WineRN

WineRN

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  1. That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    I only dress down when the littles aren't here, and my staff never knows how to handle it. Many of them say they barely recognize me in street clothing.
  2. School Shootings

    To save other googlers, here's an article :Teen drawn to ISIS brought homemade bomb to Utah school, police say - NBC News And to answer your question, because no one got hurt. I think that's why when...
  3. The long, scenic route

    That is wonderful!! Go
  4. When is your Spring Break & what are you doing?

    We are the last week of March. My family is coming to spend the week with me and the tiny one. They want to take my little one to a bunch of Easter egg hunts but trying to teach a 1.5 year old how to...
  5. C'Mon Now!

    Note stating "He peed on his
  6. Just A Funny Thought

    That looks like the caramel crack my MIL makes at the holiday time! Maybe it's time for me to move to
  7. That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    I've been out sick the past few days, but I still somehow remembered my pink this
  8. Do I stand a chance?

    What a brave and wonderful person you are for even sharing this with us all! I'm glad the interview went well and I will keep my fingers crossed for
  9. Can a school nurse leave the school clinic?

    The tiny ones have different rules to follow. The daycare for my daughter needs to inform me of any and all injuries AND they need to document any injures that staff notices that may have come from...
  10. Isn't today over yet?!

    I can't even imagine! Pull out the big glass for wine
  11. Uncooperative Diabetic Question

    This is not ok. He is only in 4th grade, he just doesn't have the maturity yet to handle this on his own and his parents sound like they need some education on how diabetes in managed in the school to...
  12. Why parents! Why?!!

    That's in my top 5 of things parents tell me, that make me want to hit my head against my desk. Definitely a teaching moment for the
  13. Personal mental health

    I repeat to myself frequently what Ruby mentioned, you can't care more than their parents. There are a few little ones here that I just want to take care of, the ones I thought about all summer long...
  14. IHPs

    I have around 450 students. Our SNAP program makes it super easy to do IHPs so it doesn't really take me to much time to get one
  15. Did CPR for the first time today.

    I apologize if we have come off as clickish. I know that wasn't anyone's intention. We just are protective of our own members. As a new school nurse, so much of the job is a steep lonely learning...
  16. IHPs

    Yes I should've added that in too!
  17. IHPs

    Any student that has a medical condition that can alter their performance at school (all my asthmatics, diabetics, food allergy
  18. Did CPR for the first time today.

    ^This and every comment after regarding this is why I pretty much only post and check the SN board. We are a strong little
  19. "I'm just not in the right condition to stay in school"

    They do start in K! I find it incredible that I can talk with a parent, explain that their LD is FINE but refusing to leave my office and they still choose to believe their little one over me time and...
  20. Sunbelt Staffing school nurse?

    I don't know about this specific agency, but I used to sub at schools via an agency. If you are looking to get specific training regarding school nursing, this most likely won't happen via the...
  21. Frequent flyers

    Oh and I have students well over 50 visits for the year, so even with the notes and calling home, sometimes there is no changing a little one's want to see the
  22. Frequent flyers

    For anyone that uses SNAP, you can run reports who frequency of visits and it will tell you the total of minutes they have missed from class (missed instruction time). I send out monthly notices to...
  23. Weekly sit-downs to go over goals/progress

    Weekly is intense for anyone. I had weekly meetings with my old principal, but we never discussed goals or anything. It was who was coming into the office too much that last week, what kind of bugs I...
  24. Am I missing something? SOS

    Has the teachers or admin been able to get a hold of the parent in the past? If the little one still has papers from a few months ago in his bookbag, and there sounds like there might be some other...
  25. New UN

    I'm loving all the new