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....
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...