OldDude

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    One Full Time School

    what's wrong with a campus having its own
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    I'm convinced our school doesn't need a nurse

    mc3...I completely understand how you're feeling, really. But I want to warn you, in advance, you're being set up, lulled into a false sense of security and apathy by the frequent flyers, impossible...
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    Seems parents aren't parenting

    tough love...pays
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    That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    I'm in, totally compliant in my own
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    Reality check blues

    Not a
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    Potential New School Nurse (Fingers Crossed!)

    Don't wear scrubs for the interview...or cowboy
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    Job interview this week!

    Rotsa Ruck!! Tell em I said they should hire you on the
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    Why would you give this up??

    DANG IT!! They said I was the only applicant! Can't trust anyone these days.... They told me you applied for the semen inseminator
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    Seems parents aren't parenting

    There has been a lot of input here. But has this thread changed your mind in any way, shape, matter, or form, as it relates to your original
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    Why would you give this up??

    Yea, that's true. maybe she could try home health, around here they are always looking for someone, prn for weekends. TRS insurance is definitely higher than a cat's back and she would be able to get...
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    Why would you give this up??

    Oh my, that'd be a bad decision. Money is only a short term motivator - at best. There are plenty of prn/pool jobs out there if she wants to supplement her
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    Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

    Didn't you see "Weekend at Bernies?" You can do
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    Why would you give this up??

    Leave school nursing, with all the time off associated with that, to start some daily grind on some hospital floor, nights, weekends, holidays, struggling to get coverage so you can take one or two...
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    Seems parents aren't parenting

    Fortunately, I have a school cell phone that I use for texting information to parents and sending pictures of various injuries, rashes, etc. It stays at
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    Seems parents aren't parenting

    I think the hornet's nest got stirred up
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    Interview with Principal

    If there won't be a nurse present it'll focus on feel good stuff like, tell us about your strengths and weaknesses, working well with other staff members, parent communication, maybe some situational...
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    C'Mon Now!

    "She's
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    Seems parents aren't parenting

    So...invitale...if your child is sitting in my clinic for 2 hours or longer with his lower arm splinted in the shape of a Z...that's just life; he is just going to have to understand you have...
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    Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

    "here's your
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    Seems parents aren't parenting

    This post has two parts. A parent's lack of diabetes management and inability to contact them in that regard in a timely manner. Since diabetes, if uncontrolled, or partially controlled, can be a...
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    EMTs Ever Look at You Like You're Dumb?

    Another good point, EMS-RN. Along those lines we could expand this to,let's say, IT Techs, do they ever look at you like you're
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    EMTs Ever Look at You Like You're Dumb?

    akulahawk...I'm sure the school nurses would agree with you about assessing athletic injuries!! Fortunately, in my school district there is a certified athletic trainer at the High school and Junior...
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    Up the Nose and In their ears

    you
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    EMTs Ever Look at You Like You're Dumb?

    Well, SummitRN, I hope you feel really good about yourself with this post and I hope it really enhances your personal and professional
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    School Nurses, How are you Paid??

    We're paid once a month, on a 12 month basis; annual