Little kindergartener walks into my clinic today cradling a treasure in her hands. The secretary asks her, "Oh, did you lose a tooth?!?!" She nods yes. So I, all excited for her, grab a sticker...
SaltineQueen replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School
We will probably have to make today up the Friday before spring break. That's not going to go over well. It it has been an odd winter. This is our first snow day. And we've only had a few two...
SaltineQueen replied to SnugglePuggle's topic in School
I give ice pretty freely. It's amazing how easily it helps littles feel better. But, all I have are reusable gel packs. If they're poking holes & sucking out the contents, I've got bigger...
SaltineQueen replied to kidzcare's topic in School
I'm finding my previous nurse was very lax on important things, too. We have kids behind on shots & were way past exclusion date. I have no parent/doctor signed emergency plans for my...
Thats ts the other thing. If we were in a hospital setting & gave a medication outside of appropriate parameters, it could come back to bite our butt. I assume the same would apply in a school...
That was my question... Why not just switch to an XR? Concerta worked wonders for my son, but we did end up adding in a tiny bit of Ritalin at home to help until the other kicked
SaltineQueen replied to Keepstanding's topic in School
I have a kid allergic to bees. We have an allergy action plan in place for him, just no epi-pen. I, and the previous nurse, have called multiple times to ask her to send one to school. We have...
SaltineQueen replied to Keepstanding's topic in School
We are actually addressing this in our meeting tomorrow. Should be interesting. I saw a girl today who had, what appeared to be, bug bites...I suspect maybe bed
SaltineQueen replied to Kindnessecity's topic in General Nursing
If you were there a while, I would keep them to show longevity at previous jobs. If you can list a couple, and still keep your resume to one page, keep
Oh, but to answer the question... No flu, a couple cases if strep, lots of stomach bugs. Our poor principal's family has been passing it around for two
I had a little girl (1st grader) come to me this week c/o "I have a cold." As she did have a booger on the tip of her nose, I said (as I tried to muffle my snicker), "Here sweetie, how about you...