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I looked through the last 10 pages of posts and key word searched the forum but did not see much on the subject of what most school nurses wear. Do you wear scrubs, lab coat, business casual, or something else? I was just hired into a middle/high sch...

I know A LOT of the threads are about switching fields, this one is too...but if you have a job in public health, what do you think was the deciding factor to the people interviewing you? Was it your experience, your witty banter, your resume, or any...

That is interesting as it seems like the position would be posted as a nurse instead of an aide if they use only nurses. I work for a large pediatric hospital that uses aides for individual schools and has RN's over them for the district. Maybe they ...

High schools probably have less per capita visits than elementary schools. Pretty subjective, depends on your preference for actually immature, or denying maturity.

I was wondering how many here are members of NASN? I am getting around to it, know I should, but was wondering how many are and what benefits/perks you use and appreciate about it. Thanks!

We are having a rash of new patients who have not have permanent accesses placed who are having their catheters clot. Policy, personnel, and procedures have not changed. It is not only in our clinic but others around us and does not seem like it is o...

I could be all wrong on this, but I work for a major pediatric hospital that contracts with school districts to provide nursing services. My pay is hourly, I am able to get benefits, yada-yada. My base pay is less though than I would be if I was a di...

I also agree with home health or school nursing. Unfortunately, with school nursing - or some positions that offer a more flexible, predicable schedule, the pay is not as high as some other fields of nursing.

Renal access fistulas and grafts are very susceptible to clotting off. The patient is taught to listen for the bruit everyday. A lot of the patient wear a bracelet on their access arm in case they are hospitalized or in a squad so that the arm is no...

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Something besides the wastebasket for puke, I am still working on that. I need to find a free supply of littler containers. And I will second the suggestion of antigermicidal wipes!

That would be awesome if the fee was paid by the district, mine does not.

Organizers are a great idea, I have been in clinics without locked doors and the meds have been in a locked desk drawer or filing cabinet after school hours if need be.

I didn't read through all the posts, but my favorite is some of the scenes with a dialysis machine beside the bed with red stuff in the tubing and the blood pump running. Where is the blood coming from? The person in the bed does not have a catheter ...

Her class should have a checklist, goals, tasks that the professor has established for them, shouldn't it?

I have had the attendance secretary tell me someone left the building, picked up by a parent due to not feeling well. Were they in to see me? NO. I can only do so much...

Some time from posting this, how is your practice of praying working at your job? Just wanted an update if there was one. I too am a Christian but believe that faith is important.

Ultrasound has a shorter time frame to get to a paying job, doesn't it? With BSN's being required, I might think about ultrasound if I had to do it over again.

I am so sorry for the LD also, so many tough family situations that the grandparents end up having to raise the kids. No excuse - but she probably never signed up for the responsibility of doing this - and is bitter. The kid deserves better.

I will try to accommodate staff, not wanting to make any enemies, if I can. If there is a student in the clinic, I would direct the teacher to supplies and the sink. The students take priority.

I am employed by a school health department of a major hospital that does not have the perks of working for the school district. I am not paid during the summer. How many of you apply for unemployment and when do you have to do so to get it during th...

Our state has a database of everyone's immunizations put out/kept by the State Health Dept. Maybe your other nurse contacts would know. Most of the times the provider will document the shots given, but sometimes they are not in the database. Send a ...

OldDude, how long did it take for the parents to get used to the change in the policy? Do you see more cases, less or about the same now that your district has changed it? I have irate parents calling me up and accusing other students of having them,...

I know you probably have seen this, but Natroba supposedly has been cleared to not have nits picked out of the hair. Expensive, but maybe the lice are resistant to the products they have been using. Again, it does not allow for the parents not treati...

Hang in there, this is a learn as you go vocation. Maybe ask her to chart out the position's responsibilities on a month by month basis on a calendar, or schedule. It does discourage you a lot though when that happens.