Amethya

Cardiology, School Nursing, General

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

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    Last day?

    Amethya replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    Mine is 5/25 for students, 5/26 for
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    Students using cell phones to call home sick

    Amethya replied to hobiehobie's topic in School

    I have this issue too and mine is a K-8 school. I had 3 incident this year with this and I tell the kids, PLEASE don't do this because not only will it confuse your parents and they think something is...
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    Calling 911

    Amethya replied to moreoreo's topic in School

    Don't take it to heart. I had 5! (yes 5) 911 calls this year, and my last one the mother didn't want to call 911. It happens, all you can do is stand up straight and keep on
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    Lice Options

    Amethya replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    It depends how much you use, but we don't ingest it we just soak our hair in it for a
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    Do you ever NOT give out ice packs?

    Amethya replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    I'm the same way. I had a TON of ice packs, but then now they are ALL gone. I had to order more, but I accidentally got the big ones. So I been like hording them and telling them no you can't take it...
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    Lice Options

    Amethya replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    My families here are mostly Hispanic so a lot of them ask me about the plant Ruda (Rue), which is illegal to sell here in Texas but not illegal to have in your house. It seems it's normal practice in...
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    Does this weird anybody else out?

    Amethya replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    I hate that too, but my bed is in front of me, kinda on the side of the wall. So because of this, I see them sitting there and they were all "I have a headache" and I tell them to lay down, but they...
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    Is it customary where you work to recheck BPs manually?

    Amethya replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    What I was taught, it's common practice. If the machine gave a weird reading and the person isn't showing symptoms of High Blood Pressure or Low Blood Pressure, then it's manual. Or even if I feel the...
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    Lice suicide!

    Amethya replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    LONG LIVE THE KING! *Pushes lice off hair*
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    What is on your Health Bulletin Board right now?

    Amethya replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I had to change mine because the front desk was starting to bother me about
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    Drama Momma

    Amethya replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    What do you do in situations like this? I just help them out and call parents about it, to cover my butt in case I can't do anything and mom gets
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    Vision rescreen question- help!

    Amethya replied to WyVy's topic in School

    Sometimes the little kids are usually the ones that fail at first, but pass the second time, mostly either they are nervous or they just didn't quite understand the directions. That's why I do the...
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    Funny thing that happened just now.

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    That's my guess too, my mom STILL (I'm 26 years old) has ALL of baby teeth. I asked her if she wants to throw them away because they're old, but she's like, "it's a
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    Funny thing that happened just now.

    Amethya posted a topic in School

    I deal with wiggly teeth that may/may not fall out that day. I had one student who came twice, "it's wiggling! help me!" and then the next one was "IT FELL!" So I usually clean the teeth up with...
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    Packing List

    Amethya posted a topic in Camp

    So I'll be gone for 2 months, but I have NO clue what to bring with me. Any good lists for a newbie? They will give us shirts as uniforms, so I just need to bring some bottoms, but what should I...
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    Funny thing that happened just now.

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Basically us, but had a great laugh at the end. That's why I called because sometimes parents like save the teeth (My mom has mine still) so that's why I called and she just laughed and said it was...
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    What is on your Health Bulletin Board right now?

    Amethya replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Just the words? or do you have info under them? I like that idea! I got my pokemon in my office, so the kids eat it up and ask me if I know about the game or something like drilling me and I told...
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    epipen recall

    Amethya replied to Oma to 11's topic in School

    I got 2 students with recalled epi-pens, I already called parents and one already picked it up. She said her doctor told her to bring it in and they'll give her a new
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    When you want to help them at home...

    Amethya replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    I know the feeling. Our school has a lot of low income families so I get a lot of students who are in ripped clothes or such. It hurts my heart when I have a bladder accident case and the student...
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    What is on your Health Bulletin Board right now?

    Amethya replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Can you post? I kinda want to steal this so I can use it and not have to change it for at least a month or
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    Injection Gone Wrong: Part 1

    Amethya replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    I usually give 3-4 fingers instead of 2. I had this happen once to me, but it wasn't as bad. It was a office where a lot of alumni classmates work at so I know everyone, they had this MA who was from...
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    STAAR Testing Anxeity

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Thankfully they said they will let us keep our bulletin boards up and motivational posters up, so that makes things a bit cheery, but I dread that
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    STAAR Testing Anxeity

    Amethya posted a topic in School

    So in Texas we have our state testing coming up and I been getting a lot of students with anxiety and worries about this test. Any advice how to help them on
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    Blindsided by a colleague.

    Amethya replied to tch1920's topic in School

    That's true. It's seems to juvenile to me to do that when you think about it. Direct seems better so she knows you know and you want to fix the
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    RN/MA role in ob/gyn clinic

    Amethya replied to donnab1's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Pretty much what DistrictNurse said, we do the simple things, charting, vital signs and such, but it also depends on your state. I live in Texas and as such anything a nurse can do I can do if I get...