OldDude

Pediatrics Retired

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    Kid won't eat lunch

    OldDude replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    According to today's standards, of course you're being mean...but I totally agree. I'd eat the south end of a north bound mule if I was hungry enough. I've raised/raising my kids with this caveat....
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    Please Advise! Interested in School Nursing

    OldDude replied to Ankh's topic in School

    ...still.
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    Please Advise! Interested in School Nursing

    OldDude replied to Ankh's topic in School

    Fortunately Texas doesn't require a school nurse certification. I am "just" an ADN. Probably not even a real nurse. Just the thought of going back to school for a BSN or some other academia makes me...
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    Forged Doctor's Note

    OldDude replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Good one! Thanks for the
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    School parents suck...

    OldDude replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    And a staff
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    Scabies!

    OldDude replied to NurseBeans's topic in School

    In Texas kids are excluded from school for scabies until treatment has begun. So my first question to this parent would be who made the diagnosis? Next would be what treatment has taken place? Sending...
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    Can you do me a favor and violate the nurse practice act?

    OldDude replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

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    Please Advise! Interested in School Nursing

    OldDude replied to Ankh's topic in School

    I think if your greatest ambition to becoming a school nurse is to teach the young how to prevent development of health problems through healthy habits...you are going to be disappointed. Yes, there...
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    Interim?

    OldDude replied to awilliamsesu's topic in School

    An interim position for us would be a long term sub like for someone on FMLA. Many times it becomes a permanent position because the person never returns to work. Good
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    AN.com's Soap Opera, "Generic Hospital"

    OldDude replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    OK Davey Do, sorry but I'm letting the cat of the bag...hey everyone, Davey's real name is Gary Larson of the "Far Side" cartoons. Gary was a long term inpatient in Wrongway Medical Center (the...
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    Thought I had been punked. I. Can't. Make. This. Stuff. Up.

    OldDude replied to Cattz's topic in School

    foggnm...I hear what you're saying. As much as I agree hand washing can certainly prevent the spread of illnesses I otherwise completely disagree with you. If not for body temperature what otherwise...
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    Need to vent..

    OldDude replied to RNBSNon12/13/14's topic in School

    OK this may be the exception to the dumb question rule, since I'm a Cave Nurse, but what is a DCFS body
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    Scoliosis - noncompliant

    OldDude replied to Kittery's topic in School

    How about this? Tell her the only place she is allowed to store her brace is in your clinic. That way you know it's not on her if you see it there. Also, you can spot check her locker through the...
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    Round 2 at Charter School

    OldDude replied to NettieNurse's topic in School

    Swiss cheese has fewer holes than the liability possibilities for walking a sick child home; even a child who isn't sick. In this case, if the parent doesn't approve of the kid walking home by himself...
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    Can I vent please??!

    OldDude replied to momto5RN's topic in School

    I plug the blow dryer in for them and tell them to go for
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    Forged Doctor's Note

    OldDude replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Don't worry about it. You didn't forge the note...she
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    Scoliosis - noncompliant

    OldDude replied to Kittery's topic in School

    I confused myself when I re-read this...let me re-phrase. Do you have a note from the doctor instructing her to wear the brace full time at
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    Forged Doctor's Note

    OldDude replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Compared to the note from the MD office, would the forged note place the child in the position of medical neglect? If so it is a CPS issue. If not it could be a school policy issue. For instance, if...
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    Scoliosis - noncompliant

    OldDude replied to Kittery's topic in School

    Do you have written instructions from the prescribing physician about intervention at
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    Thought I had been punked. I. Can't. Make. This. Stuff. Up.

    OldDude replied to Cattz's topic in School

    It reminds me of the old joke about a farmer buying a mule from another farmer. The "purchaser" brings the mule back and tells the farmer who sold him the mule he could not get the mule to follow...
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    PreK/PPCD

    OldDude replied to amnesiac1c's topic in School

    I provide them a chair on which to
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    Kids say the darnest things....

    OldDude replied to mrsfoster601's topic in School

    My mother in law finally had to ban certain subjects from the dinner table. Me - nurse, Sweet Petunia - PT, Sister in law - PA, Father in law - hospital
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    Can I vent please??!

    OldDude replied to momto5RN's topic in School

    You can vent here anytime ya wanna! Go home and kiss all those kids on the forehead, shake the etch-o-sketch, and try it again
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    Not my role... admin rant

    OldDude replied to Dattebayo's topic in School

    I think this habit is a universal admin issue. I seen it with every admin that's come through here. On a level I can understand discussing the student's condition first and, occasionally, some parents...
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    Ideas for After School Program?

    OldDude replied to shark_nurse14's topic in School

    "IF" I was going to do something like that I wouldn't do anything with the little ones, but for 4th through 8th graders I would offer classical dance lessons. I'd start off with the simple two-step...