Amethya

Cardiology, School Nursing, General

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

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    I feel like I'm losing.

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    "As in many states, the official authority to delegate medical care responsibilities in Texas rests with licensed physicians and nurse practitioners. Sec. 157.001 of the Texas Occupations Code loosely...
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    I feel like I'm losing.

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Okay, I think I need to address this. I personally think it's me taking criticism too harshly, because of my past experiences. In my old job, I was in a bad place. No matter what I did, I was always...
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    Sweet, Honey

    Amethya replied to LikeTheDeadSea's topic in School

    My teacher was the same way. After I left school, I just didn't care anymore. Of course, I still call them Mr., Mrs., Ms., but sometimes I let a hon slip out or sweetie, but eh. I work with kids now,...
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    Summer camps interviews

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Campnursejobs.com campnurse.com ACA website. (American camp
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    Summer camps interviews

    Amethya posted a topic in School

    So I got 3 call backs and they are over skype, I'm pretty nervous and I'm not sure what I should
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    I feel like I'm losing.

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I looked this up... it totally makes sense on what I go through
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    The "Best" Nurse Pass Notes

    Amethya replied to WineRN's topic in School

    "Broke foot from playing soccer." Kid was walking fine... he just tripped and hurt himself a bit. Ice pack and boom!
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    I feel like I'm losing.

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    That's what the admin said to me, she said I'm not in trouble or anything, so I need to stop to thinking of it as if I am. That we just need to work together and I shouldn't feel bad to ask questions...
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    I feel like I'm losing.

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I'm in a charter school, so they kinda try to skim on that. There is a school health manager that we can call and ask questions to about things, but I tend to try to not call her because she tends to...
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    I feel like I'm losing.

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I'm honestly all by myself. I'm only a CMA, but that doesn't stop me from doing my job. The problem I'm having is that they want me to call for everything, and some of the calls are not in my job...
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    Phone calls to parents.

    Amethya posted a topic in School

    So I've been told I need to call parents FOR EVERYTHING. So because of this, I call all parents, but majority of our students are Hispanic, and some do not know English. I'm Hispanic, born in Texas,...
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    Inhalers

    Amethya replied to heavenwith7's topic in School

    Do you guys know where I can get some peak flows for me? I have a severe asthmatic student and mother keeps saying she'll bring me his peak flow but I haven't gotten it and I do need it because this...
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    Another student death

    Amethya replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    Sorry about your lost. Prayers your
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    How many kids do you see in a day?

    Amethya replied to RNLisaC's topic in School

    580 students, K- 8th grade. Typical day around from 20-30 students, give or take some FF and
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    STAAR Testing Anxeity

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    We do, and we had a pep rally/ parade on Monday (I had to leave early though, So I didn't get to participate in it.) and we did encouraging posters and such around the school, BUT! Then on the day of...
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    Licegate 2017

    Amethya replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    We're not even allowed to do classroom searches anymore. Unless the teacher sees the child itching, I only send a letter home to all the students to parents, that's it. I had a student ask if I'm...
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    Nurse Self Evaluation

    Amethya replied to Schoolnurse73's topic in School

    I'm not even sure how our evaluation is here at my school... hopefully it's self evaluation and I'll just give myself meets
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    Inhalers

    Amethya replied to heavenwith7's topic in School

    I let them use their inhalers, no questions asked. I rather give them what they need than getting burned by parents because I didn't let them take their
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    I can't win for losing

    Amethya replied to NurseBeans's topic in School

    Right? Who does this person think they are? So if you are going down, so does the school or the nurse? BS. Just make sure you have the documentation and hopefully it goes
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    Phone calls to parents.

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    The only reason they tell me to call for EVERYTHING is because I had some parents complain about me because I failed to call them about their child about something, which aggravates me because I did...
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    ADHD with or with out Meds?

    Amethya replied to melissakay01's topic in General Nursing

    For me, I learned that the only way to cut off my crashes was to eat small snacks throughout the day and that stopped the headaches and the tiredness that came with the
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    STAAR Testing Anxeity

    Amethya replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I had miss a day yesterday because my own child got sick (The irony!) and I came back with EVERYTHING covered, even my door! I just feel so bad for these kids... I really wish they stopped this...
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    ADHD with or with out Meds?

    Amethya replied to melissakay01's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that the hard way, but without caffeine, I still felt
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    Fevers

    Amethya posted a topic in School

    So I got in trouble by a parent today, because her kid came saying she had a headache and her eyes were watery, it seemed like she had allergies and she had NO fever. So I sent her back to class and...
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    ADHD with or with out Meds?

    Amethya replied to melissakay01's topic in General Nursing

    It took me 3 tries to get my