BeckyESRN

BeckyESRN

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  1. C'Mon Now!

    BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    1st grade teacher calls to let me know a sick little guy is on his way down, has had several episodes of diarrhea(they have RR in the classroom). Kid is clearly ill, call mom, she's coming to pick up,...

  2. School Medical Aide- Looking for some ground rules for teachers

    BeckyESRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    If all else fails, send this to the

  3. School Medical Aide- Looking for some ground rules for teachers

    BeckyESRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I few things that I've found helpful: Send a baggie of bandaids to each classroom for minor injuries- paper cuts, bandaid fell off, and such. Also, I will tell older kids to go back to their classroom...

  4. Chronic health conditions

    BeckyESRN replied to tonih79's topic in School

    In Pennsylvania reportable conditions are: Life threatening allergy, life threatening food allergy, asthma, bleeding disorder, ADD, ADHD, torrette's, diabetes, arthritis/rheumatic, cardiovascular...

  5. Will It Always Be This Crazy?!

    BeckyESRN replied to BlondieRN0531's topic in School

    Ha! I found an allergic to GMO this year. Mom acted like "GMO" was a single thing that was added to

  6. Going from Adult ICU to School Nurse

    BeckyESRN replied to holldog99's topic in School

    Don't forget to highlight your awesome assessment skills and ability to work independently, especially while under

  7. C'Mon Now!

    BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    3rd grader comes limping in "Can you look at my knee? It's been hurting since 2nd grade" What

  8. School Nurse Hours?

    BeckyESRN replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    Elementary

  9. essential oils

    BeckyESRN replied to peacockblue's topic in School

    I received a Doctor's order for oils as pain relief for a broken collar

  10. Missed a fracture

    BeckyESRN replied to Buggus's topic in School

    That feeling of "I should have known" is the worst! You did everything that you could do. The assessment was negative, the student didn't return, there was nothing else to be done. Until those X-Ray...

  11. Roll Call 2016-2017

    BeckyESRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Gotta vote for pink. Just got a new pink shirt that say "Got Bandaids?" on the front and "I do!" on the

  12. Bad omen???

    BeckyESRN replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    I hear that is the only way to undo the bad mojo placed upon you by the rotten

  13. Roll Call 2016-2017

    BeckyESRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I'm back and dealing out bandaids for new shoe related

  14. New Teachers...

    BeckyESRN replied to Bevp's topic in School

    Usually by this time of year, they are being marked down which makes it even

  15. EpiPen Prices!!

    BeckyESRN replied to BlondieRN0531's topic in School

    EpiPen® Auto-Injector Savings Program The EpiPen website has a prescription savings card. You have to have insurance to use it, but it can bring the co-pay to 0. A lot of my families have had...

  16. New Teachers...

    BeckyESRN replied to Bevp's topic in School

    I picked up sand buckets for all my teachers and wrote "Yucky bucket" on them. The teachers give a bucket to the kids who say "I feel like I'm going to throw up". It has worked wonders, especially in...

  17. I Have A Name!

    BeckyESRN replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in School

    I ran into a little one at the store yesterday and she said "Mommy, look it's my nurse!" Mom says "Does your nurse have a name?" little one says: "yeah, MY nurse!" It was cute. But if an adult did it,...

  18. What is the Registered Nurse Patient Ratio at your hospital?

    BeckyESRN replied to LinenP's topic in General Nursing

    Telemetry/step-down unit: 4 on days, 5 on 3-11, 6 on

  19. Manners......Over it !

    BeckyESRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I have a "May I please..." rule that is only allowed to be violated if you are crying or gushing

  20. Parent and school nurse

    BeckyESRN posted a topic in School

    I know a few of you guys have kids in the district where you're the nurse, so I'm hoping you'll have some advice. There has been a lot of conflict in our district this year between parents and...

  21. Needing Everything

    BeckyESRN replied to peaceful nurse's topic in School

    Having a full record also helps fill in the things that parents leave out. For example: one of our kids have a swallow eval. and dad said all was good, no changes; we get the report-silent aspiration,...

  22. Parent and school nurse

    BeckyESRN replied to BeckyESRN's topic in School

    Unfortunately, these women are very catty and immature. If you don't join in with their bashing of administration, policies, or whatever it is this week, they hold a grudge. I've already seen the way...

  23. Parent and school nurse

    BeckyESRN replied to BeckyESRN's topic in School

    I like the office hours line! I'll be adopting that one for sure. I've used some generic lines to deflect their crazy inquires, but these women are persistent! When it comes to head lice discussions...

  24. ticks, concussions, and fractures, Oh My!

    BeckyESRN posted a topic in School

    3 days left and these kids are trying to make them count! Field day is Monday and if things keep up at this pace, I'm going to need a triage station and EMS on site! In 3 days I have: removed 3 ticks,...

  25. Field Day

    BeckyESRN replied to 1mrsbs's topic in School

    The dreaded day has arrived! I have a freezer full of ice packs and tons of band-aids at the ready! Hoping no one faints from the fumes of color hair spray and fingernail