Amethya

Cardiology, School Nursing, General

CMA for the past 5 years, working at a school for the past 4 years.

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    Let me give you a mint for asthma

    Amethya replied to cjl_RN's topic in School

    Always document. If the parent tries to contact you again about this, you explain your logic on why you gave a mint and that's that. If she keeps bothering you on this, you tell your
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    My own two kids started school today

    Amethya replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I feel you. I wish I could've been there for my kid's first day, but instead we left them with my father and he took them to school. I haven't been involved in first days since my youngest first day...
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    New Students, no english

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I tell them this, but they are still in the denial stage and are feeling lost. Hopefully they feel
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    New Students, no english

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Yes a lot of our non-spanish speaking staff is using this to communicate with them. It's just very stressful for them at their age (12 and
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    La la la la... I can't hear you

    Amethya replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Our issue is that sometimes you have kids that might share medications and there could be a student with that allergy. And if something happens to said student during school hours, it will be on us on...
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    C'Mon Now!

    Amethya replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I got my list of Asthma and food allergies. I called one of the parents for the severe allergy to nuts, so I asked mother, does she need an Epi-Pen? "Oh she's not allergic, we just don't eat peanut...
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    IEP/504 Help!

    Amethya replied to jamesRN92's topic in School

    Usually our roles to ensure that the medical part of the IEP/504 are being kept and used during the school year. For example: I have a TD1 student and he has an 504 that states that if he needs to...
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    I am so ready to be finished with beginning of year paperwork!

    Amethya replied to iggywench's topic in School

    I know what you are talking about. Last year I got a HUGE stack of papers of allergies and such. Out of 560, only 23 were food allergies, so I called the parents. I swear to god, from the 23, 4 were...
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    Switch from hospital nursing to school nursing

    Amethya replied to viprn21's topic in School

    There's good and bad. Good: You are by yourself, no one bothers you unless it's an emergency Kids think you are the most amazing person in the world (The littlies will) Your clinic, your rules It's...
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    Lice checks

    Amethya replied to scout mom's topic in School

    I honestly would give them the story about Olddude's legal issue. I had an issue with a parent because they didn't want me to touch their child without their permission, even though I'm just checking...
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    La la la la... I can't hear you

    Amethya replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    I have this issue too, but what can I do? Nothing because they'll keep doing this. I try to educate them
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    Weird reasons to come to school nurse?

    Amethya replied to Avill's topic in School

    I love this
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    School Health Aide

    Amethya replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    I'm one right now. Ask me
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    Help with diabetic students

    Amethya replied to J-lynn's topic in School

    I check my only T1 student 3 to 4 times a day. Once in the morning, once before lunch, once before PE and once before school is
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    A nurse with a difficult name??

    Amethya replied to Moonkitten's topic in General Nursing

    Kinda related to you, but kinda not. My niece lives with me after her mother passed away 6 years ago. Her name is Saniya, which is an Arabic name, meaning Brilliance, radiant. I love her name, it's...
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    Walmart cashiers wearing gloves?

    Amethya replied to Misstika's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Ex-cashier from Walmart here. We never had to wear gloves, but I started after having to handle some sticky money from a woman's boobs... I didn't want to know where it came from. I'm not sure what's...
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    First day of school updates

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    That's best. The little ones treat you like a rock star, for no reason. Makes me feel
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    Supplies???

    Amethya replied to jenoglv's topic in School

    All these things and you can go to
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    Morning Road Rage Incident - Venting

    Amethya replied to Avill's topic in School

    We had someone like this call our school for no reason. He basically said and I quote "I got in a really bad car accident in front of your school! I want you to pay for my accident! You need to...
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    Weird reasons to come to school nurse?

    Amethya replied to Avill's topic in School

    An invisible cut.... Thankfully that's the only weird one, since I made it clear to all my staff that unless it's something bad and it can't be handled in the classroom, send them to
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    First day of school updates

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I really hope so! New APs, so
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    Lice checks

    Amethya replied to scout mom's topic in School

    I had this problem last year by one of the first grade teachers (Thank god she left!) and my old AP was such a parent pleaser, it was ridiculous. So this year we have a new AP and I expressed my...
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    Kidzcare, MSN

    Amethya replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Congratulations!
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    How did you know when your specialty was THE one

    Amethya replied to K.Alva's topic in General Nursing

    Not Nurse, but I felt the Aha moment just a few years ago in my current job. Was tbh pretty desperate for a job and I was having self-confidence issues because of previous job. Took a month off and...
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    Typical day of a school nurse

    Amethya replied to jadams92's topic in School

    Not a RN, just CMA. In Texas we just have to be supervised by a NP or MD to do work. But I'm the only MA for a school of 560 students, K-8. My typical day starts coming to work at least 30 mins before...