CAdreamerRN

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  1. Average "Wait Time" For A Parent?

    That is super frustrating! Poor kids and poor you! I'd say my average for elementary is about 20 minutes. Most of my families have a parent or grandparent at home. Some show up and it seems like they must have already been in the parking lot and oth...
  2. Tactful way to address staff issue

    Nice solutions! My office walls are windows that look out onto the secretary's space which is where EVERY one passes and people always poke their heads in to check on Johnny. I really want to change it, but my thought is that it's kind of good if peo...
  3. Lice Awareness Week - anybody tried it?

    We have a lot of lice talk on here recently and gearing up for next year I was wondering - has anyone tried something like Lice Awareness Week in their schools? I feel like this could totally backfire but really want to reduce stigma and also educate...
  4. Ridiculous Reasons to See the Nurse

    Just got my FIRST walkie call for the nurse... the issue? "We have a kinder coming up to the nurse's office, she bumped her finger and may need ice!!" Wow. Can't wait to talk the the principal about that one. Except she was the one that called....
  5. Help With "Needy" Teachers

    One of my schools is Title I and we have the same problem - NO working phone numbers! Literally "out of service" or the voicemail isn't set up or it rings twice and then is just dead - what does that mean? It's absolutely frustrating to think that in...
  6. CA - How to start as a school nurse

    In CA you are required to get the preliminary credential even as a sub. Basically HR helps you sort it out once you are hired, it's not a prerequisite. It's just a fee and they check to make sure your education and license are up to snuff. It takes a...
  7. From Nursing School to School Nurse?

    Our district frequently hires new grads. If you can work on an audiometry certification that would probably show them that you are serious about School Nursing and set you apart. It sounds like your experience is already well-suited. Maybe try to arr...
  8. School Nurse Salary?

    NYCNURSE - my district payscales are available online to anyone - but nursing isn't mentioned anywhere. Maybe your district is the same, HR should know which scale you'd be on. I'd give a call :)
  9. School Nurse Salary?

    We are also on the teacher's payscale - experience and education credits and even "continuing ed" hours are all factored in (if HR agrees it relates to our job!). It's still a big paycut when you first look at it, but honestly after taxes changed fro...
  10. I help out at other schools in my district some days and the culture from school to school can be night and day – some health offices see hardly any kids at all, some see only injuries at recess, and others have kids coming in all the time for math...
  11. Epipens and field trips

    If the parent can't go and the teacher who is trained doesn't want to be/doesn't think they can be the Epi Pen person then the field trip has to be cancelled - once a teacher hears that they usually accommodate!
  12. scrubs or business casual

    Interesting! And I kinda agree sometimes - some people I see in stores in scrubs look pretty grungy, and not just the "I had a long day grunge". I started out the year in scrubs and staff complimented me on it here and there - and I liked that peopl...
  13. How many visits make a frequent flyer.

    Yes NanaPoo! "It started an hour ago and I already tried going to the bathroom."
  14. How many visits make a frequent flyer.

    We have that culture at my schools too. I once had a staff member walk a student into the health office from recess and said her lip was bleeding. There was no bleeding by the time they got to me and absolutely no sign of injury outside or inside, an...
  15. Kids say the darndest things...

    Cute stuff! I had a first grader say "I'm having abdominal pain in my foot!!". SO close, kid, so close.