OldDude

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    Do You have a WebPage on your school website?

    OldDude replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    Our school mandates all licensed employees have a web page. I have pretty much the same as you on mine. I get a few visits on it but mostly parents call
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    Just need to vent for a minute...

    OldDude replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    how about cow
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    Thoughts on the "doctor's stethoscope"

    OldDude replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    I worked with this MD/guy at Urgent Care - he's gone now but he never had a stethoscope or pen. If you loaned him either, you'd have to chase him down to get it back. As it evolved no one would let...
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    should i take this school nurse job?

    OldDude replied to demaret's topic in School

    I'm trying to put this in a manner that isn't insulting to you so if it comes across that way please don't take it that way. Your experience is what it is and you can't change that so this has nothing...
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    NOT gas!

    OldDude replied to nursmimi's topic in School

    This is something that isn't taught in nursing school.."going with your gut." - That feeling that something isn't right even though it may appear so. Many years ago in the ER, I was triage, and a mom...
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    I need your help!!

    OldDude replied to Amg563's topic in School

    Yes you are enabling those parents......do what WaveWatcher suggests...and stop washing
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    NOT gas!

    OldDude replied to nursmimi's topic in School

    You guys are too hard on yourselves. You're trying to read Monday's newspapers on Sunday. You acted based on the presentation at the time. Certainly these experiences add to one's practice base as a...
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    IHP's

    OldDude replied to jonie8693's topic in School

    I like that
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    IHP's

    OldDude replied to jonie8693's topic in School

    This may earn me a "shame on you" but I've used very few bonafide care plans in school nursing. The only book I have in my clinic is a Merck Manual and a Taber's. Google supplies me with everything...
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    Head lice...costly treatment

    OldDude replied to littleINlpn's topic in School

    Just a few things from my lice soapbox....your school can't "do" anything about head lice other than provide education and assistance with identification. Your staff and students are provided a lice...
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    Frustrated

    OldDude replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    Sounds like your lettering her live, rent free, in your head - and you only have 2 choices; do something or do nothing. Frankly, based on the information in your post, I would confront her in the same...
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    Teacher Wants to Medicate Pre-Schooler

    OldDude replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    ESSENTIAL OILS!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!! Well, they do smell
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    Chronic Extreme Emergency Department Shortstaffing

    OldDude replied to LEFTFLANKPAIN's topic in Emergency

    I was gonna say...Exactly! For the patients and nurses....the straw that broke my camel's back was a night where we were only three nurses and one tech. I was charge. In the span of 20 minutes we...
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    Chronic Extreme Emergency Department Shortstaffing

    OldDude replied to LEFTFLANKPAIN's topic in Emergency

    Although it's been several years since I worked in the ER, this is the exact reason I finally quit. I worked nights in the only pediatric ER in a fairly large city. Nurses would move on and the...
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    Should I give up scrubs?

    OldDude replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School

    Well, that's true
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    Should I give up scrubs?

    OldDude replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School

    No, that's not me....I don't have that kind of
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    Guidance for Teachers (traffic control)

    OldDude replied to amnesiac1c's topic in School

    One thing that I'm trying this year, with admin approval, is to instruct the teachers to NOT send students to the clinic during "prime time" - that's the first hour of the school day when instruction...
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    Just need to vent for a minute...

    OldDude replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    Well bobcat, I'm sending positive mojo your way!!! And I want to thank you for sharing....this is probably more therapeutic for us than you; a reminder that we aren't the only ones to have to deal...
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    Hyperventilation

    OldDude replied to Spidey's mom's topic in School

    Yes it does. As I think back to my nights at the ER, when my cohorts and I were all alone, with no one to call, you figure out what works and go with it....may not be the "standard of care" but that's...
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    Peanut allergies how does your school handle them?

    OldDude replied to 100kids's topic in School

    Way to go SnowyJ.....you HAAAAAAD to open that gluten can of worms!!!!! But I'm with
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    Hyperventilation

    OldDude replied to Spidey's mom's topic in School

    I haven't ever run across a care plan for hyperventilation. I agree with you though.... if you can get something from the MD with a diagnosis and some sort of action plan. THEN, if the paper bag is...
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    Lockdown!

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Yikes. One doesn't know what real fear is until they have
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    Hyperventilation

    OldDude replied to Spidey's mom's topic in School

    So what do the parents do when it happens at
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    Should I give up scrubs?

    OldDude replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School

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    Should I give up scrubs?

    OldDude replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School

    Not at all....that's why I wear the same shirt - it does'nt require thought or