[bergren]

Welcome to school nursing! Let us know how it goes!!

[sinagbayan]

Hello everyone!!!
You guys are veterans. I've been a nurse for one year now in a private school, Cebu, Philippines.

[mamajama]

14 years Texas

[mamajama]

14 years Texas

[blaugh1970]

Hi there, I had a quick question new to this line of work. Could a nurse be contracted for more than one school at one time? Is it common for a unified school district to contract a nurse for more than one school? What's the max?
How is the salary calcuated? All replys welcome and thanks

[libirdee]

Our school district (county) hired school aides to work the clinics and assigned 1 RN to supervise 4-5 schools; the nurse usually visited each school one day per week and carried a pager. They had "support staff" benefits but these were less than those of the teachers, and the nurses did not always get the yearly raises. Teachers also received many bonuses, such as family passes to amusement parks, discounts at book stores, etc. I was hired by a public school who wanted "their own" nurse full time, so they paid me at the same rate as the district/county nurses. I had the same benefits as the school support staff, but again, the teachers were given better bonuses and incentives. The district nurse checked on me a couple of times when I started, but I was the only licensed nurse he had to "supervise", so we developed an understanding that I would call if I needed him. He was always very helpful when I did call, but he did not feel the need to hover over me and could spend more time with his other schools. It was nice to be at the same school everyday...you developed rapport with the teachers and got to know the kids and their "issues"...and it was alot more of "real" nursing than just having one day/week to check on a school and do mostly paperwork. I understand that this year the district/county budget is even less for nurses, so they are contracting with the health dept to provide nurses to monitor the schools. Some of my friends resigned from the district to work at the health dept...better pay and benefits to do the same job.

[seethelight]

Beginning my 3rd school year--New Jersey

[rossonmarcus]

This is my first year of school nursing. (10 years previous experience) Illinois.

[Nightingale260]

Hi all, this is my second year in a public elementary school in NYC.

[tami21]

this is my second year in Nebraska, I only work 20 hours a week, cover 2 schools and approx 100 kids. I couldn't imagine keeping up with the health records in a large school. I feel for you