4th grader came in complaining of a sore throat. States her throat been sore for a week now. Took her temperature and no fever. Asked her what mom said she said mom just been giving her cough...
Trust me you are not alone. This is my 2nd year as a school nurse and I still miss the excitement of working in LTC, but I have a 2nd job that make's up for the excitement that I'm missing. But...
mrsfoster601 replied to mrsfoster601's topic in School
I already know my district's policy as stated before. I was not asking a question or wanting anybody's opinions about anything like I said before my district does not allow anything given without a...
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It's not a dumb question you as a nurse should know that people allergic to shellfish is actually allergic to the iodine in shellfish and some table salt has iodine in it do your research NURSE! no...
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Because what you think would be ok to give might have an affect on that person and the first person that's gonna get blame is the nurse because she gave a simple salt water gargle. You never know....
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Well I understand completely why my school district does what it does and I'm glad they are strict with the policy. If i gave a child say for instance salt water to gargle and something happens after...
That moment when a child gets hurt and she is hysterically crying and you finally get her to calm down and all the staff comes in saying poor thing are you ok what happened and the child starts right...
A 1st grader came in the clinic and said her eyelashes hurt:blink: I said why they hurt. she said because she was sitting in class pulling them out HELP!!!! Maybe I need to go to CVS or Walgreen and...
A 1st grader came in the clinic and said her eyelashes hurt I said why they hurt. she said because she was sitting in class pulling them out:down: HELP!!!! Maybe I need to go to CVS or Walgreen and...
Hello fellow school nurses. The parents at my school has the Principal and Vice Principal on pins and needles and scared senseless. It's like any student that comes in my office to see me about...