OldDude

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    Buy your own laptop?

    OldDude replied to Hoozdo's topic in Home Health

    Our cell provider has deals that a simple 8" tablet is free if you pay 10.00/month for 2 gigs of cell data; 24 month contract; tax deductible of course. My Sweet Petunia is a home health PT and has...
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    C'Mon Now!

    OldDude replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    1st grader, Platinum level Frequent Flyer, comes in this morning..."my head feels like it was dipped in a
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    School Nursing

    OldDude replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in School

    From where you are coming from...the pros outweigh the cons, hands down! There will be documentation and parent contacts and staff issues but nothing like working in those facilities. And the best...
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    Mini cath on peds

    OldDude replied to fromfaraway's topic in Emergency

    Took the words right out of my mouth...the tissue around the lady partsl opening is usually more generous, especially in infants, and the meatus sits right above that...I stick the end of the catheter...
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    Nurses Pass?

    OldDude replied to MrsK_Nurse's topic in School

    Skyward
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    Nurses Pass?

    OldDude replied to MrsK_Nurse's topic in School

    Our high school and junior high nurses require passes...plus the kids "check" themselves in on a computer as they
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    Switch to elementary?

    OldDude replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    Any word
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    Nurses Pass?

    OldDude replied to MrsK_Nurse's topic in School

    It's helpful but not a requirement. Sometimes, the note will have a different symptom than what the kid is complaining to me about so that helps to establish membership levels in the FF club. I've...
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    Potty accidents

    OldDude replied to ceelopez12's topic in School

    Too bad about not having a restroom in your clinic...contemplate letting him use a staff restroom, where he can be alone and uninterrupted, on a strict restroom schedule; after lunch, before recess,...
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    Potty accidents

    OldDude replied to ceelopez12's topic in School

    Do you have a restroom in your
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    Mini cath on peds

    OldDude replied to fromfaraway's topic in Emergency

    Catch UAs are always hardest on the parents. But best for the patient's diagnosis and commencement of treatment; especially infants. Peak and Pixie summed it up well. We still us urine collection bags...
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    Buy your own laptop?

    OldDude replied to Hoozdo's topic in Home Health

    Typically, the employer supplies the laptop or tablet and phone allowance is pretty common in my neck of the woods, unless you're self employed, working contract for them, and then they supply nothing...
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    Allergy Concerns

    OldDude replied to T-ROD's topic in School

    They're not the zip tie that you use to actually secure something; it's like those little plastic seals you see on fire extinguisher pins. More so to keep it in place and closed but easily broken by...
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    New Student Seizures

    OldDude replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    Unlikely...highly
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    C'Mon Now!

    OldDude replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Me too. I really like the mulch
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    New Student Seizures

    OldDude replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    Sounds plenty thorough for what you can actually "do" about it. Just be firm and confident if that "bell rings" for calling
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    Diabetic student having surgery

    OldDude replied to Amethya's topic in School

    If you had a standard Starfleet issue medical Tricorder like Dr. McCoy used on the USS Enterprise in Star Trek you could have diagnosed that appendicitis in less than a second...but you don't so you...
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    ... and now for the consequences

    OldDude replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    I thought this was the dumbest thing the legislature had come up with to date but I adhered to the new law to the "T." I've sent 4 notices home this school year (one note to the parent of the...
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    fall

    OldDude replied to ceelopez12's topic in School

    How did this turn
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    Just gave Epi for the first time

    OldDude replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    And BAM to you too purplewaves!! Chalk up another kid being snatched from the jaws of death!! You prevented some parents from experiencing the worst day of their life. Praise be to God and praise be...
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    ... and now for the consequences

    OldDude replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    ...and you can't fix
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    ... and now for the consequences

    OldDude replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    Doctors at the pedi urgent care I work at frequently get me to "confirm" lice cases for them; they all know I'm an elementary school nurse and realize I have more experience in this area than they
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    That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Have a
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    Just gave Epi for the first time

    OldDude replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Soooooo... BAM, another kid snatched from the jaws of death! School nurses, that's what we do! Wow! Praise God you were there for all to live happily ever after and tell the story to others! Excellent...
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    Mass Hysteria- FLU!

    OldDude replied to MrsK_Nurse's topic in School

    doesn't matter...flu season is over...doesn't