Amethya

Cardiology, School Nursing, General

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

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    Lovable Parents

    Amethya replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    LD comes in because his wrists hurt. Me: "Why does your wrists hurt? Did you fall on it? Did you get hit?" LD: "I hit it with this *Shows rubberband* and now it hurts. *L wrist is slightly red.* Me:...
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    Diabetic student not wanting to drink water

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I don't think so, I just think he wants to be like any other little boy, but because he has this issue, he tries his hardest not show his "illness"and if he's constantly drinking, going to the...
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    The mile run-- hold me!

    Amethya replied to nmr79's topic in School

    That was one of my classes, one was team sports and one was individual sports, different semesters. I didn't mind it, I was just really horrible playing in a team sport because I wasn't good at...
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    Non-compliance procedure

    Amethya replied to mattfd37's topic in School

    I hear you. I usually just inform parents, and it's their decision to talk to their doctor about this. Sometimes I talk to the doctors or sometimes I call them myself, if I have an inkling I can get...
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    Diabetic student not wanting to drink water

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    He's in 4th grade, 9 years old. He's a good kid, but I understand it frustrates him to have to drink so much water all the time! I was thinking of writing on his water bottles and put like a goal for...
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    Diabetic student not wanting to drink water

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I know you can't make him, but I'm not sure how else I can get it into his head that he needs to drink or he can get worse. His mother and provider have spoken to him about this, but he still doesn't...
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    The mile run-- hold me!

    Amethya replied to nmr79's topic in School

    Yeah it was a requirement. I'm not sure how it is now. In college, I'm suppose to take one PE class to get my
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    The mile run-- hold me!

    Amethya replied to nmr79's topic in School

    It actually depends on your high school. When I was in high school (graduated in 2009) we had these options, depending what type of PE you too. First year was basically normal PE, and we would do...
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    I'm Sorry

    Amethya replied to vintagemother's topic in General Nursing

    LOL I remember having to give coffee to my patients and forgetting sometimes, because my attention was focused on something else. You would think they would understand... but nope. I would get...
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    "Professional Goals"- Ugh

    Amethya replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I'm thinking of asking this of my admin because I feel this would help me more, to have goals and work together to achieve
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    The mile run-- hold me!

    Amethya replied to nmr79's topic in School

    We only do it once a year for our state test. And that's the reason why. They are not conditioned to do it and I get 15 or so kids coming in because they never ran that much in their
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    The mile run-- hold me!

    Amethya replied to nmr79's topic in School

    Imagine during out PACER test. That is the worse time for me. I get so many kids crying, I CAN'T BREATHE (Yet you can talk to me and talk to you friend) and MY HEART IS BEATING SO FAST (You just ran...
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    Cough drops

    Amethya replied to tgray152001's topic in School

    I give out peppermints, because I'm not allowed to give out cough drops. I do ask for parents
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    C'Mon Now!

    Amethya replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I just had this cute little Kinder boy. He came in with a c/o an earache. I checked his ear, it looked a bit red, but mostly saw wax. No fever either. I tried calling his mother and father, no one...
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    Rashes

    Amethya replied to moreoreo's topic in School

    We are having that sort of issue here but the 1st grade teacher is the one who starts it. We had this one student with Ringworm, and left for at least a week and came back with a hat on a doctor's...
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    body odor

    Amethya replied to plainfieldguy's topic in School

    I kinda had this issue when my niece starting to go through puberty. She was starting to have BO from her arm pits and I explained to her that she's growing into a young lady, and as you grow, you...
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    Those parents who send their super sick kids to school

    Amethya replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I would speak with the admin, because this is basically abuse, medically. The child is very sick and mom doesn't want to respond, that's not
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    The Grinch Nurse

    Amethya replied to halohg's topic in School

    Completely accurate...
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    Munchausen on the increase?

    Amethya replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    My feelings to a T. What do we do at this point? I mean the parents tell them it's not severe, but they put it as
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    Help Me Decide

    Amethya replied to Rizowe's topic in School

    If you know the other students better, I would go for that one, because you know them and you are more
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    Munchausen on the increase?

    Amethya replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    And I got all these papers this year on allergies and I called every parent, asking them about them, especially the ones that say Severe. "Oh he's not really allergic to peanuts. He just doesn't eat...
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    Munchausen on the increase?

    Amethya replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    I have this issue with this mother who is known to be a little... eccentric. What I was told when I started that she is lying about her LDs having issues, especially Autism, so they can get checks...
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    Guys....!

    Amethya posted a topic in School

    It's SNOWING IN
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    body odor

    Amethya replied to plainfieldguy's topic in School

    A lot of our students are low-income, so we get this as well. Most of the time, I ask them and they explain that their parents are too busy working, that there's no one to tell them or don't have...
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    Mom hand

    Amethya replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    Wocka, Wocka,