beachynurse ASN, BSN

I work in Virginia, and it varies from district to district. My district will only take your years as a full time employee for experience in order to determine your salary step. If you worked per diem, or part time, that experience won't count.

A large part of what I do is chasing down parents of students with non-compliant immunization records. If you don't believe in immunizations, are you going to be able to enforce your divisions policies for non-compliance? Would you be able to exclude...

The problem is, I'm not arguing. That's not why I'm here, and it's not my style. I'm here to learn, and to bounce ideas off of other nurses. I feel that arguing is only counter productive, and resolves nothing. Maybe you should try a softer approach....

It has nothing to do with our budget at all.. And Londonflo, why are you always so confrontational?

Of course it would, that is if your school division allows you to use one. My school division does not allow us to use pulse oximeters as we cannot be held responsible for the calibrating of the unit.

When you are doing a pulmonary assessment, hopefully your student isn't getting that bad off. I auscultate breath sounds, watch breathing patterns, watch for use of accessory muscles, retractions, tripoding, nasal flaring. You don't need a pulse oxim...

I'm happy for you!

The rationale behind not using the pulse oximeter is that if we do use it we might not do as thorough a pulmonary assessment and miss something. I never rely on the pulse oximeter for anything to do with a pulmonary assessment, my stethoscope and ear...

You might be interested in watching this video on boundary crossing... https://www.NCSBN.org/video/professional-boundaries-in-nursing I used it in my CNA classes when I taught them.

I'm afraid I must respectfully disagree. I think a baby alone is one of the worst reasons for getting married. And that marriage license alone does not ensure a child's future. I have seen many a single parent do a phenomenal job raising their childr...

If you can get the tapes, I'd get them now. They may be deleted after a period of time..

I'm kind of confused?? I don't think there is enough information there to make an appropriate statement..

LOL, no... Since I had a hip replacement and back surgery, my balance is terrible. I have to do impairment assessments at work, and when I demonstrate the heel to toe, I have to hold on to the counter.. LOL.... And if they made me stand on one foot, ...

Congratulations! I hope the job is everything that you want it to be!

Thank you, It's much easier now. I cut my cousin completely out of everything. She tried to do the same thing with my father when he died. She told the hospital that he was in that she would be calling the shots with my fathers care as my brother was...

That is frightening! I can't believe that management is dumping talking to them on you. What unsafe practice. How do they know the documentation is correct? That could lead to harm to the patients due to incorrect info being passed on in the notes. M...

There is such a misunderstanding in facilities, especially LTC in regard to Medical POA's. Since my Dad died I am now Mom's health care proxy. I have a cousin that is just too busy trying to get in their business, and thinks that she is in charge. Sh...

My daughter used to sleep like that. Getting her up for school in the morning was torture, for me LOL. I used to put a piece of ice down her back. That usually worked, put her in a bad mood for the day, but she wasn't going to be home with me. I was ...

I'm jealous! I have 5-6 more years until I can retire. Then I'm outta here. I don't know what level you are in, but, I'm finding it to be more and more difficult as each year goes on. Such an increase in mental health issues with students, increase i...

I don't know what your division's policies are, but if a student has a tube feeding, they bring the student to the clinic in most cases. If the school has a large profound special ED population with several tube feeders, the nurse or clinic assistant...

We tried this with 2 students. The only thing that happened was that the MD signed off on the paperwork that they were OK to drive. Until MD's get some backbone, and say no to patients, and parents of patients, this will continue. Our SRO at the time...

Pseudo-seizures can be very frightening. I have had several students that had them. First of all, I can tell you from experience, that seizure medication does not stop or prevent these kinds of seizures. And yes, you are right, I still would NOT put ...

I totally agree with you. I was working a horrible job as a manager in a home care agency. It was awful. I used to cry on the way to work, and the way home. I left to become a school nurse, but had to take a $25,000 pay cut. That was the best $25,000...

I hate to say this, but most likely they will take the LPN as well. If there is an issue that serious where the Board feels they need to revoke an RN license, since an LPN is a nurse as well, they will revoke that too.

I'm going to have to agree with the OP. I really don't care that they are "in love". There is a time and a place for everything, and work is not the place to show that much PDA. It shows an immaturity, as well as a lack of professionalism. Take it ho...