BeckyESRN

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1. Things I should not have to say...

   BeckyESRN replied to BatcampRN's topic in School

   "I know the new table is beautiful, but you CANNOT lick it" said as a group of students was standing around a newly delivered carved wood table for out lobby. They has their grimey little hands all...

2. C'Mon Now!

   BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

   It finally happened! A kiddo walked in a plopped his bloody tooth right on my desk? C'Mon

3. Passes

   BeckyESRN replied to Keeperofbandages's topic in School

   This is what I use and have been using for a few years. It covers the basics and they can write in the rest Nurse

4. Pandemic or pollen??

   BeckyESRN replied to Flare's topic in School

   Same! My letter board at home says "May: not Winter, not Summer, all

5. The New Girl To School Nursing

   BeckyESRN replied to PedsNrse13's topic in School

   You can check your county health department for posters too! Some will send them for shipping only, some you can print out on your own. The Allegheny County Health Dept. has some good

6. Happy Nurse's week.... I guess

   BeckyESRN replied to Mavnurse17's topic in School

   I got a card from social committee on Administrative Assistants' Day because "We won't remember you if we don't give it to you today"? Thanks...I guess I grabbed cards at Dollar Tree to send to...

7. C'Mon Now!

   BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

   Has anyone else noticed the hashtags that were added to this topic? # school kids is fine, but # bad kids is not okay. I don't think any of us would ever refer to our kids as "bad". Bad behavior,...

8. C'Mon Now!

   BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

   We had a parent send her close contact kid to school the next day. She insisted he wasn't a close contact because it wasn't a school activity, so "it's illegal" for us to exclude him. She was also mad...

9. C'Mon Now!

   BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

   63 nonsense visits, 4 legit visits, a dozen meds, 1 hour and 40 minutes of contact tracing and phone calls, and one 9pm email from a teacher who "forgot" to include the students sitting by my positive...

10. C'Mon Now!

    BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    4th grade boy comes in pretty frantic: Look at my arm! It's bright pink. It's hot. It's super, super itchy! Me: Lemme see...? 4th: ? it's not funny. It really itches! I could be having an...

11. Got My Vaccine Yesterday

    BeckyESRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I got my 1st Moderna on Jan 15th. On Jan 21st, one lymph node near my clavicle and one under my arm, started swelling. They hurt a ton and are the size of a clementine and half a fast pitch softball....

12. Voluntary Post-Thanksgiving Quarantine?

    BeckyESRN replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    The wording that we are going with when parents ask about out of state travel or when we hear about out of state travel is "The health department strongly recommends a self-quarantine period of 14...

13. Staff Burnout

    BeckyESRN replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Our teachers are overscheduled too. It seems like every minute is filled with meetings, zoom calls, webinars... It's too much. We are in person 4 days a week with a virtual day on Wednesday. There's a...

14. SPED

    BeckyESRN replied to EnoughWithTheIce's topic in School

    If I had a dollar for every kid that "just doesn't seem like himself today", I could retire tomorrow. I got called to the sensory room to check on a kid...the reason...he took off his shoes. No...

15. New Medical Syndrome (can I have it named after me...)

    BeckyESRN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Smelly mask syndrome is my new favorite. It's a disorder of denial, often found in elementary aged children who insist that their mask smells awful, the new mask also smells awful, the 3rd mask smells...