BeckyESRN

BeckyESRN

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  1. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    BeckyESRN replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Law and Order SVU rerun: Bad dude is in the hospital on a morphine PCA (bed up in the air and all side rails down), Ice T is talking to him and Bad Dude is awake, alert, and getting really angry then...

  2. It is no more

    BeckyESRN replied to abc123RN's topic in School

    Our's was "Ken respects Barbie"

  3. C'Mon Now!

    BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    He had a really rough day yesterday! The principal said that he ended the day with 13 write ups from 5 different teachers for physical aggression and general meanness. I don't know what's up with the...

  4. Another head lice; I want to help this child

    BeckyESRN replied to basketball13's topic in School

    CPS will not intervene for head lice alone. Head lice are not considered a health hazard as they are nothing more than a pest, they do not cause or spread

  5. C'Mon Now!

    BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    And he just came back to apologize and instead said "I'm not sorry, I wish I would have broken it off of your hand!" and ran away again. C'Mon Now kiddo, that's just

  6. Kids say the darnest things....

    BeckyESRN replied to mrsfoster601's topic in School

    I have a little here that says "Hanitizer" too! so

  7. Another head lice; I want to help this child

    BeckyESRN replied to basketball13's topic in School

    Here's the link-it was somewhere in the questions part

  8. C'Mon Now!

    BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I just had a second grader grab my thumb and twist it because he was mad at me.

  9. Another head lice; I want to help this child

    BeckyESRN replied to basketball13's topic in School

    I loved it! especially the geriatric lice comment. I printed out the flow chart for managing lice in school, it's my favorite thing

  10. Another head lice; I want to help this child

    BeckyESRN replied to basketball13's topic in School

    This may be helpful, it's recent webinar by Dr. Pollack, an entomologist, and a school nurse whose name I cannot remember. it talks, not only about head lice and the school's role in dealing with it,...

  11. It is no more

    BeckyESRN replied to abc123RN's topic in School

    Divine

  12. Puberty class

    BeckyESRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    So this happened: My daughter, she's 7, and I have talked about periods and where babies come from. She knows that these topics are off limits in school. She got off the bus the other day and told me...

  13. 40 Kids out with Fever today...

    BeckyESRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    My friend just messaged to tell me that 2 of her 3 were sent home today with fevers/sore throat after lunch, both had +rapid strep at urgent care. Ugh, I hope it stays away from this

  14. School Nurse /Pay/No pay?

    BeckyESRN replied to KATIEOP's topic in School

    I took a major pay cut when I took this position~I make 1/3 of what I was making at the hospital. The schedule cannot be beat and the amount of stress that I have surrounding work has been greatly...

  15. Puberty class

    BeckyESRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    The MS nurse and I do an hour long class with the 5th grade girls (PE teacher deals with the boys). Our local science center has and awesome presentation that the students watch, it covers all of the...

  16. What to wear?

    BeckyESRN replied to Duncan6's topic in School

    No one said "I didn't recognize you with clothes on!" did they? I had a cardiologist yell this to me once as walked down the hall at work as a visitor instead of a

  17. Lost a student

    BeckyESRN replied to ana010's topic in School

    I'm so very sorry for your loss and the loss your entire community is

  18. Good Kids

    BeckyESRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    My first year, I had a friend in first grade who was by all accounts a really troubled, mean, aggressive kid and the school had been trying to work with mom and the doctor to get him help, but hit...

  19. Florida students self carrying own otcs

    BeckyESRN replied to Flare's topic in School

    The librarian caught them as it happened, everyone was paired up and spread out doing old-fashioned research. On a side note, before I started, my former principal injected herself when the nurse...

  20. Florida students self carrying own otcs

    BeckyESRN replied to Flare's topic in School

    I hate the thought of students sharing meds, even OTCs. In my 3 years, I've had one student have a reaction to shared orajel- her gums swelled and blistered; one with a red 40 allergy (took a friends...

  21. Florida students self carrying own otcs

    BeckyESRN replied to Flare's topic in School

    Are they required to carry these meds in the original bottle? I think that allowing students to carry unlabeled meds in their pockets/backpack is a bad idea. Who is checking these meds? They have a...

  22. Norovirus going around!

    BeckyESRN replied to Pharmahaulic's topic in General Nursing

    Suspected Norovirus caused a high school in Illinois to close for 2 days last week. They had >800 students of 1500(I believe) out with similar symptoms. The hospital where my husband works (in PA)...

  23. Better Health Care Elsewhere

    BeckyESRN replied to Ashley Hay, BSN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I live in Pennsylvania and I noticed a BIG difference in doctor's offices when I moved over a county. With my old doctor's office(primary, GYN, and neuro) I always had issues getting an appointment,...

  24. I'm not sure what they expect!- Small vent

    BeckyESRN replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    I love when they do this and then you see the teacher later and they say something like "You know he was just trying to get out of test/presentation" or "She was in trouble, that's why her stomach was...

  25. Ear aches

    BeckyESRN replied to Dattebayo's topic in School

    No peroxide here. I use Ear-Ease, it's a plastic container that you fill with warm water and the kid holds it over their ear-it's a miracle cure. When my allergies act up, I get pressure in my ear and...