momto5RN

momto5RN

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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 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...

  5. 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....

  6. 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...

  7. 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

  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 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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....

  14. 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...

  15. 310!

    momto5RN posted a topic in School

    I know a lot of you guys and girls have bigger schools than where I work. But for the month of May, I have seen 310 students. Mostly off the wall, ridiculous reasons too! At the end of every month I...

  16. 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

  17. School Hours

    momto5RN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    9-3:35. I can show up anywhere from 8:45 to 9. And stay until

  18. So fevers don't count on field day

    momto5RN replied to halohg's topic in School

    Yes, curious to know too if he came in

  19. What is your dream job?

    momto5RN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Lol, this is great!!! I was going to say stripper as a joke but didn't want anyone to think I was weird!! My former nursing job was no lie down the street from a strip joint. Every time I passed it...

  20. What is your dream job?

    momto5RN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Fun post!! Honestly, I'm really not sure what I want to be "when I grow up!" Nursing was never my first choice although it was in the back of my mind. I never thought I was smart enough or capable. I...

  21. Lice policy?

    momto5RN posted a topic in School

    So my school hardly has any policies. I pretty much follow what my own children's school does (they go to public schools) and use basic common sense. Was just curious as to what your school does when...

  22. Lice policy?

    momto5RN replied to momto5RN's topic in School

    Wow, you guys are great!!! Thank you for sharing your policies and what your school does. Much appreciated!! I did find a little sentence in my school's policy book but it doesn't say much. This is...

  23. Guess what I did today?!

    momto5RN posted a topic in School

    Checked heads. 22 of them. One has lice. A lot. And it was a busy day at the school too with Mass. Fun times! And to top it off, I've been up since 3 with my youngest little guy and cleaning the...

  24. Pills in Baggies...

    momto5RN replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    I hear you on this!!! But what drives me completely over the edge are the parents who do know about medication administration because they are also nurses. Some of those parents have done that to me...

  25. Student rotations in the Health Office

    momto5RN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

    That stinks! I loved my school nurse rotation and remember it well. I was at a middle school that had two nurses. I remember helping them sort out all the meningococcal and tdap immunization records....