OldDude

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    Interview help!!

    OldDude replied to RNsch00lnurs3's topic in School

    You guys are gonna shoot me for this but......don't wear scrubs!! Or cowboy
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    Screenings...

    OldDude replied to EB12's topic in School

    No, but it sounds like another step toward my goal of school nursing from
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    Screenings...

    OldDude replied to EB12's topic in School

    There are 7 nurses in our district. One campus will set a date for screening and everyone will try and get a sub for that day; all who were able to get a sub converge on that campus and knock out all...
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    Tactful way to address staff issue

    OldDude replied to SnugglePuggle's topic in School

    Well....you can get the idea anyway. And when they ask why it's there my response is "Student
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    Tactful way to address staff issue

    OldDude replied to SnugglePuggle's topic in School

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    Tactful way to address staff issue

    OldDude replied to SnugglePuggle's topic in School

    Agree. Agree.I'm in a very similar situation and I tried something this year that really did cut the traffic down by 95%. There are still some hardheads but they'll eventually get the message. I set...
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    Grade levels. Pros and cons?

    OldDude replied to txbootsy's topic in School

    Elementary. If JH or HS nursing was all that was available, and I've said this before, I'd rather work on one of those crab fishing boats like on Deadliest
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    How many nurses to students ratio?

    OldDude replied to NurseLRW's topic in School

    Our High School has 1330 kids and one nurse. She utilizes student aides as gophers but no health care
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    Who makes medication policies in school districts?

    OldDude replied to Jory's topic in School

    Darn...those policies sound like something from that Billy Bob Thornton movie, Mr. Woodcock. Where he's a coach and tries to "run" the asthma out of a kid...........yikes. Sounds like you're the one...
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    End of year meds?

    OldDude replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    I talked to our HS nurse. She said if the student is 18 and could walk into a store and purchase the medicine she lets them take that stuff home; prescription meds - no, other than inhalers and self...
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    Evacuation Drill

    OldDude replied to RNlove17's topic in School

    What disaster scenario are you
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    I Got Head Lice

    OldDude replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    This is one of the reasons I enjoy working with mostly women so much. It's kinda interesting how we arrived here from, "I got head
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    End of year meds?

    OldDude replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    I really would advise against sending medicine home with the kids. That's one of those industry standard/nurse practice things that could hold you liable if something goes sour regardless of what the...
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    End of year meds?

    OldDude replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    Well....I know this won't set well with some of you but I don't do anything at the end of the school year about medicine. In my early days I would send out notes and make reminder phone calls and I...
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    Diabetic Supplies

    OldDude replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    Yea....I learned the hard way. I have one student I check 3 times a day. I used to just leave his glucometer on my desk for easy access until one day it grew legs and walked
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    School Nurse = Employee Health Nurse?

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

    I will read a PPD and send the report to our local health department office but that's the extent of my involvement. The hospital that owns the Urgent Care Center I work at has changed their TB policy...
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    I Got Head Lice

    OldDude replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    Oh yea....definitely...as long as it keeps mom happy. I don't care what the movie is as long as I stay out of the dog house. I took her to see Brokeback Mountain, some others I never knew the name of...
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    I Got Head Lice

    OldDude replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    I've seen Nacho Libre a few times....is that movie similar to Les
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    I Got Head Lice

    OldDude replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    What??????? You haven't seen Star Trek? You haven't used the term, "Beam me up Scotty?" You have some binge watching to
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    Interested in being a school nurse.

    OldDude replied to TheNGTKingRN's topic in School

    But seriously.....if you have an objection about being called "she" or "her" the position wouldn't be for you. I haven't been able to get the statistics but women probably make up 99.9% of school...
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    Louisiana School Nurses?

    OldDude replied to SchoolNursey's topic in School

    Yea, but shoot an alligator out of season and the State will be ALL OVER
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    I Got Head Lice

    OldDude replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    I've read about head lice being able to be transported via cell phone conversation from person to person; similar to direct head to head contact but coincidentally utilizing Star Trek style technology...
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    Lice Awareness Week - anybody tried it?

    OldDude replied to CAdreamerRN's topic in School

    It's nothing special...just a gesture to advertise that we are aware and are responding to the concern. The last one I sent out I took from the NASN parent letter with a few snips and cuts here and...
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    AED'S....What brand do you like and why?

    OldDude replied to bakert's topic in School

    We were faced with this decision...we have 12 units and ours were out of warranty by a year. They are the Powerheart from Cardiac Science. One of the concerns was the cost of buying batteries versus...
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    Interested in being a school nurse.

    OldDude replied to TheNGTKingRN's topic in School

    Only women can be school