BeckyESRN

BeckyESRN

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  1. C'Mon Now!

    I left the building for exactly 7 minutes today(forgot to pack my lunch and those chicken nuggets looked suspect) to run to Subway. When I returned I had a one potty accident, one vomiting kid, one...
  2. Welcome Back!!!

    No one slept last night, now everyone wants to take a nap in my office! On a positive note, everyone remembered to bring in their meds/new epi-pen -it's a Chirstmas
  3. School nurse saves the day!

    No desire to say fixin' here! Just wanted to say that I love how every school ever interviewed says "and this why every school should have a full-time RN in the
  4. Truer words have never been
  5. Never chart this

    I mean, I WANT to write those things, but I never
  6. Never chart this

    The infamous "Pus*y" discharge from a wound, should be included in every "do not chart" discussion! I had a 1:1 sitter chart "patient was acting a fool, RN
  7. C'Mon Now!

    A few notes before the holidays: 1.)Parents, please do not take your child to get their ears pierced in the morning and then drop them off at school. 2.)Poked in the closed eye with a breadstick is...
  8. Controversial Patient Odors in Nursing

    I second Flare's comment! I have a few that I swear bathe in essential oils, to the point that it has caused problems with classmates' asthma. Then there's the kid who never really learned how to wipe...
  9. I had a 15 y/o maternity patient on her second child; she thought that her foley was draining "that fluid the baby swam
  10. What still needs to get done before the holidays?

    I have a December 23rd kid, luckily, she's still little and only requested a trip to Build-A-Bear for her
  11. New here

    Welcome! You'll find that you will go home wondering if you did the right thing pretty often. There is a level of worry surrounding these kiddos that I was not expecting. Hopefully, once everyone is...
  12. Who uses the restroom in your office?

    The office secretary has keys to my office, doors only-not the med cabinets, only the principal has a copy of those. As for the restroom, my first year I had a student with CP, transfer x2 who used my...
  13. What still needs to get done before the holidays?

    All of the presents from Santa are wrapped, but I still need to wrap my outgoing gifts. My husband works overnight Wednesday and Thursday, so I'll get everything finished up then, hopefully! My...
  14. Whoa- the "Nurses" board is wonky right now

    We I went to general nursing I got a "this page is in Chinese, would you like to translate" pop-up
  15. Feels like -20 here today

    We've delayed for the past two days because of -10 degree temps, not that it's any warmer by 9, but whatever, I'll take
  16. I'm LEAVING!

    OMG, YES!!! This a thousand times! Also, you get a full 30 minute lunch every single day no matter what is going on in your classroom. I get a 30 minute lunch that is uninterrupted maybe once a week,...
  17. Inane scripting

    I had a cashier tell me that if you complete their survey and rate the experience less than 5/5, the cashier gets
  18. When teachers go behind your back...

    Mr. Risk Manager, we LOVE teachers like Mrs. Risk Manager. Please tell her to keep the good
  19. preventing spread of infection

    My bulletin board is currently Pokemon and it says "If you don't wanna catch em all, WASH YOUR HANDS! We move the when to keep your kid home info to the front of the newsletter and website around this...
  20. How much time for break?

    My poor hubby has to work 12 hours both Christmas eve and Christmas day since they both fall on his weekend to work this year, major
  21. ADHD Student on Rampage

    For the record, I don't think you did anything wrong. I think your administration is not handling any of this situation correctly. You were, I'm sure, just trying to give his medication because...
  22. Fractured Nursing

    A few years ago, I was in a car accident. I had other injuries but the one that effected my ability to come back to work after 8 weeks was my shoulder. I had a laceration through my rotator cuff,...
  23. Bottle Up The Magic

    And...I just got puked on. No magic
  24. Teachers

    I could not even begin to deal with that one, that's why I made my supervisor handle it! Same teacher once told me that she couldn't share an email containing very important medical info on a student...
  25. Parents Threatening to take away Christmas

    This is just