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    Turn The Lights ON!

    I am not giving little molecules of
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    Things that make me grumpy

    Have a Kindergartner that keeps saying he has something in his eye, won't allow me to flush it and mom has been called x2. Mom says he doesn't complain about this at home, not followed up on (can't...
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    Turn The Lights ON!

    No, I don't do
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    Dealing with those teachers that just rub you the wrong way

    Who did she think she is? A
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    Teaching classes

    I give a NAMI presentation and am proposing a drug awareness program for middle schoolers. Our athletic trainer quit and left a hole in health education. I am willing to step up and fill in the
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    Turn The Lights ON!

    Well, one could argue that the Devil is a creation of
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    Turn The Lights ON!

    Would they be doubly calm with
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    Not sure this is the right place for me after all...

    I have the luxury of working 24 hrs/ wk in the hospital and 32 hours in the school. I don't have that disconnect, but understand how one could feel
  9. MrNurse(x2)

    Turn The Lights ON!

    Sounds like a cost saving measure to me. I prefer low light, but I am a night
  10. Check out this forum, lots of experienced school nurses here. This will become your nurses station when you get in the school. If you have a question, post it here, we are here for each other. I came...
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    Any issues with students and epipen cost?

    I work private school, my pseudo foster kid is probably the only CHIP recipient here. Parents must be able to handle the copay or allergists are also given the coupons so they have incentive to...
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    I can't believe I have a "c'mon" already today!

    I have to have this first line because everything in me wants to go to wrath
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    Topical without Rx

    And I can sleep like a baby
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    Topical without Rx

    My administrators have decided after a discussion at a staff meeting that ALL agents put on students should go through the nurse. Teachers have been applying essential oils supplied by parents to...
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    Most off the wall complaint

    Had a student come in saying she hit her head. Mom has ID'd her as chronic liar. The student starts acting like she is about to pass out and can't remember anyone's name, orientation questions or...
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    Administering opiates

    I have accompanied my brother to his pain management appointments and they are always very quick for him, then my education with the doctor begins. I always advocate for pain management for my...
  17. Start at $90 and go up from there. Best case scenario would be to work when they are at your ex's. My wife and I paid $180/ night, but that included elder care that ultimately wasn't provided and she...
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    Topical without Rx

    Thanks, didn't think of that
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    Topical without Rx

    Not so, I love to watch the Yankees lose. (It has only been a select few years they do
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    New hospice nurse: Burned out!!!

    Seems a bit
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    The Opioid Crisis hits LTC

    This article was written by a reporter who had nothing else. Though a horrible piece of journalism, nursing and medicine should be aware that the hippies of the 60's are now in their seventh and...
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    Surplus of Nurses - should I think twice?

    Feds must be expecting a poor economy for the next 8 years. Nursing is an excellent indicator of economy. Many nurses suspend their careers for family and only come back into the workforce to...
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    New to this school nurse thing but...

    Welcome to the utilitarian side of school nursing. Wait til they bring the dirty shoes and gum in hair to you. Check out threads from the past year, lots of similar
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    Nursing agency

    Do not attempt this unless you have one year of expenses in reserve, real money: food, fuel, housing, emergency fund. Most businesses fail in the first year. My wife and I toyed with it in the 90's...
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    What's your night shift routine?

    My wife and I have done nights for 3 decades. We have done every combination, included serial naps. The best thing we have found is sleeping 3 to 4 hours on our day off after work. Try varying lengths...