BeckyESRN

BeckyESRN

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  1. Those parents who send their super sick kids to school

    BeckyESRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I've had a similar issue and, with the blessing of admin, requested a doctor's note/proof of visit before the child was able to return. Poor

  2. May the Nurse's Force Be With You

    BeckyESRN replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I've had widely varied reactions to injections: One very burly tattooed biker was terrified and shrieked and squeezed his wife's hand over a flu shot. Another time I was giving toradol IM and said...

  3. C'Mon Now!

    BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    It's always the thick, chunky stuff that makes it into the

  4. Influenza-like illness

    BeckyESRN replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    Same here. Last year before Christmas break we had 11% out with a stomach

  5. C'Mon Now!

    BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    2nd grader with a tiny bit of blood trickling from nose: "When I opened my locker one of my rocks fell out and hit me in the nose" I have sooo many questions! Why rocks? Multiple rocks? How large are...

  6. C'Mon Now!

    BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    2nd grader "Can you get this knot out of my shoelace?" me: "No, why?" 2nd "Because I asked my teacher and she said I don't want to talk about your shoelaces any more, just o to the nurse" C'Mon

  7. Influenza-like illness

    BeckyESRN replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    We're dealing with a GI bug here too. It's

  8. Illness and School Concerts

    BeckyESRN replied to denstar's topic in School

    Just had one vomit spectacularly at concert practice; I bet he's at the concert

  9. Lice Policies

    BeckyESRN replied to BrisketRN's topic in School

    Right?! If people cared half as much about actual illness as they do about head lice, these kids wouldn't pass around so much funk! ETA: If there were a lice vaccine, I bet I wouldn't see as many...

  10. No Respect.

    BeckyESRN replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Yay, Far, you made the 100th comment! You win nothing, sadly, but it made me smile! :Tosses confetti, bandaids, and stale saltines your

  11. Guys....!

    BeckyESRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    We had dusting of snow this morning and my daughter ran outside squealing with pure joy! That child LOVES the snow, mommy does not. I just hate being cold, but she feels no

  12. Lice Policies

    BeckyESRN replied to BrisketRN's topic in School

    We do not exclude for lice. Our policy states that we must call the parent by the end of the day(we also send home a letter) and the child must bring in proof of treatment and be rechecked by the...

  13. Hospital Ad Campaigns

    BeckyESRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    There is now a billboard about 100 yards from one local hospital that says "(4 letter) Hospital, the best hospital" I thought that was very

  14. Christmas break, when do you start yours?

    BeckyESRN replied to mag426's topic in School

    Break starts on the 22nd and ends on Jan 2nd here. My daughter's birthday is the 23rd, so we'll celebrate that, then Christmas at home and with my in-laws, a few days later Christmas with my parents,...

  15. C'Mon Now!

    BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Just got a call saying that 2 kindergarten boys may have been drinking hand sanitizer on the bus...one of them was my kindergartener...C'Mon

  16. HAPPY FRIDAY

    BeckyESRN replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    There is a GI illness running rampant through the school right now! It's one of those nondescript type of illnesses; symptoms include feeling icky, belly hurting, nausea, and vomiting for some. The...

  17. The Not So "Nursey" Things...

    BeckyESRN replied to HCPSRMA's topic in School

    Can you iron my Girl Scout vest? It's too wrinkly for my meeting tonight... Nope, sorry

  18. Lovable Parents

    BeckyESRN replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    I called a dad because his 5th grader was c/o stomach ache. The kid appeared totally fine, but his buddy had gone home for a stomach ache the day before (buddy had a fever and vomited in my office),...

  19. C'Mon Now!

    BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    We have one that runs errands a lot! There is a stack of folders with official looking paperwork in each, he'll bring one to the office, take one to a different teacher, who then sends him to another...

  20. Holiday presents rolling in already!

    BeckyESRN replied to LikeTheDeadSea's topic in School

    My husband calls glitter "The herpes of the arts and crafts

  21. C'Mon Now!

    BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Yesterday they HELD A BUS for a student because he was really, really, really hurt and NEEDED to see the nurse...his foot was sore...since last Friday. They held a freaking bus for a 5 day old sore...

  22. It's Monday and let the shenanigans began...

    BeckyESRN replied to MrsNurse08's topic in School

    We have a stomach bug being passed around, so now every kid in the building has a stomach ache and is going to vomit, but can eat lunch and play at recess without

  23. Snow Day!

    BeckyESRN replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    No snow days here in PA, just weather that's warm one day and freezing the next. When I was in 4th grade my best friend moved from OH to GA. She called to tell me that they had a snow day and she...

  24. Patients say the darndest things...

    BeckyESRN replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    I think I've shared this before -from my hospital days- an 87 y/o man with severe edema from toes to waist, his equipment was so edematous that it didn't fit in the urinal "too bad it wasn't this big...

  25. Richard Speck student nurse murder survivor doing well

    BeckyESRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I binged the whole season last