BeckyESRN

BeckyESRN

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  1. First Quarter

    BeckyESRN replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    She was infected by the head lice, wasn't

  2. Caught my first louse today!

    BeckyESRN replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    I'm amazed at the misinformation amongst teachers regarding head lice. They insist that the janitor needs to clean their rooms better to prevent the spread of lice...come on. If 1 louse ends up on the...

  3. That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    BeckyESRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    No and I think she was trying to be

  4. Caught my first louse today!

    BeckyESRN replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    On my list of worst nightmares, it lands just below scratchy tights and above the sniffles. All 3 are annoying and non-life threatening, but hell hath no fury like a 6 y/o with scratchy

  5. That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    BeckyESRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Pink scrub pants and a black and pink scrub top today. One of the office staff said "On Wednesdays we wear pink" when I walked in

  6. Vent about teachers (as much as I love them)

    BeckyESRN replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    Don't you remember all of those extremely contagious diseases that we learned about in nursing school? The number 1 symptom for all of them is walking slowly! I don't understand

  7. allready ready to quit?

    BeckyESRN replied to jesserpie's topic in School

    Sorry that it's been so rough! We're here for

  8. Guess where I found a tiny piece of cardboard?!?

    BeckyESRN replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    I put a pumpkin seed and a blue M&M in my nose when I was 4. I was convinced by my 12 and 13 year old cousins that this was a good idea. One ER trip later, I realized that I could never trust them...

  9. Splinters - To remove or not to remove

    BeckyESRN replied to halohg's topic in School

    My grandmother swears by Bag Balm drawing salve. She puts it on everything including

  10. Communicating with your staff

    BeckyESRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I try to avoid group emails except for things like "I'll be out of the office today" or "Please tell me about any and all upcoming field trips". For the things that you mentioned, once I've asked...

  11. Guess where I found a tiny piece of cardboard?!?

    BeckyESRN replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    You can assure your boss that the pencil in ear is common. In my first year here, I sent 3 out to have pencil lead removed from the far reaches of their ear canals. And one to have an eraser removed...

  12. Guess where I found a tiny piece of cardboard?!?

    BeckyESRN replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    Nice!

  13. Splinters - To remove or not to remove

    BeckyESRN replied to halohg's topic in School

    I used duct tape to remove tarantula hairs from my hand once, I would not recommend it! The duct tape nor the tarantula hairs! Ultimately, I had to use Nair wax to get all of the hairs out- for those...

  14. A first grader just brought the following for lunch

    BeckyESRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Our teachers wouldn't tell a kid that they can't have the lunch that they brought, nor would they just take it away. Luckily this kids was okay switching out his unhealthy Oreos for a hot

  15. A first grader just brought the following for lunch

    BeckyESRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    1st grade teacher told me that one of his students brought a baggie of 10 double stuf Oreos. That is 700 calories and 75grams of sugar! He got a school lunch

  16. Determining New Students Health Needs...

    BeckyESRN replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    That's a rough one. Clearly the kid didn't have an anaphylactic reaction and outside of a kindergartener, I would think that a kid with an allergy history would say "My throat hurts, I think I...

  17. School nurse hacks

    BeckyESRN replied to ann_kristen's topic in School

    A life hack that I recently discovered: use dental wax on the end of the tiny eye glasses sized screwdriver to hold the even tinier screw in place while you line it up with the frame. Made my life so...

  18. What illnesses are you seeing already?

    BeckyESRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I had a few kiddos with hand, foot, and mouth at the start of the year and a family that passed around strep, but right now it's mostly kids coming in in casts from weekend accidents! And the ever...

  19. Dealing with those teachers that just rub you the wrong way

    BeckyESRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I had one teacher last year that sent me 7 kids at once because they were...get this...coughing and making it hard for the teacher to concentrate. All 7 kids felt fine, none of the 7 asked to come to...

  20. Splinters - To remove or not to remove

    BeckyESRN replied to halohg's topic in School

    You basically slide the splinter out along side the splinter and lift it right out. Some splinters this does not work for, I make one attempt, maybe 2 on a persistent big kid, and if it doesn't come...

  21. Too sweet not to share!

    BeckyESRN replied to mom to many's topic in School

    That is so sweet! I had a kid once give me a little guy that he made out of twist ties. It's taped to my phone, still 3 years

  22. Splinters - To remove or not to remove

    BeckyESRN replied to halohg's topic in School

    If it can be removed easily, I will take it out. I will not dig around for it. I use "splinter out" from school nurse supply inc. (they're basically the old school type lancets) and they make removing...

  23. Happy Weekend School Nurse People !

    BeckyESRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    What is this "Fall break" that you speak of? No day's off here until Thanksgiving. Saturday is going to be busy-birthday party, cheer, birthday party and Sunday is just a birthday party. Wish it was a...

  24. Things that make me grumpy

    BeckyESRN replied to Flare's topic in School

    Parents that, when notified that their child is missing a physical, send a receipt from the doctor's office or send in another copy of immunizations. I actually was given a piece of paper that had...

  25. Unit Dose Woes

    BeckyESRN replied to EKUGRAD's topic in General Nursing

    Our pharmacy started packaging pills in the single dose packets and would get really annoyed when we called them because half the time the meds were not in the dang packet! You'd get a string of empty...