Tubes everywhere! Remember...way back…(WAY WAY back for old nurses like me). Remember way back to your pre-nursing days and your A&P class? You know what I’m talking about. Those poor frogs…I’ll mention those poor critters at the end of this article. From the inner workings of our cells to the inner workings of each and every body system, we learned all
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A Kid With A Rash Walks Into Your Office…
Right now you’re likely seeing...in your mind...that child who walked into your office last school year with a “what-is-that” kind of rash. You know—that itchy, burn-ey, bumpy, scaly, red rash that causes you to pause and wonder, “What the heck did this child get into?!” And summer time is rash season! “But summer’s over, Nurse Kevin.” You’re right and wrong. All
Dental Emergency – School Nurse Guide
3 Steps To Putting Teeth Back In Children's Mouths Once upon a time there was my son...a boy now of 12 (come next week)...but a boy then of 3. This 3-year-old was bouncing on the bed we all were sitting on. “Stop that! You’re gonna get hurt (see Life is a Lawnmower)!” “Nuh-uh!” Then POW! A second later, screaming. This child
School Nurse Guide to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
School Nurse Guide to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome A couple of articles ago, I wrote about “grey gorilla nurses” and how every nursing “arena” needs these been-there-and-done-that kinda of nurses. We have a couple or three of those awesome school nurses at our district. Having spent 10+ years in hospice, I was one that received the calls from fellow hospice nurses asking this-and-that.
School Nurse’s Guide to Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
School Nurse Guide to Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Syndrome (HSP) “Nurse Kevin, I have a little rash.” A little girl enters my office after missing a few days of school earlier in the week and is wanting me to look at a rash on her legs. And, as far as rashes go, this one was a doozie!! The rash was extensive and widespread,
School Nurse’s Guide to Strep Throat
The School Nurse’s Guide to GAS I wanted to call this article “The School Nurse’s Guide to GAS.” But, I thought that if someone was really looking (and being serious) about strep throat that “GAS” wouldn’t be a term that would draw a school nurse to an article on Strep Throat. “GAS,” or group A streptococci, which causes bacterial pharyngitis —
School Nurse’s Guide to Celiac Disease
I do love me some bread. We usually don’t buy bread...we make it. Yes, sometimes in our breadmaker (why not?). But, a lot of the time we make it from scratch. Each Sunday, after church, our congregation shares a snack and some “community time.” I’ve noticed that on the days I bake a nice loaf of ciabatta bread and bring
School Nurse’s Guide to the Dehydrated Child
When I was a kid in school, the blissful hour was the last hour of school. It was that hour when we knew “freedom” was being counted in minutes rather than hours. Then there was Ms. Foster. Yes...Ms. Foster....who, during the last 60 seconds of the last period would mozey over to the door to “dismiss” us after the completion
School Nurse Guide to Measles – Rubeola
(MEE-zills) “Nurse Kevin, we don’t believe in immunizations; we feel that we should allow our child’s own immune system to get strong.” There are many, many different objections parents give me about immunizations, but this one was...well...I had never heard one like this before. Truth be known, why don’t we just ask our children to lick the inside rim of a
School Nurse Guide to Fifth Disease – Slapped-Cheek Syndrome – Parvovirus B19
I am TOTALLY getting spring fever! I know it’s only the middle of January, but I don’t care...I’m already doing some gardening preparations. However, if you’ve noticed a few children with “spring fever” this early in the year, it’s likely viral...and they are sick...literally. We’ve already talked about the flu and HFMD. But we haven’t talked about Fifth Disease (Slapped-Cheek