momto5RN

momto5RN specializes in Sub-Acute, School Nursing, Dialysis.

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1. New grad on leave with 3 kids under 3...HELP

   momto5RN replied to nursemom24's topic in General Nursing

   My heart feels for you!!! First, congratulations on the new little one!! I have five children and can relate to this. It's not easy to pump at work...to find the time or a place to do it. I did it for...

2. New to renal

   momto5RN replied to NurseKitKat's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Hello!!!! Love seeing this post....i am a former school nurse as well! I resigned from my school nurse job in June after working two school years. I started outpatient dialysis right before Halloween....

3. I miss you guys

   momto5RN replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

   Hope you don't mind me jumping in as well but I left school nursing as well after two school years and just started working as a dialysis nurse. Holy crap, it is information overload!!! I feel like I...

4. Miss being a school nurse!

   momto5RN replied to momto5RN's topic in School

   Hello to my favorite Nurses out there!!! Just wanted to give an update....so it has been a crazy few weeks! My little one ended up back into the hospital after a complication from her kidney surgery....

5. Rough Day Yesterday

   momto5RN replied to KKEGS's topic in School

   This breaks my heart!! Hang in there, please, it really is a great job in nursing!! Now I'm going to sound like a hypocrite but that is why I left my school nurse position after two school years...

6. My first time...

   momto5RN replied to JenTheSchoolRN's topic in School

   Great job, Jen!!! OldDude, you are amazing, I find your posts to be awesome!! Miss being in a school nurse's

7. Miss being a school nurse!

   momto5RN posted a topic in School

   Hello School Nurses!! Just wanted to stop in and say hello!! Hope everyone is off to a great start!! I miss being a school nurse. If it weren't for the crappy administration and lack of decent...

8. Hurricane Irma

   momto5RN replied to GetBackToClassRN's topic in School

   Be safe!!!! Please, please evacuate!!! My family was hit by Hurricane Sandy almost five years ago and everyone in my neighborhood stayed but us. We had three small children at the time and lived right...

9. nurses not using stethoscopes

   momto5RN replied to akint19's topic in General Nursing

   You are absolutely right to do an assessment on all your patients. I remember during my preceptorship in nursing school, my preceptor laughed in my face when I asked her if she listens to lung sounds...

10. ROLL CALL!!! School Nurses 2017/2018

    momto5RN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Can I still join in with all of you fabulous nurses?! I was going to make a separate post and maybe some day I will, but I resigned as school nurse at the private school I worked at the day after...

11. Who is still hanging around??

    momto5RN replied to momto5RN's topic in School

    Oh my heavens....I was just sent a student complaining of discomfort with his left pinky because a stuffed animal hit it. What has this world come too?! And it was the guidance counselor who sent him....

12. Who is still hanging around??

    momto5RN posted a topic in School

    After today is done, I have 8 more days till school is done. Trying to catch up on some documenting and organizing my office for next year. Curious, do you undo your entire office for maintenance...

13. Did I Just Roll My Eyes Out Loud?

    momto5RN replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    Definitely a second home at my school!! I work in a small school. I pretty much know every student's name. Problem is, I have seen majority of them during the school year! Some students have been here...

14. Poison ivy?

    momto5RN posted a topic in School

    One of my own lovely children has poison ivy on her leg and went to see the school nurse for calamine lotion. She sent home a note that didn't make sense to me. She wrote, if the rash gets worse a...

15. No way!!

    momto5RN replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    Wow, that is pretty awesome!! Good for you!! What did you have to do to