2020 small achievements

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Friends and colleagues: an important announcement!  I have found one small ray of hope in my 2020 school nursing practice.

COVID is still a disaster, the number of orders/meds/care plans that I have received from parents or physicians is zero, our nurse:student ratio is 1:bazillion,  and I'm working in a poorly ventilated space with a questionable PPE scenario and no clear plan for contact tracing BUT...

I GOT RID OF THE DONATION/CLOTHING CLOSET!  It's gone.  It's not in my office anymore - someone else is in charge of it, and it's physically located in another building.  Things that are now not my problem: dress code violators who need a t-shirt ("ew, not THAT one"), deodorant emergencies, tactful diversion of especially hideous donations (how many 15 year olds want a 1990's blazer?), nighttime dropoffs of expired canned goods, and the endless sorting/washing/folding of random pants.  I'm free!

What's your 2020 small achievement?  Nothing is too small or too ridiculous!

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Woo hoo! The loud, massive printer that was put in the center of my office during a construction project in the Summer of 2019 has finally been taken out!  I complained about it for a year to no avail, but they had to get rid of half of the big printers for budget reasons, and the IT guy (knowing how much I hate that printer being in my office) suggested mine go first!  This also means I can't be the printing genie anymore.  You need 50 copies of this exam booklet in the middle of a pandemic?  TOO BAD!

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Specializes in School Nursing.

Low volume due to less than half the student population being in the building at one time means that lunch is being enjoyed daily. ? ??????

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1 hour ago, LikeTheDeadSea said:

Low volume due to less than half the student population being in the building at one time means that lunch is being enjoyed daily. ? ??????

Amen to this ^^^^^^^^^^^

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Specializes in kids.

I got rid of the tissue boxes....

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Specializes in school nursing/ maternal/child hospital based.

Went from seeing 40-50 kids per day to average of 5!!  When this is all over ( COVID)  I will be sure to remind the teachers that every little thing does not need to come to the office.  AMAZING!!!

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Specializes in School Nursing, Pediatrics.

We are remote, BUT I figured out Google classroom and set up a virtual school nursing office!!  And because there are usually only 6 of us in the building everyday, my principal usually buys us all lunch!!

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Specializes in Geriatric Home Health, High School Nurse.

I got rid of a color printer that lived on my desk AND files that lived in my second exam room.  Neither belonged to me, nor did I have access to use them.  It was a happy day when I had adequate support for getting that stuff out of here!  Congrats on your clothes closet victory!

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Specializes in School nursing.

I got a brand new printer and an update to an admin laptop and a large extra monitor (to go along with my COVID point of contact status) and it is a huge help!

Also, I threw out most of the extras in the clothing closet. And get to say NO to any donations for the rest of the year :).

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Specializes in ICU/community health/school nursing.

All the health conditions are entered and I get lunch most days.

When we had to take a catheterization back last year I got rid of the clothes closet!

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

Progress   ☺️

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Specializes in School nurse.

NSV (non school victory)

My hair mysteriously changed from straight to curly (yay hormones!) and I have been learning how to care for naturally curly hair. Big learning curve!! 
I am proud to say that I have finally got a routine that leaves me with somewhat decent hair so I don't look like I am homeless. 
I have even watched a few hair care videos while sitting at my desk ?

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