BatcampRN

Two good ones from middle school: I got a radio calling staying a student was coming down from lunch with a bloody nose. Fine, all good. Kid arrives holding a paper towel to his face. He moved the paper towel and there is no blood anywhere to be seen. Kid states " I feel like I have a bloody nose, but there is no blood".. urmmmmmm. Back to lunch he went. Another day I got a radio call from a teacher stating that they needed help "in the woods". Mind you our school is surrounded by woods on three sides and there are multiple outdoor spaces in said woods frequently used for outdoor classrooms. After gaining clarification as to where they actually are the teacher said she was worried the kid has a concussion, When I arrive I see a kid inside large cardboard box, that has both the top an bottom opened up, laying on the ground. Written on the box is "Human Burrito". Kid was wearing the box as a human burrito and his arms were inside it went past his knees. He tripped in the woods and landed on his face. He was fine. Had no symptoms or abrasions. It was very unclear how this activity was related to the art class he was in.... You can't make this stuff up

No, your finger did not get longer in the past hour.

Why do you have a porcupine quill in your finger?

Things I should not have to stay, but say multiple times per day. (MS/HS setting) - Carry the ice back to class. Please don't walk and try and ice your ankle at the same time.

School nurses on front lines of mental health, societal problems - CentralMaine.com

The school I have worked at requires the students to be enrolled in School Meds for this very reason. They package all of the meds into daily doses. We then are able to give these to the dorm staff as they are labeled with name, time of admin, med name etc. Dorm staff has a protocol to admin meds by that includes documentation and yearly training. We also use the packets for daily AM meds in the health center. There are always people who don't sign up for the service which is hard. But it is so much safer with the amount of med you are handling not to be repacking. It is my understanding that it out of our scope of practice.

Another vote for Google Voice to use to text. Is tied into your email, you type messages on the computer they are sent as texts to the numbers you enter. Can be set up so all responses go directly to your email..

This is my third summer as a camp nurse, but have been a staff member for many years at the same camp before I got my RN. For the past year and half I had been doing solely telephone triage for a large practice. Camp nursing varies depending on setting, but is much lower acuity. Lots of sore throats, colds, stomach aches, cuts, scraps. A good chunk is figuring out what is homesickness etc. I pack trip kits and give daily meds. Figure out who needs to go to the doctor and who we can treat within our standing orders in camp... I don't have any issues going from the phone to this... I love it! Lots of work, but good work :)

Hi RuralNurseRN. I work for an independent physician- owned medical practice that is mainly primary care. We have internal med, family practice, and peds. Then we have a OB/GYN practice, and some specialists (ENT, Cardio, sports meds etc). We have 3 offices in the area. The majority of the employees work in the office, including those that triage- except for a select few that triage during weekends and early/late hours

I would love to connect with others doing this too! I work for a busy practice triaging for over 80+ providers in family practice and internal med, then add 20 more peds providers that I do on the weekends. You just never know who is going to be on other side of that phone. At least i can work in my pjs :)

I am a new grad RN (currently working at a summer camp until Aug) and am applying for a per diem infusion clinic job. I have lots of personal experience with central lines-currently have a port (And access myself weekly). Because of this I have a lot more knowledge and skill around all things IV than a typical new grad. I want to include this in my application, but am not sure how to go about doing it without revealing two much of my medical history... Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Our schedule is similar to many of those above: We have two RN's on each day 7:30ish Junior and Intermediate Campers come for meds 8:00 Breakfast 8:30 Senior/CIT meds and Sick Call The RN who was on call the night before takes a break until lunch, while the other RN has the cell phone. Can walk around camp, work on trip kits, paperwork etc 12:30 Lunch 1:00 All unit meds (only 2 or 3 kids typically) and sick call The 2nd RN takes a break until dinner. 5:30 Dinner 6:00 All unit meds and sick call 8-9ish- Bedtime meds- growth hormone kids- etc. The counselors are typically pretty good about triaging in the unit and only sending campers down during the day if something is legitimately wrong and it can't wait. We ask that they call us ahead of time so if we are not in the health center we can meet them there... dosen't always happen.

We have also seen a lot of lice this summer. Also both internationals and US residents. We have around 300 boys. All but 2 of the cases were with the youngest boys and the staff in that unit. What is your preferred method to treat? Do you have the campers counselor help or do you as the RN do the treatments? We typically use RID if we see lice or it is especially bad with lots of nits. If they are just a few nits we will use cetaphil.

We send Epi-pens and inhalers wherever the camper goes. We are a camp of about 300 boys, so we have quite a few PRN inhalers and epi. All out of camp trips have to give us a list of campers who are going 24 hours in advance. We then pull their face sheet, PRN meds, daily meds etc and pack in the first aid kit along with the camp epi-pen and epi box (1 vial epi and 3 syringes). Then whoever is taking the campers on the trip (Day trip, overnight, inter-camp, etc) comes to the health center and picks up their first aid kit and signs out the PRN meds. This works pretty well- you just need to have a good inventory of all the PRNs when the campers arrive. It can get kind of crazy sometimes when a group of kids who have epi all go on the same trip and they have 4 or 5 epi pens for a day trip- but per our camp policy each kid's epi pen goes with them. Most campers come with at least 2 epi-pens. We put one in the different units at camp in the directors cabin (along with a camp epi)... Sorry if this is confusing- let me know if you have any questions or need clarification!