we officially became a PCU, however most nights we were flexed up to 4 patients. Fine,...

  7. tick tock....1 more sleep

    Mavnurse17 replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    This week has been nothing but cake days here! The kiddos were taking their final exams (high school) so I only really saw my regular med kids. The 'malingering' traffic decreased to nearly

  8. Lice/rant

    Mavnurse17 posted a topic in School

    Just need to let off a little steam. About 2 months ago, a teacher brought one of her students down because she noticed an active lice infestation. The student told me she was already being treated...

  9. Clearing bathroom odors

    Mavnurse17 posted a topic in School

    Hi all! I have a student with spina bifida that uses my clinic bathroom to clean up/change at least twice throughout the day. His BM's are particularly malodorous. I'm told the previous nurse before...

  10. Benefits

    Mavnurse17 replied to H51205's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Texas at a school and my salary is roughly $57,000. I've been a nurse for almost 3 years. I get 5 personal days and 5 sick days per year, and those can be carried over every year. The...

  11. Something Has to Change

    Mavnurse17 replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    Your concerns were my concerns when I was a new grad, too. I had dreams as a nursing student to provide the utmost compassionate care to each and every one of my patients, including sitting with...

  12. Panic Attacks

    Mavnurse17 replied to GdBSN's topic in School

    I had a student like this last year... senior in HS. He'd get them bad enough that he'd have to stop and sit in the hallway, which prompted teachers to escort him to the clinic. Happened every 2...

  13. "huge puddle of blood!"....oh boy

    Mavnurse17 replied to guest464345's topic in School

    Exactly... my first thought when I hear "unresponsive" is loss of consciousness/no pulse/not breathing which immediately makes me wonder why people are just standing around doing nothing. When I get...

  14. "huge puddle of blood!"....oh boy

    Mavnurse17 replied to guest464345's topic in School

    I'm constantly getting calls over the radio for kids that are "unresponsive" but when I get there the kid's just refusing to answer questions about drug use to administration and school police

  15. Why so long

    Mavnurse17 replied to NurseHeatherBSNRN's topic in School

    Maybe I'm just extremely jaded, but this is how I feel about a lot of parents with "hardships." I know that some parents are trying to do the best they can with very little resources, but at the same...

  16. Discussing salary with co workers

    Mavnurse17 replied to Dawnkeibals's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught growing up that it's considered impolite to talk salary/pay with others. If 2 coworkers open up a discussion and want to disclose those things with one another, then whatever. But I...

  17. Head lice

    Mavnurse17 replied to RNKT's topic in School

    Ah yes, for elementary schools. I can see why a letter might be needed then since the kiddos are all in one classroom all day and don't have awareness of personal space yet. But it shouldn't be...

  18. Head lice

    Mavnurse17 replied to RNKT's topic in School

    What law is this? I'm also in Texas and at least the policy in my district is that letters don't get sent home to the entire class if it's a middle or high school, and not even to the identified...

  19. It's That Time of Year Again: Preparing for Influenza Season

    Mavnurse17 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    I was mandated to get my flu vaccine throughout nursing school and when I worked in the hospital. It was a hassle but I got it every year and never got the flu. Last year was the first year I chose...

  20. Patient safety in nursing

    Mavnurse17 replied to rvzohfeld's topic in General Nursing

    At the very least I would've gotten the patient back to bed (with whomever was available at the time) provided that it was safe enough to do so. One night I was helping my post-op CABG pt to the...

  21. Can We Talk About Nurse Suicide?

    Mavnurse17 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    After my first year out of nursing school, on a very high-acuity cardiac floor...I experienced major burnout. It got so bad, I thought about suicide. I never had a solid plan or anything, just...

  22. Should I report this?

    Mavnurse17 posted a topic in School

    Hi all, Yesterday I sat in a parent meeting for a student that was being "charged" by the school for "being under the influence of marijuana." When mom asked how the administrator came to the...

  23. Chest Pain in HS

    Mavnurse17 posted a topic in School

    Hi friends! I'm at the high school level. I've been seeing a lot of these kiddos coming in with c/o chest pain, usually rated as severe, "pressure-like" substernal pain that sometimes radiates to the...

  24. Petty and not proud of it

    Mavnurse17 replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    Happy Friday, y'all. I am clawing my way to this 3 day weekend! Yesterday a counselor chased me down in the lounge (I wasn't even eating lunch...what is a lunch break? ?) to tell me "Nurse...I have...

  25. Petty and not proud of it

    Mavnurse17 replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    I realize you posted this yesterday so I'm a little late to the game....but yesterday I had a student come to me, referred by the teacher, for "possible allergic reaction to ant bites," which the...