maryel

Thank you!! I told them I wouldn't be there tomorrow. I know that is what I need to do but I always feel guilty when I call in, like they think I am faking it or something. I am in the orientation phase of the float pool and PRN so at least they won't be short staffed which makes me feel not so bad. Not being able to talk is more frustrating than I would have ever thought. Thank you for your reply!!

Do you go to work with laryngitis??? I mean not just hoorifice but no voice at all. squeaks if anything. It is so frustrating. RX of Z-pack and cough syrup today and a diagnosis of URI with laryngitis. Work tomorrow with still no voice??? Not a sound. They say whispering makes it worse. What to doooooooooo....

RIGHT?????? and some were so rude!!!

rude much?

I know what you mean though..... I miss all that too. I especially miss the company of other nurses. I am trying really hard to get a PRN job in the hospital but I am coming to learn quickly that the longer you are out of the hospital the harder it is to get back in. I don't miss floor nursing at all. I miss the skills and the company. I would love to be in a procedural area or an out patient center on the side or even full time and maybe do school nursing as a sub. I feel like I need so many more first aid skills. It is hard coming from the hospital to the school because it is so different. When I first started in the school I had to learn about inhalers and nebulizers and epi-pens. I had to google how to put a triangular bandage on as a sling!! (That is embarrassing to admit.) We had to come up with a crisis team and run an AED drill. THAT was scary. We are required in my district to be CPR instructors. I am terrified of public speaking so that is a challenge. I still haven't taught a class yet due to that fear and not feeling confident in my ability to teach something so important. I definitely don't feel comfortable in the school yet. I am on edge all day waiting for that emergency call on the radio. If there was another nurse in the clinic with me it would be the greatest job ever. Some days (and I mean SOME since there are days when I see so many I want to punch the next kid that tells me he has a headache or stomach ache) when I only see 10 or so kids I am like, "This is the best!" I never found myself with down time in the hospital and some days in the school I feel almost bored! Hang in there.... it's definitely not for everyone. When I left the hospital my supervisor told me I was going to be so bored and missing my skills. She was half right. I do love the independence but the responsibility is a killer.

I was approached by a teacher the other day out of concern for a student who had been dropping weight like crazy. I called the student's mother to see if it was ok that I talk with him. She agreed that he had been losing a lot of weight and wasn't sure why, since he had been eating like a horse. She said it was ok for me to talk with him. After talking with him, I was highly concerned because he had all the symptoms of type 1 diabetes. I called his mother and strongly urged her to take him to the doctor that day to get his blood sugar checked. She emailed me later that night to tell me thank you and that he had been admitted to the hospital with type 1 diabetes. I can't even begin to explain how it feels to be a part of discovering something so serious and so life changing. I was moved to tears after reading that email. I have been running from nursing since I became a nurse at 40 years old in 2011. I have been doubting my abilities and praying for the day when something happens where I finally say to myself, "So this is why I became a nurse." Well that moment has come and I could not be more thankful. Maybe I have found my calling by being a school nurse. I would love to hear why others love school nursing. It is terrifying yet awesome at the same time. The responsibility is huge by being the only medical person for like a 1000 kids and staff. But the things I see students for sometimes you just can't make up. "My elbow hurts in my shoulder and it is making me dizzy."... "Can I have ice for my leg?" "why" "I don't know it just started hurting.".... "My mom told me to come to the nurse if I still was feeling sick and she would come pick me up." (well duh...of course they are going to come to the nurse)... "miss, do you have anything to help me put my fake nail back on?" A teacher came to me the other day and asked if I could give him his allergy shot. In his butt no less. People think we just put bandaids on all day. I wish I could have these people sit with me just for a day to see what we actually do. I was thinking about leaving school nursing, but after helping with saving this new diabetic's life, I am now rethinking it.

I left a message earlier. Nothing yet.

I interviewed for ER but haven't heard anything as of yet. Did they call you with an offer or send an email? They said we would hear something by today....

Wow!! congrats to you!!! I've been a nurse for 4 years and I am having major hesitations about the commitment of the residency and going through all the stress at 45, and then only being an RN1 again. I hope that doesn't sound bad.... It's not like I've even been offered the job. But my husband is nervous, too. He saw how hard it was for me to start my nursing career at 40 and this sounds like a millions times more stressful. But I would LOVE the education and experience though. I will let you know what happens. Good luck!!! That is awesome!!!

have you heard anything yet?

Me too!! I also received an email that says my surgery residency app has moved on to hiring manager. That was the one I wanted to begin with. But hey...I'd be blessed with either!!

Hi! I passed my test too! I was so happy. My interview went ok i think too. They were super super nice and I would be happy to work with them. Fingers crossed!!

Cool!! I'm nervous to get my test score. I feel like I did fine but I'm still nervous! Good luck to you!! Maybe we will be classmates!! :)

Hi!! I actually have my interview tomorrow. I wrote the wrong day. So it went well then?? And I did not find out yet about the test results..... did you?

I was trying to figure out what it was but I then saw it was the dosage calculation test.

Did you get an email to take a test on "prove it!"?

I wonder how many openings there are?

My interview is on Wednesday as well in the morning.

I have an interview next week for the ER residency program for summer 2016. Anybody else?

"Even in the absence of asthma, they were highly unlikely to harm her, and had the best chance of helping while her provider determined her actual problem and ordered definitive treatment." thank you thank you thank you!!!!!! my supervisor told me the same thing...that neither would've harmed her. my principal also told me thank you and that i did a good job. i just can't stop thinking about it. new job, new school, new people.....its hard not to want people to think I'm a good nurse! i came from the hospital where there are other medical people all around you and to be first on the seen now with no previous ER experience is hard!!

Yesterday I had a student who collapsed in the hallway. she was breathing super fast and in a panic mode. she was breathing so hard and fast that she was making herself pass out for a few seconds at a time. she did this about 5 times. she had the same thing happen after school the day before, after i had gone home, and 911 was called. parents said she had asthma when they got there and the paramedic said it was an asthma attack. when i saw her yesterday, her symptoms were that of a panic attack but i was doubting myself after hearing that she supposedly had an asthma attack the day before. 911 was called and in the meantime i gave her oxygen and a nebulizer treatment while we were waiting. she was still breathing the same way by the time paramedics arrived. her BP was normal when i had taken it and her heart rate was low 100's. her O2 was about 97%. i am still thinking about it today feeling like an idiot for not knowing the difference at the time. her health form said nothing about asthma and now i am thinking i did everything wrong. the paramedics took her in a stretcher to the ambulance and waited for the parents. what would you have done?

OH HELL NO!!!! that is soooooo not your job!!!! That makes me so mad just reading about it!!! I get kids sent to me for dress code and I say "that is not my job, the clothes are in the bathroom." It is so irritating! I have students getting nebulizer treatments who can't breath and nosebleeds and are about to throw up and I'm supposed to get them a new shirt because they can't follow dress code?????? NOOOOOOO!!!!! Ugh!!!

I had a student who I found out had seizures and when I called his mom she said, " I just figured the nurse from his other school would tell you." Umm really???????

haha...i said epic-pens

update on my original post..... of course the student has NOT come in for his 330 med. my principal is so awesome....she got on the intercom and announced for him to come to the nurses office AND she called the mom for me. also, he has football practice at that time and even the coach is saying that is going to be hard to send him. he has even talked to the mother. my staff is awesome so far. she called me the other day after being horrific to me and was an ANGEL. it's a trap...... i know it!