beachynurse ASN, BSN

It is possible, you have to be licensed in the state or states that you practice in. We have a benefit from work that allows us to do phone or video visits with an MD after hours, and I've spoken to MD's that are in other states, but are also license...

I'm in a high school, and my biggest complaint is abdominal pain and nausea. These kids are able to sit and talk to each other, text, laugh and joke. In this population asking them what they want to do is opening the door for them to go home. That is...

Years ago, I was asked to do an impairment assessment on a teacher at my school. She was 3 sheets to the wind, and reeked of alcohol. Our school resource officer had her take a breathalyzer, and she blew well above the legal limit. Unfortunately, the...

I agree that passes should not be used or needed for menstrual issues, which is why I don't provide them. Unfortunately, I have no control over the classroom rules of the teachers. I do think some of them are too stringent, but that is not my call. I...

Notes are not required for menstruating females. It is for student that have urinary issues and diagnoses that need to use the bathroom frequently. We have students that say they are going to the bathroom and are hall walking for a majority of the bl...

I am in a large high school which is a fairly new school. We have bathrooms on each classroom community both up and down stairs. There are plenty of them. Our teachers are pretty much the same as yours, some limit, some don't. I don't give out bathr...

I think it's like that everywhere. It's gotten so out of control it's not even funny. Between mental health issues with the kids, and the demanding entitled parents that want us to raise their kids... I feel like screaming!!!!

Excellent advice! After all, how would she know she didn't like it if she didn't try. Then there may be regrets about passing on the opportunity. Every position, every move is a teaching opportunity, so OP now knows this isn't for her.. This does not...

I worked in an infant and toddler step down unit many years ago, and would never do it again. It was a soul sucking job for sure. Having to code infants, babies, watching some die from cancer, seeing a child be admitted with cigarette burns on their ...

If I send a student home with possible conjunctivitis, I do ask for a note to ensure that the student is seen and is clear to return to school. This reduces the risk of students passing on the infection to others. I respectfully disagree that r...

As a school nurse, if you are dealing with pediatric patients, please don't write notes for parents just because they ask you too. I get so many requests for leaving class 5 minutes early for kids without assistive devices, or any need for the accomm...

This went on for 2 years, and it started to affect my health. My blood pressure was sky high my PCP wanted to put me in the hospital. I went to HR, and now I know why no-one went to them. Our HR rep went right to the boss and told her what we were sa...

I had a boss years ago that used to love to bully her managers. In fact it was actually verbal abuse. If she was in a bad mood, when she came in and you were the first person she saw, you got blasted. She would poke her finger in your chest, and had ...

You would need to contact the Board of Nursing for each state that you are interested in going to live and find out what their requirements are for foreign trained nurses.

I was going to move to LA and the credentialing stopped me, though I was told with 20 years of school nursing I might not have to get it. But the pay cut.... I took about a 25-30,000 dollar a year pay cut. It took quite a bit of getting used to the l...

I'm at a high school with almost 2,000 students and I have an assistant that is an LPN. Just the 2 of us...

In our school division, the parents need to supply all medications with an MD order.

Most places won't interview you without an active license. You don't know how long it will take for the state to reactivate your license and they probably can't hold the position waiting for you. I'm sorry, but I don't think it's personal.

If I'm not sure about a wound needing sutures, I call the parent and have them pick up the student and let them make the call. This saves me from getting screamed at by parents that we didn't do anything, and puts the burden on the parent. The parent...

If I send a student home, the day I send them home is excused. If they are out the following day, the parent writes a note that the student is still ill and they are excused that way.

I wouldn't waste my energy on them. I have too much to do myself than to worry about a person that is just miserable, and has such poor self esteem that she has to downgrade others and brag about herself just to make herself feel good. I actually fee...

I understand, but, just because MA's are lumped into the nursing "category", does not make them Nurses, nor does it permit them to call themselves Nurses. They are Medical Assistants.

This kind of thing is nothing new. I'm originally from NY, and I know that there were blocks of "peep shows" in certain areas of the city, and probably still are. Hearing about things like this are really nothing new to me, I've known for many many y...

I totally agree with you. I believe in minding my own business, and as long as it doesn't effect me let them do their thing. I would never be involved in that line of work but if that is what they like to do as consenting adults, let them do it if it...

While I am aware of this clause, I also feel, who are they to judge these people? Unless the action effects her nursing practice, what's the big deal? We nurses are held to a significantly higher standard than any other medical professional, or indiv...