OyWithThePoodles RN

Med-surg, school nursing.

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    Sign on room when pt dies for no more svcs. in room/ courtesy sign - do you have one?

    OyWithThePoodles replied to deweydecimal13501's topic in General Nursing

    Ours uses a picture of a white
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    Favorite Thermometer? Recommendations?

    OyWithThePoodles replied to Jacquipals's topic in School

    I could never get anything about 95 with these
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    Favorite Thermometer? Recommendations?

    OyWithThePoodles replied to Jacquipals's topic in School

    Welch Allen Thermoscan tympanic theremometer is what I use. It seems the kids can't for the life of them figure out an oral thermometer and the temporal ones are NEVER accurate. Our ped stopped using...
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    Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

    OyWithThePoodles replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

    But the patient had been discharged, and he himself signed the papers. A patient can't decide they want to stay after a doctor has discharged him, regardless of the reason. Had he not signed the...
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    Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

    OyWithThePoodles replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

    I have to respectfully disagree with the ones saying to just bring him the coffee. At the hospital I worked at if we would've gone against doctors orders of a fluid restriction we would've been in...
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    parents won't pick up sick kid!

    OyWithThePoodles replied to nursekoll's topic in School

    I thought I was tough, until I had kids. Now everything hits me so much harder. But like OD said, you have to be their advocate. If you know they aren't getting love at home. Be their source of love....
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    2017/2018 High Kids

    OyWithThePoodles replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    (((hugs))) For far and the kids. Hubs is a teacher and daily he will tell me about the kids in his class openly talking about drinking and smoking weed. Proud of it. These are kids. Ugh, hurts my...
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    C'Mon Now!

    OyWithThePoodles replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    And I would let the teacher know this. I would tell them that it is a behavior issue, not a medical issue and the next place they should think about sending them, is to the
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    That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    OyWithThePoodles replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    If they are pink ribbons does that mean you become Fetch? PJ day here, yes, I participate... Pink shirt, and pink and blue PJ's. I'm fetch all over the
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    OyWithThePoodles replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work with a nurse that pronounced Mepilex and MepipLex. Drove me nuts. Another older nurse would say extree instead of extra. She knew her **** though, so it didn't really bother me, just...
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    Pittsburg in the news

    OyWithThePoodles replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    With the mom of the diabetic student, the policy from her district is crap, if there's an order, they should be able to carry it. BUT... Law states I cannot dispense medicine without a doctors order....
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    If your school isn't all free/reduced meals...

    OyWithThePoodles replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    As I said, all of our meals are free. BUT THIS DRIVES ME CRAZY!!! They make kids get food they know they aren't going to eat. SO wasteful. My diabetic kiddos will pick out what they want and I will...
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    So many sick kids today...

    OyWithThePoodles replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I agree that at the hospital, 3 absences were all you could have without getting some sort of "discipline". But at a hospital, there were other nurses to cover you (even if stretched thin) or nurses...
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    Pittsburg in the news

    OyWithThePoodles replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    I can't tell you how many times a kid has come up with something like hydrocortisone cream, or calamine lotion asking me to put it on. I'm like "UGH!! If only you would've sneaked into the bathroom...
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    parents won't pick up sick kid!

    OyWithThePoodles replied to nursekoll's topic in School

    YES! I have a lot of parents on truancy watch who will knowingly send their kid to school sick (just long enough to infect others) so that I will send them home and it will be excused. They've said to...
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    Pittsburg in the news

    OyWithThePoodles replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    Yikes. I never withhold an inhaler even if the kids seems perfectly fine. That said, and it's easy to play Monday Morning Quarterback...the kid didn't have the proper paperwork filled out. And then...
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    What do you mean I'm not a REAL nurse?!?

    OyWithThePoodles replied to #Nurse2017's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a school nurse. My dad for some reason thinks that this means I am no longer a nurse, having said things like, "If you want to go back to the hospital full-time, will they let you come back as a...
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    C'Mon Now!

    OyWithThePoodles replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I can definitely tell it's Monday. Had a little come up. "I fell down at recess and I have a bruise. Ms. Teacher said to come up so you could put some Keroxide on it." Nope. And little didn't have...
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    Change of Heart

    OyWithThePoodles replied to ambz13's topic in School

    Agree with all of the above. You also want to check and see if your state requires you to become a certified school nurse, as that is additional education. My state does not, but I'm not sure about...
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    C'Mon Now!

    OyWithThePoodles replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I've had an air freshener that keeps ending up in the biohazard trash can. At first, I thought maybe it was our custodians. But then I was like "Nah." So I would drag it out, (clean bag) even though...
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    Faking on vision screens

    OyWithThePoodles replied to unexpectedllama's topic in School

    OldDude, you so
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    Miss being a school nurse!

    OyWithThePoodles replied to momto5RN's topic in School

    Good
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    Diabetes question

    OyWithThePoodles replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I bought little notebooks for my DM kiddos lunch boxes. Mom will write the date and carbs and you can fit many days on a page. Of course, this only works if you have compliant parents, I'm lucky that...
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    Diabetes question

    OyWithThePoodles replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Good question. Any diabetic students I have had, if they bring lunch from home, it has been the parents responsibility to count the carbs and provide me with a number. I'm not going to try and figure...
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    C'Mon Now!

    OyWithThePoodles replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Yeah...Most days I own it. But hey, y'all still sit with me at lunch,