OldDude

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    Sensitive topic--Pertussis

    OldDude replied to ERschoolRN's topic in School

    Please keep us
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    Lack of Manners

    OldDude replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Once I get an answer as to what's bothering them I'll follow it up with asking them - "why?" Many times they'll tell me and it has nothing to do with
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    Sensitive topic--Pertussis

    OldDude replied to ERschoolRN's topic in School

    This doesn't make
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    Sensitive topic--Pertussis

    OldDude replied to ERschoolRN's topic in School

    Is your son being excluded from school or the student with positive pertussis in his
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    Assessing the student on drugs

    OldDude replied to cjl_RN's topic in School

    AYE!! School Nurses are often used as scape goats for administration to forward their agenda/s. It's a slippery slope and one must be very careful in having a "opinion" about the student's mental...
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    Assessing the student on drugs

    OldDude replied to cjl_RN's topic in School

    Although I'm not certified and seldom utilize it at school on the elementary I think the horizontal gaze nystagmus is the best method for indicating impairment and the need for further
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    Last Friday

    OldDude replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    Quite polished and elegant! Oh yea, you
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    What brought you to where you are now?

    OldDude replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    And they'll be regaling their kids, and grandkids, with those same stories of "the olden days." Good, kidz, real
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    Kinsa

    OldDude replied to NurseMrn's topic in School

    You bet!! Just listen to the news media accounts of the caravan in Tijuana...TB, HIV, Chicken Pox, and "HEAD
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    Had to give Epi Today!

    OldDude replied to linda1959's topic in School

    Bam!! Another kid snatched from the jaws of death!! School nurses, that what we do!! Linda, what an awesome example of critical thinking and a calm, rational, step by step assessment under very...
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    Use of nurse's office

    OldDude replied to Rsrfrn's topic in School

    You already know not to apply logic or reason to school
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    Rising insurance premiums through work

    OldDude replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Last year, I shopped the ACA exchange. The premium for my family coverage was going to be 2700.00/month. There is nothing affordable about that. I've wheeled and dealed and reduced my coverage though...
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    Rising insurance premiums through work

    OldDude replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The insurance lobby has too much of a strangle hold on the ones in a position to make a change...similar to other political subjects I realize...but otherwise everything should be opened up to the...
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    Tourette syndrome

    OldDude replied to Amethya's topic in School

    This is an important question. If he's more comfortable at home then it's the school environment ratcheting up the tics so his MD could treat for that anxiety specifically and/or there could be...
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    Would you? Do you?

    OldDude replied to JustRNingAlong's topic in School

    Me either...why don't you check in more
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    Rising insurance premiums through work

    OldDude replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm guessing I stand corrected...It's been several years since I applied for medicaid for a cousin's child who ended up in our custody. The application required the designation of a
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    Use of nurse's office

    OldDude replied to Rsrfrn's topic in School

    You're not going to win this battle...find a way to make it work and realize objectivity and reason doesn't apply to school administration; especially this
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    Rising insurance premiums through work

    OldDude replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    You have to identify a PCP on the medicaid
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    Rising insurance premiums through work

    OldDude replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Huh? You can't have medicaid with having a
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    How do you get paid?

    OldDude replied to scout mom's topic in School

    Suburban town of a little over 17000 in South Texas. Starting teacher/RNs get a salary of 52k and
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    Kinsa

    OldDude replied to NurseMrn's topic in School

    I was wrong about the blender name...it's a Ninja - not
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    Tourette syndrome

    OldDude replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I'm not making the connection between tourettes and pain unless it's a product of the tics. What kind of pain are you talking
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    Kinsa

    OldDude replied to NurseMrn's topic in School

    Run NurseMrn, run from this as fast as you
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    Would you? Do you?

    OldDude replied to JustRNingAlong's topic in School

    Since my school goes through 5th grade, I've yet to deal with a student tattoo...staff is a different
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    Performance Evaluation Goals??

    OldDude replied to mslove717's topic in School

    No student deaths or permanent disabilities during the school year...excellent