I've been on AN for a while, I signed up before I got in to nursing school. I read several times a week, but I'm more of a lurker, I rarely post.
I lurk on the School Nurse forum all the time, although I am not a school nurse. I come from a family a teachers-- Mom, Dad (now admin), Sister, Grandmother, Aunt, Uncle and some cousins; all teachers. I think that's part of the reason I find your threads so entertaining, it makes me giggle knowing how pesky teachers can be. And overall, you guys are just fun and I love reading your threads.
But you know what I love best about your forum? How tight knit and supportive you are of each other (*Disclaimer: this is not to say other people on other boards AREN'T, I just think this is a smaller group, thus allowing a tighter knit). You guys are always so supportive of each other. I was just reading a random thread and Farawan (pretty sure that's spelled wrong 😳) started her response with "You can come to us with ANYTHING, okay?" That made my heart smile ðŸ˜.
So pretty much, you guys are the cool kids and I wanted to give you a shout out. You're also a bunch of smart alecks, so what's not to love? 😉
Hi, I'm not a school nurse, or a cool kid, but I have kids in school, does that count?
I'm not close with many teachers, but a former private duty patient of mine's wife was a teacher. With the over sharing that is so rampant in home health, I found out more about the dark side of teachers than I wanted to! Still love them, and school nurses too! I couldn't do what you do, you rock!
Ok, since you're said nice things about us, you can wear pink on Wednesdays, too. I asked Far and she said she's not the boss but we know better 😎 Take your oath of pinkness seriously because only serious cool kids wear pink ðŸ‘
bell1962
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A great group! Even after 15 yrs of school nursing I continue to learn new things and have fun in the process!