OldDude

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    Pregnant nurse interviewing for school nurse position - need advice

    OldDude replied to newSN's topic in School

    Fetch's advice is spot on.....don't worry about the interview. Coming from an ER background, especially with pediatric experience, there is nothing they can ask you that you haven't already dealt...
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    Did I do the right thing?

    OldDude replied to rainydaysRN's topic in School

    Hmmm, have you actually seen these "few staples" in this student's scalp? I don't recall ever, ever, seeing a scalp laceration, significant enough to require repair, that did not bleed....
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    Dr office or school nurse

    OldDude replied to litebrightgirl's topic in School

    Unless your budget won't allow the 8,000.00 less you'd be making a year, I'd go with the school until your kids are grown and out of school. They only grow up once and it's real nice to be on their...
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    Where/how to store emergency meds

    OldDude replied to blisssyl's topic in School

    I have attached boxes to classroom walls and "locked" them with plastic seals that can be broken by hand; similar to the seals on fire extinguishers or the plastic locks on crash carts. I'm not sure...
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    Tips and Tricks for Assessments

    OldDude replied to amandarn10's topic in School

    I'm on the Elementary level. Generally, The only time I look in a kid's mouth or throat or ears is for injury assessment; not for illness assessment. Of course there is the temperature, skin color,...
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    head laceration

    OldDude replied to garfieldrn's topic in School

    I can see how garfieldrn's principal, lacking experience in bleeding injury assessment, thought a cut on the head was an "Injury Emergency" as indicated in that First Aid Manual and that's why her...
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    New sn 2 weeks in...

    OldDude replied to CampNurse10's topic in School

    Sounds like some practices that are hanging on from someone not accepting the age of electronic medical records. With few exceptions like vision/hearing referrals or med permission forms (or computer...
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    head laceration

    OldDude replied to garfieldrn's topic in School

    It's just a cut on the head....you're not worried about the kid bleeding to
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    What is the worst mistake you've made as a nurse?

    OldDude replied to unpocodeam0r's topic in Emergency

    I graduated from nursing school on a Friday and went to work the following Monday as a GN at a pediatric ER. I realized I didn't learn a darn thing about real life nursing care in nursing school....
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    Students with Anxiety Attacks

    OldDude replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in School

    High School!! Those are grown up size
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    Students with Anxiety Attacks

    OldDude replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in School

    What age
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    Rumors and privacy . . . .

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

    A few years ago I had a parent tell me she couldn't buy lice shampoo because the pharmacist told her it was all sold out to parents of kids at my school. That kinda lit me up and I confronted the...
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    Rumors and privacy . . . .

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

    Run as fast and as far as you can from stuff like that. It's a slippery and dangerous slope on which you have no professional defense if you are questioned as to "why" you are asking "XYZ." I think...
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    Wanting to write a letter to teachers.....help

    OldDude replied to QAPIQUEEN's topic in School

    The most helpful advice you can give them is...."Don't hesitate to send a student to the clinic....just don't send them with any instructions from you." For example, "Go to the nurse and get an ice...
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    Need advice

    OldDude replied to Gertiegirl's topic in School

    Like I've said before....if I had to deal with middle school or up, I'd go work on one of those crab fishing boats like Deadliest
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    Wrapping Injuries

    OldDude replied to nurseshajwani's topic in School

    I have had that occasionally happen over the years...something turn up broken when I didn't suspect that was the case. When I inform the parent of the injury I always tell them to seek medical...
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    Wrapping Injuries

    OldDude replied to nurseshajwani's topic in School

    Generally, if the mechanism of injury doesn't typically result in a fracture and I don't suspect a fracture....and if there is evidence of MINOR swelling, I'll "RICE" it and call a parent to give them...
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    Epipen training

    OldDude replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    I've used this site the past 3 years.
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    And that's a WRAP!

    OldDude replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    My summer starts in 77 minutes....76 minutes now. Hope you all get rested, refreshed, and blessed with a new school year in a few
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    Should I join a teachers's union?

    OldDude replied to Nurse ABC's topic in School

    There is no teacher union here for me to join but I will say something about professional insurance. The policy I purchase every year provides coverage if I have to "defend" myself against some...
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    Summer Safety Tips

    OldDude replied to fetch's topic in School

    Always obey your
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    Need Advice For My New School Nurse Job

    OldDude replied to Jules0612's topic in School

    Nurse ABC wrapped it up well....don't try and re-invent the wheel....and the over-riding observation I've seen over the years is - let me preface - this is not an attack or slur on educators; they are...
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    Does anyone drive students home?

    OldDude replied to Nurse ABC's topic in School

    Not a
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    And that's a WRAP!

    OldDude replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    Enjoy! 3 more days
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    Unstable Diabetic

    OldDude replied to lvnforschool's topic in School

    I hear ya....we have that law here too....some bright bulbs in the Texas legislature think you can send an office aide to a 1 day class and they instantly morph into having the ability to manage a...